Cambridge O Level

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TAMIL 3226/01
Paper 1 Composition May/June 2021

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer two topics in total:
Section A: answer one topic.
Section B: answer one topic.
● Use a black or dark blue pen.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 45.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 8 pages.

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Choose one topic from Section A and one topic from Section B. Section B starts on page 5.

Section A – Letter, Report or Speech, Dialogue

1 From the topics listed below, write one composition of about 120 words in Tamil. It will be to your
advantage to keep to the recommended length.

(a) Write a letter to your friend’s parents asking for permission to send her/him to spend the
summer holidays with you.
நீ உனது நண்பரை க�ோரை விடுமுரைக்கு அரைக்� விரும்பு�ிைோய்.
அதற்கு அனுமதி க�ட்டு, அவைது ப்பற்கைோருக்கு ஒரு �டிதம் எழுதவும்.
[15]

(b) Write a speech to give to children in a school about the importance of learning their mother
tongue.
தோய் பமோைிரைக் �ற்்பதன் அவசிைதரதப் ்பற்ைி ்பள்ளிக்கூைததில் உள்
குைநரத�ளுக்கு கூறும் உரைபைோன்ரை எழுதவும். [15]

(c) A teacher discusses a child’s progress at school with a parent at a parents’ meeting. Write a
possible dialogue between them.
ஆசிரிைர், ்பள்ளிக்கூைததில் ப்பற்கைோர் சநதிப்்பின் க்போது மோணவனளின்

முன்கனற்ைதரதப் ்பற்ைி, ப்பற்கைோரில் ஒருவருைன் உரைைோடு�ிைோர்.

அவர்�ளுக்கு இரைைில் நைநத சோததிைமோன உரைைோைரை எழுது�. [15]

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Section B – Essay

2 From the topics listed below, write one essay of about 200 words in Tamil. It will be to your
advantage to keep to the recommended length.

(a) A well-known actor visits your school fair. Write a story about the events.
ஒரு ்பிை்பைமோன நடி�ர் உன் ்பள்ளிக்கூை விைோவிற்கு வநதிருநதோர். என்ன
நைநதது என்்பரத ஒரு �ரதைோ� எழுதவும். [30]

(b) Write a description of your favourite place.

உனக்குப் ்பிடிததமோன இைம் ்பற்ைி விவரிதது ஒரு �ட்டுரை எழுதவும். [30]

(c) ‘Spend half save half’. Is this good advice? Discuss.

‘�ிரைக்கும் ்பணததில் ்போதிரை பசைவைிதது, ்போதிரைச் கசர்க்� கவணடும்’.
இது ்பற்ைி உன் �ருதது�ர் எழுதவும். [30]

(d) ‘All that glitters is not gold’. Write a story inspired by this proverb.
‘மின்னுவபதல்ைோம் ப்போன்னல்ை’. இநதப் ்பைபமோைிரைப் ்பின்்பற்ைி ஒரு
�ரதரை எழுதவும். [30]

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