REMEDIAL TEACHING MODULE ENGLISH 11TH STANDARD 2019 - 2020 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ERODE DISTRICT TAMIL NADU A NOTE OF GRATITUDE Our sincere thanks to Mr. R. Balamurali M.A., B.Ed., (Chief Educational Officer, Erode.) For his magnanimous consent and support to bring out this resource book. Team members 1. Mrs. A. Kavitha, PG Teacher (English), Mpl. Girls Hr. Sec. School, Karungalpalayam, Erode. 2. Mr. M. Elango, PG Teacher (English), MPDGHSS, Thingalur, Erode. 3. Mrs. S. Geetha, PG Teacher (English), Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School, Manickampalayam, Erode. 4. Mrs. M. Kavitha, PG Teacher (English), Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School, Veerappanchathiram, Erode. 5. Dr. S. Sridevi, PG Teacher (English), Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School, Anthiyur, Gobi Edn. Dt. Our Heartfelt thanks to Mr. K. Ravikumar, Headmaster, Municipal Boys Hr. Sec. School, Gobi. Dr. R. Arunachalam, Headmaster, GHSS, A. Pudhupalayam, Gobi Edn. Dt. For their valuable guidance and expertise to give the cutting edge to this work. QUESTION PAPER CONTENTS PART - I Q. NO TOPICS BOOK PAGE NO PAGE NO Synonyms 4, 5, 38, 70, 108, 1 142, 170 Antonyms 6, 38, 74 1 Compound words 6 2 Clipped Words 72 2 Right Definition of a term 73, 101, 145 3 Prefixes and Suffixes 7, 39 4 1 Abbreviation and Acronyms 39 5 Prepositions 44 - 47 5 to Idioms 40, 111, 112, 173 7 Relative Pronoun - 8 20 Question Tag 120 8 Foreign Words 172 9 Phrasal Verbs 112 9 Syllabification - 10 Sentence Pattern - 10 Articles and determiners 10, 11 - Modal Auxiliaries 43, 44 39 PART - II Q. NO TOPICS BOOK PAGE PAGE NO NO 21 - 26 Poem Appreciation (Any 4 out of 6) - 11 Any 3 out of 4 Inversion – If / - 15 27 - 30 Conditional Clause ”If” and “Unless” 116, 117 15 Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences 175, 176 16 Active- Passive Voice 78, 79 17 Direct and Indirect Speech 148, 149 - PART – III Q. NO TOPICS BOOK PAGE PAGE NO NO 31 - 33 ERC (POEM) (Any 2 out of 3) - 18 34 - 36 Prose Questions (Any 2 out of 3) - 20 Any 3 out of 4 37 Verbal and Non Verbal Comprehension 122, 114, 115 23 Expansion of News headlines 78 23 to Completion of proverbs / Match with meanings 176 24 Completion of the dialogue 74, 75, 124, 25 40 125 Describing a process 79 25 Notice Writing 17 26 Article Writing 51, 52 - E mail Writing 151, 152 27 Framing Questions 118 - PART – IV Q. NO TOPICS BOOK PAGE PAGE NO NO Answer all the questions. (Either… or choice) Prose Paragraph questions - 27 Poem Paragraph Questions - 28 Supplementary Paragraph Questions - 29 41 Note-Making/ Summarizing 48, 49 29 Letter Writing 5, 89, 153-155, 31 to 196 Semantic Fields 144 - 47 Spot the errors 80, 81 35 Model Auxiliaries , Tense, Homophones 38 General Prose Comprehension 41, 42, 52, 96, 41 114, 115, 146, 147, 174-175 General Poem Comprehension 25, 57, 89, 131, 42 159, 189 Construction Of Dialogues 74, 75, 124, - 125 Expansion Of Proverb 176 - Biographical Sketch From the given Information 81, 82 - Report Writing 83, 84 - PART – I 33. Beckoned. - called VOCABULARY (20 MARKS) 34. Perils. - dangers Synonyms 35. Endowed. - gifted 1. Absurd - illogical 36. Inherent. - inborn 2. Fables - stories 37. Doleful. - sorrowful 3. Hobbled - walk unsteadily 38. Extravagantly - excessively 4. Snapped - broke /cut 39. Suave. - polite/sophisticated 5. Seclusion - isolation 40. Venerable - valued 6. Bedlam - noisy confusion 41. Cosy - comfortable 7. perched - sat / rested Question Model - Synonyms 8. rebukes - scolding Choose the correct Synonym for the under lined 9. dilapidated - damaged word from the options given. 10. pallor - pale appearance We have to recall the struggles of the past and 11. princely - very large realize the perils and possibilities. 12. appetite - hunger (a)dangers (b)hurdles(c)difficulties(d)safety 13. Vicinity - neighborhood Antonyms 14. Swagger - walk in confident way 1. Monotonous. × interesting 15. adulation - appreciation 2. Seclusion. × crowded 16. Lauded - appreciated 3. Dilapidated. × undamaged 17. Sate - satisfy 4. Moist. × arid 18. Etched - imprinted 5. Frivolous. × serious 19. speculation - guess 6. Serenity. × anxiety 20. Antipathy - strong dislike 7. Habitual × irregular 21. Prosaic - dull 8. Intricate × simple 22. Indignant - very angry 9. Princely × meager 23. reluctant - unwilling 10. Amateur × professional 24. mediocre - not very good ordinary 11. Compulsory × optional 25. audacious - bold and daring 12. Traditional × modern 26. quivering - trembling/shivering 13. Astuteness × stupidity 27. vexation - irritation / annoyance 14. Reluctant × eager 28. smothered - suppressed 15. Prosaic × exciting 29. Rectitude. - honesty 16. Mediocre × extraordinary 30. indelible - cannot be rubbed 17. Audacious. × cowardly out or removed 18. Indignant. × calm 31. guile - cunning / deceit 