SSLC (English Medium) Class 9 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for English

Match the words in column A with their Antonym in column B.

Use the words given below in your own sentences so as to get different meanings. One is done for you.

Consult a dictionary, to find the homophones for the given words.

Look at the prefixes given and frame two new words. One is done for you.

Look at the suffixes given and frame two new words. One is done for you.

The Paralympic games are for _____.

The Paralympic games usually happen ______.

The first true Paralympic Games happened in Rome in _________.

In 394 BCE, the ________ stopped the Greek Olympic Games, because they didn’t like them.

______ was a doctor at the Stoke Mandeville hospital in England.

Given below are five main qualities for true sportsmanship.

Get into groups of four. Each group will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk, you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.

Prepare a speech in about 80-100 words for the morning assembly, stressing on the importance of games and sports in ensuring a healthy body and mind.

Your friend who lives in another town/city has won his/her championship trophy in the recent sports meet. Write a letter congratulating him/ her.

What do Tamil Nadu folk dances and folk arts represent?

When are folk dances and folk music usually performed?

How is Karagattam performed?

How were offerings carried during the ancient period?

Bring out a few differences between the two art forms: Therukoothu and Bommalattam.

An Anagram is a word or a phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. 

Now try to solve these anagrams

Pick out two words from the article on folk culture and folklore of Tamil Nadu with which you can form anagrams. Take turns and ask your partner to solve the anagram and come out with the right words.