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Chapters
1.2: Life
1.3: The Tempest
2.1: The Night the Ghost Got in
2.2: The Grumble Family
2.3: Zigzag
3.1: Empowered Women Navigating The World
3.2: I am Every Woman
3.3: The Story of Mulan
4.1: The Attic
4.2: The Ant and the Cricket
4.3: The Aged Mother
▶ 5.1: Tech Bloomers
5.2: The Secret of the Machines
5.3: A day in 2889 of an American Journalist
6.1: The Last Lesson
6.2: No Men Are Foreign
6.3: The Little Hero of Holland
7.1: The Dying Detective
7.2: The House on Elm Street
7.3: A Dilemma

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Solutions for Chapter 5.1: Tech Bloomers
Below listed, you can find solutions for Chapter 5.1 of Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Samacheer Kalvi for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board.
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board 5.1 Tech Bloomers Warm up [Page 125]
What do you infer from the above pictures?
Look at the above electronic gadgets. If you were given a chance to remodel a device, in which device you would bring in changes, and what would be those changes?
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board 5.1 Tech Bloomers Intext [Pages 126 - 129]
What is the future of technology?
How many people in India suffer with disability?
Who is Kim?
How does Kim help Alisha?
Why is technology important according to David?
Which instrument does David control with his eye movements?
What devices help David to move from one place to other?
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board 5.1 Tech Bloomers Exercise [Pages 130 - 133]
Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.
What are the benefits of the internet to the common man?
Do you think technology has improved communication? How?
How does David operate computers with the Liberator Communication Device?
Which devices are controlled using ACTIV controller?
Who says these words: “I want everyone to know the difference technology has made in my life”?
Which software helps Alisha to overcome her difficulty in typing?
Name a few Indian innovations which are helpful to the disabled and make their day-to-day life easier.
Is it possible to control the computer screen with eye gaze?
Suggest ways of making our society inclusive.
How would you help the people with disabilities in your neighborhood?
Answer in a paragraph of about 100–150 words.
How do we use technology in our day-to-day lives?
“Technology is a boon to the disabled”. Justify.
Vocabulary
Pick out the contractions from the lesson and expand them.
Contractions | Expansions |
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
SIM.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
ISRO.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
WHO.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
CCTV.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
HDMI.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
LASER.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
MRI.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
CRY.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
RAM.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
ROM.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
CPU.
Expand the following abbreviation or acronym.
ALU.
Complete the sentences with the correct abbreviations or acronyms from the given option..
My dad wakes up very early in the morning because he has to be at work at 6.00 ______.
a.m.
etc
BCE
e.g
HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m
vs
Socrates, the famous Classical Greek Athenian philosopher, died in 399 ______.
a.m.
etc.
BCE
e.g
HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m.
vs
Leonardo Da Vinci was a famous Italian polymath, a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a musician, a scientist ______.
a.m.
etc.
BCE
e.g
HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m.
vs
I usually return home from work at 10.30 ______.
a.m.
etc.
BCE
e.g
HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m.
vs
John downloaded a clip from YouTube in ______ quality
a.m.
etc
BCE
e.g
HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m
vs
There are many irregular verbs in the English language, ______ break, do, make.
a.m.
etc.
BCE
e.g.
HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m.
vs
I’m watching a great football match, Barcelona ______ Real Madrid.
a.m.
etc.
BCE
e.g
HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m.
vs
Humans who dive without protection can survive 300 ______ under water.
a.m.
etc.
BCE
e.g.
HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m.
vs
A 11-year-old girl just beat Einstein on an ______ test.
a.m.
etc.
BCE
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HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m.
vs
We used the ______ facility to track the location.
a.m.
etc.
BCE
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HD
m
IQ
GPS
p.m.
vs
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board 5.1 Tech Bloomers Listening [Page 134]
Listen to the passage and state whether the statements are true (T), false (F) or no information (N)?
Santhiya can’t live without her mobile phone.
True
False
She got her mobile in January.
True
False
Her parents bought her the mobile phone one year ago.
True
False
There’s a calculator in her mobile.
True
False
She can connect to the Internet on her mobile.
True
False
She usually listens to music on her mobile.
True
False
She can’t read emails on her mobile.
True
False
There are often a lot of problems with mobile phones.
True
False
Santhiya always talks on her mobile to her friends.
True
False
She doesn’t like mobile phones.
True
False
Listen to the passage again and answer the questions.
Where does Santhiya keep her mobile?
What can she use it for?
When was she cycling?
What happened there?
How did Santhiya solve the problem?
Complete the sentences after reading the passage.
Santhiya’s parents and friends can always ___________ her.
Her mobile phone is also a kind of ______.
On the cycling holiday after the accident, Santhiya phoned for ______.
Mobile phones often _________ at the wrong moment.
Children can feel ________ when they have their mobile phones with them.
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board 5.1 Tech Bloomers Speaking [Page 135]
Prepare on any one of the topics given below and present before your English teacher.
