0th English – Late Bloomers Study Material (Tamil + English Mix)

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✔ Prose ✔ Poem ✔ Supplementary ✔ Grammar ✔ Roadmap
எல்லா முக்கிய Q&A-களும் simple Tamil + English blend-ஆக கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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🚦 Roadmap – Direction Model Sentences (2 Marks)

Students must learn these essential direction phrases:

Go straight (நேராக போ)
Turn left / right (இடது / வலம் திரு)
Walk along the ___ road
Cross the ___ (பாலம் / road / ground)
You will reach the ___ (நீங்கள் __ இடத்தை அடைவீர்கள்)

📘 Section–I: Prose – Important Q&A (Tamil + English Mix)

1. HIS FIRST FLIGHT

Why seagull didn't fly? → He was afraid (பயம்).
What made him fly finally? → Food + Hunger triggered.
First catch of brother? → Herring fish.
Pathetic condition? → He gnawed eggshell.
What did he find for food? → Mackerel tail + eggshell.

2. THE NIGHT THE GHOST GOT IN

Why slam the doors? → Thought ghost footsteps.
Who woke up first? → Mother.
Who used zither? → Pet guinea pig!
How did police enter? → Broke door.
Neighbours? → Mr. & Mrs. Bodwell.

3. EMPOWERED WOMEN NAVIGATING THE WORLD

INSV → Indian Naval Ship Vessel
Sail boat name → Tara Tarini
Mentor → Commander Dilip Donde
Start → 10 Sep 2017 | End → 21 May 2018 (254 days)
Purpose → Women Empowerment

🏠 4. THE ATTIC

Where was Nagen’s shop? → Near grocery shop.
Aditya left school after? → Matriculation.
What was engraved on medal? → Sanyal Special Prize 1948.
Strange behaviour? → Sudden poem recitation.

💻 5. TECH BLOOMERS

Disabled people in India → 2.7 crore
Who is Kim? → Assistive Technologist
Alisha uses → Dragon Dictate
David uses → Eye gaze, wheelchair, AAC
Indian innovations → Lechal shoes, Blee watch, IGEST

📝 6. THE LAST LESSON

Bulletin board news → Bad news
M. Hamel blamed himself → Not teaching properly
French language → Most beautiful & logical
Franz sorry for → Not learning French
Farewell → Wrote “Vive La France”

🔍 7. THE DYING DETECTIVE

Why no doctor? → Holmes refused
Why plead with Smith? → To get confession
Why Watson can’t examine? → He’ll know Holmes is not sick
Who arrested Smith? → Inspector Morton
Holmes looked sick because → Fasting + makeup

📑 Prose Paragraphs (10 Marks)

Website visitors can read short versions:

His First Flight (Short Para)

Young seagull feared flying. Hunger pushed him to dive for food. That moment became his first successful flight, overcoming his fears.

Empowered Women

Six Naval officers circumnavigated the world in 254 days in INSV Tarini—proof that women can excel anywhere.

The Night the Ghost Got In

A funny mix-up where family mistakes grandfather’s walking sound for a ghost attack.

🎭 Figures of Speech Rhyme words → ஒரே ஓசை (live–forgive, lie–die)

Rhyme scheme → abab
Alliteration → Same beginning sound
Imagery → Visual effect
Hyperbole → Extreme exaggeration
Transferred epithet → winter-starv’d
Repetition → Today’s woman
Onomatopoeia → flicker
Rhetorical questions → How could this be?

🗒️ Notice Writing

Students can use this template:


NOTICE  
________ School  
________ Function  

Date : __  

Our school celebrates ______ on ______ at ______ p.m.  
Interested students give your names to the Head boy / Head girl.  
Parents invited. Snacks will be provided.

Dhilip / Divya  
Head Boy / Head Girl

🖼 Picture Composition – Model

This picture is about __
I see __ in this picture
It is meaningful / wonderful / heart touching

✍️ Note Making & Summary

கொடுக்கப்பட்ட பத்தியை படி
முக்கிய points மட்டும் rough copy
Fair copy 1/3 words-க்கு compress

📚 Supplementary

The Tempest (Short Notes)

Prospero & Miranda were exiled. Ariel helped.
Ferdinand met Miranda.
Prospero forgave enemies & regained Dukedom.

Zigzag

Funny pet bird that snores, drops nuts on fan, ruins painting—but later becomes hero in clinic.

Mulan

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