19. Dreadful. × good 32. Drooping. - bending 1 20. Blurred. × clear 17. examination – exam 21. Nonchalantly × interestingly 18. demarcate – mark 22. Grave. × frivolous 19. perambulator – pram 23. Ruggedness. × weakness Question Model–Clipped word 24. Perils. × safety Choose the Clipped word for ‘Influenza’ 25. Replenish. × deplete (a) influ (b) flu (c) fluenza (d) fluen 26. Inheritors. × Predecessors 27. Doleful. × joyful Compound Words (page no 6) 28. Extravagantly × frugally 1. Sing song 29. Suave × impolite/unsophisticated 2. Over straining 30. Venerable. × worthless 3. Gentle folk 31. Cosy. × uncomfortable 4. Grand mother 32. Absurd. × logical 5. Court yard 6. Sun set Question Model– Antonyms 7. Half-hour Choose the correct antonym for the under lined 8. Home coming word from the options given. 9. Mantel piece “Don’t look so doleful, girls”. 10. Eye lashes (a) peaceful (b)joyful (c) doubtful (d) powerful 11. Water proof 12. Bee hive Clipped words. (page no 72) 13. Toll gate 1. Chimpanzee - chimp. 14. Door knob 2. Photograph - Photo. 15. Spinning wheel 3. Microphone - Mike. 16. Spot less 4. Cafeteria - Café. 5. Gasoline - Gas. 6. Helicopter - Copter. 7. Telephone - Phone. 8. University - Varsity. 9. Memorandum - Memo. 10. Influenza - Flu. 11. Hippopotamus - Hippo. 12. Bridegroom - Groom. 13. Fanatic - Fan. 14. Demonstration - Demo. 15. Refrigerator - Fridge. 16. Aeroplane - plane 2 Find out the word that cannot be placed after the given word in each set : 1. Snow – fall/ white /clad/ cool 9. Sun - dial/bath/shine/hot 2. Mind - map/set/game/fresh 10. Sweet - talk/smelling /heart/news 3. Life - guard/long/joy/style 11. Up - load/coming /stairs /rise 4. Show - time/case/full/room 12. Home - bound/coming /sick/love 5. Over - throw/whelming/up/flow 13. Dress - circle /code/rehearsal /maker 6. Slow - motion /down /up/show 14. Door - step/lock/knob/knock 7. Flower - bed/girl /box/soft 15. Long - run/awaited/term /leave 8. Red - thick/alert/hot/carpet Model Question – Compound Word Choose the words from the options given below to form a compound word with ‘mantle’ (a) knob (b) piece (c) proof (d) hive Definition of a term: Professions with relevant job descriptions (Page No: 73) 1. Pathologist studies diseases . 2. Ornithologist studies birds . 3. Entomologist studies insects. 4. Archaeologist studies artifacts and physical remains. 5. Sociologist studies functioning of human society . 6. Geologist studies the matter that constitutes the earth . 7. Linguist studies languages and their structure. 8. Seismologist studies earthquake. 9. Herpetologist studies reptiles and amphibians. 10. Meteorologist studies atmosphere, weather and climate . 11. Psychologists One who studies the human mind and behavior Term definitions: 1. Bibliophile a great lover of books and has a huge collection at home . 2. Teetotaler one who never consumes alcohol , coffee, tea, milk 3. Optimist one who has positive attitude 4. Philanthropist One who donates for social causes 5. Globetrotter one who travels widely 6. Ambidextrous ability to use both hands 7. Misanthrope one who hates or mistrust mankind 8. Polyglot well versed and fluent in multiple languages . 9. Na nogenarian one who is between 90 and 99 year old 10. Thespian an actor or actress 11. Sadist one who derives pleasure from inflicting pain on others . Words ending in –ology: 1. Ecology The study of relationship between using organism and their environmen t 2. Technology the scientific knowledge and / or equipment that is needed or a particular industry, etc. 3. Pathology the scientific study of disease 4. Cynology the study of dog training ; 5. Ichthyology the study of fish; 3 6. Ornithology the study of birds 7. Oology the study of birds' eggs . List of specialist (Page No: 101) 1. One who specializes in lung problems Pulmonologist 2. One who specializes in skin problems Dermatologist 3. One who treats diseases specific to women Gynecologist 4. One who treats kidney diseases Nephrologist 5. One who treats diseases and disorders of the nervous system Neurologist 6. One who treats stomach disorders Gastroenterologist 7. One who treats vision problems Ophthalmologist 8. One who specializes in critical infants Neonatologist 9. One who treats heart problems Cardiologist 10. One who treats the problems of ear, nose, tongue Otolaryngologist -ism words (Page No: 145) 1. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it. Patriotism 2. A brutal, barbarous, savage act . Barbarism 3. The doctrine that your country‘s interests are superior. Nationalism 4. Participate in sports as a hobby rather than for money Amateurism 5. Belief that the best possible concepts should be pursued. Idealism 6. A serious examination and judgment of something. Criticism 7. Habitual failure to be present at work. Absenteeism 8. A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women . Feminism