Prepare a welcome address on the occasion of Republic day celebration.
Prepare a Vote of thanks on the occasion of Independence day celebration.
Mock anchoring for annual day celebration.
Collect images of some electronic gadgets and play a JAM (just a minute) game by picking one image and talking for a minute about it in your classroom.
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board 5.1 Tech Bloomers Reading [Page 139]
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
What do you mean by cyber safety?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
How do you behave in a virtual platform?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
Can we read and access the information free of cost?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
Do you think that all the information online can be used without any permission?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
Which website do you often access? Why?
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board 5.1 Tech Bloomers Writing [Pages 140 - 141]
EXERCISE
Fill in the missing words in this email.
Dear sir, In ______ to your mail, I have prepared a ______ for the Science Fest. Please find ______ the ______ for your kind perusal. I look ______ to hearing from you. Sincerely, |
Write an email to your teacher about the interesting English model that you have prepared for the literary fest.
PRACTICE EXERCISE
You are the receptionist of your school. Your Head master instructs you to send a message to all the parents of class ten to attend a PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) meet which is to be held on 22.12.2019
______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ |
Write about Your Favourite Sports person/Famous personality/Hobby/Recipe by starting your own blog.
Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 10 SSLC TN Board 5.1 Tech Bloomers Grammar [Pages 142 - 147]
Write the words that can replace Ravi, Rani, woman, luggage and the dog when we use them for the second and subsequent times in the passage _________, _________, _________. These words are called ________________?
Fill in the gaps with personal pronouns.
Kumaravel lives in Thiruvannamalai. ______ is a doctor. All the people like ______ because of ______ helping nature. ______ hospital is located at Car street and most of ______ patients are poor so ______ does not charge much money. ______ daughter goes to school. ______ studies in 5th Standard. ______ teachers love ______ very much. ______ friends are also very good. ______ always encourage ______. ______ have given ______ good advice. ______ mother is also a teacher. ______ always encourages ______ to keep studying. I also like her as ______ often comes to ______ house. One day ______ told my mother that ______ wants to learn cooking. ______ mother taught ______ cooking. Now, ______ cooks well.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ is an excellent opportunity.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of these two students can solve this question.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ books have been written by a great Indian writer.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ have come to know the truth.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of the students have passed the exam.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of your friends can guide you.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ is your story based on your real life.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
All your friends will guide ______.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of his family members would come to visit you.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of those books will be helpful to you.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ is your bag, you can take it anytime.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
He ______ is responsible for the downfall of his life.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
I have book. It is written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
Kavita is my teacher. She teaches us English.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
This is Varun. His father is an architect.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
She invited most of her friends. They attended the party.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
She invited most of her friends. They attended the party.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
I have sold the house. It was located at the bank of a river.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
Here is your watch. It has been found in the garden.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
If the reporting verb is in the present tense.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
When we report a universal truth (something that is always true)
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
With modal verbs would, might, could, should, ought to, used to.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
With would rather, had better,
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
In if-clauses and time-clauses.
Read the following dialogue and report it.
Johnson | “What are you doing here, Suganthi? I haven’t seen you since June.” |
Suganthi | “I’ve just come back from my holiday in Ooty.” |
Johnson | “Did you enjoy it?” |
Suganthi | “I love Ooty. And the people were so friendly.” |
Johnson | “Did you go to Coakers Walk?” |
Suganthi | “It was my first trip. I can show you some pictures. Are you doing anything tomorrow?” |
Johnson | “I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight.” |
Suganthi | “You might come to my place. At what time shall we meet?” |
Johnson | “I’ll be there at eight. Is it all right?” |
Johnson asked Suganthi ______. And he said ______ since June. Suganthi explained that ______ back from her holiday in Ooty. Johnson wondered if ______ it. Suganthi told him that she ______ Ooty and that the people ______ so friendly. Johnson wanted to know ______ to the Coakers Walk. Suganthi said that its first trip and that she some pictures. And then she asked him if he Johnson explained that he ______ a couple of things. But he added that he ______ free at night. Suganthi suggested that he ______ place and asked him at what time ______. Johnson said he ______ there at eight. And finally, he asked ______ all right.
Choose the right option (Indirect Speech).
“Who took my English book?”
He was curious to know who ______.
took my English
had taken his English book
takes his English book
has taken my English book
“Where does Helen live?”
Jim wants to know where ______.
Helen lived
Helen lives
Helen had lived
does Helen live?
“Why do volcanoes erupt?”
She wondered why ______.
volcanoes erupt
volcanoes had erupted
volcanoes erupted
did volcanoes erupt?
“Do you know why she is unhappy?”
He asked me if ______ unhappy.
I know why she is
you know why she was
did I know why she was
I knew why she was
“How many photos have you got?”
He wants to know how many ______.
photos I had got
photos you have got
photos had I got?
photos I have got
Solutions for 5.1: Tech Bloomers

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