TNPSC GENERAL ENGLISH

                                                                       Part C – Authors and their literary 1.Match the Poems with the Poets       A psalm of Life - Be the Best - The cry of the children - The Piano – Manliness Going for water – Earth -The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on your face - The Flying Wonder -Is Life But a Dream - Be the Best - O captain My Captain - Snake - Punishment in Kindergarten -Where the Mind is Without fear - The Man He Killed - Nine Gold Medals  2.Which Nationality the story belongs to?       The selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got its Hump - Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window  3.Identify the Author with the short story       The selfish Giant - The Lot...

                                                          Part B – Literature 1.Figures of speech observed in the following Poems:      Alliteration – Allusion – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron – Onomatopoeia – Anaphora – Ellipsis - Rhyme Scheme - Rhyming Words – Repetition – Apostrophe      A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words – Snake – The Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Sonnet No.116 - The Solitary Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh and Be Merry – Earth - Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wonder - To a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for water - The cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi. 2.Appreciation Questions ...

                                          Part A – Grammar 1. Match the following words and Phrases given in Column A with their meanings in Column B.  2.Choose the correct ‘Synonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given  3. Choose the correct ‘Antonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given  4. Select the correct word (Prefix, Suffix)  5. Fill in the blanks with suitable Article  6. Fill in the blanks with suitable Preposition  7. Select the correct Question Tag  8. Select the correct Tense  9. Select the correct Voice  10. Fill in the blanks (Infinitive, Gerund, Participle)  11. Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence (Subject, Verb, Object….) Blanks with correct ‘Homophones’  12. Find out the Error (Articles, Prepositions, Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb)...

The compound word of the form Noun + Adjective is : (A) radio active  (B) red rose (C) sea food (D) dancing bird The compound word sewing machine is of the form : (A) Noun + Noun (B) Verb+ Noun (C) Gerund + Noun (D) Adjective + Noun Choose the right word to complete the idiom : I go to movies once in a —— moon. (A) blue (B) grey (C) green (D) yellow Choose the correct compound word for Noun+ Noun (A) hand writing (B) overwrite (C) sun rise (D) shop owner Form a compound word using. Adjective + Noun (A) White wash (B) Black board  (C) Life long (D) Up set Form a compound word using Noun+ Adjective (A) Sun rise (B) Post man (C) Sky blue  (D) Down fall Find out the right word for the combination Noun+ Noun (A) washing machine (B) world famous (C) school girl  (D) white washing Form Compound word by combining Preposition + Noun (A) upstream (B) white wash (C) popcorn (D) sunrise Choose t...