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Write the masculine forms corresponding to the following feminine forms:

(a) Mare.

(b) Ewe.

(c) Widow.

(d) Marchioness.

(e) Bride.

Write the plurals of the following words:

(a) Index.

(b) Piano.

(c) Miss Hasty.

(d) Penny.

(e) Spoonful.

Explain the relation and connection of clauses in the following sentences, and tell the construction of the italicized words:

(a) Our eyes are holden, that we can not see things that stare us in the face until the hour, arrives when the mind is ripened.

(b) Were the happiness of the next world as clearly apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live.

Immediately remind the governor that the angry mob awaits his reply. Name the part of speech of each word in the above sentence and give the following additional information:

Nouns Kind, number, person, case, construction.

Pronouns Kind, antecedent, gender, number, person, case,

construction.

Adverbs Kind, degree, word qualified.

Adjective: Kind, degree, word qualified.

Verbs: Regular or irregular, active or passive, subject, object, mood, tense, number, person.

Immediately
remind
the
governor

that

the

angry
mob

awaits

his
reply

Rewrite the followingly, properly paragraphed and punctuated :
he rushed up to us talking excitedly Ill see that you get mules
but theyre awfully dear this year pasturage is scarce the twenty
dollars a head I thought would do are not enough lets make it a
little more then how much a pause ensued we profited by the
opportunity to ask when shall we be ready.

Give the second person plural active voice of the verb "fight" through all
tenses of the indicative mood.

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5 (a) Write the plural of each of the following words:

1. sheep

2. chimney

3. banjo

4. mouthful

5. spoonful

(b) of the following nouns,
twice those that are

singular or plural:

1. vermin
4. poultry

6. mosquito
7. man-servant

8. aide-de-camp

9. alley

10. radius

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(a) Write the feminine form of each of the following words:

1. benefactor

2. bachelor

3. author

4. Mister

5. sire

6. Dutchman

(b) of the following nouns, underline once those that are masculine; twice those that are feminine; thrice those that are neuter; four

times those that are common gender:

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(a) Write the possessive case singular of each of the following words:

1. brethren

2. alumnæ

3. us

4. geniuses

5. it

6. Jones

(b) Write the possessive case plural of each of the following words:

1. church

2. mouse

3. mistress

4. man-of-war.

5. she

Give the comparison of the following adjectives or adverbs:

(a) often

(b) well

(c) recent

(d) terrible

Rewrite correctly the following sentences:

(a) That was all the farther we went that day.
(b) The girl that lives next door is light-complected.
(c) He don't know an elegant march when he hears one.
(d) She never enthuses even when she hears music.
(e) I don't like those kind of photographs.

The light above my desk it is so bright that it hurts my
eyes.

(g) Coming across the desert, a mirage was observed.

(h) The material is not ready, and it can not be shipped.
(i) John's father died when he was a small boy.
(j) Do they have very severe winters in England?

Punctuate and capitalize the following:

a paragraph is a series of connected thoughts which constitute the development of a single topic in every paragraph one definite idea clearly and forcibly expressed should be immediately evident to the reader in this definition are implied all the essentials of a good paragraph first the paragraph is the development of a single idea and therefore it must be a unit secondly it is a series of connected thoughts and hence it must possess clearness thirdly its main idea should be made to stand out prominently the most important points in the paragraph should give emphatic expression to the central thought a paragraph then may be regarded as a small theme and it is consequently governed by the same principles that govern the whole composition to produce a good paragraph therefore the writer must apply to his work the fundamental principles of unity arrangement emphasis and good usage

"The patient ox submits to the yoke, and meekly performs the labour required of him."

Name the parts of speech of each word in the above sentence and give the following additional information:

1. The

Nouns Kind, number, person, case, construction.

Pronouns Kind, antecedent, gender, number, person, case, construction.

Adverbs: Kind, degree, word qualified.

Adjective: Kind, degree, word qualified.

Verbs: Regular or irregular, active or passive, subject, object, mood, tense, number, person.

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Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on any one of the topics listed below. Revise your work carefully.

Selfishness.

Buggy rides.

Missionaries.

Radio.

Tabloid newspapers.

Manners.

Education.

Tobacco.

MARCH, 1929

Conversation.
Pacifists.

Crime.

Pests.

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Define and give an example of each of the following grammatical terms:

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Rewrite the following sentences, correcting all errors and giving your reasons for changes:

(a) A new order of ideas and principles have been instituted.
(b) The captain, as well as the mate and the pilot, were
frightened.

(c) He is one of those men who talks much and thinks little.
(d) I am determined that I shall pass the examination.
(e) She has invited all of we girls.

(f) I felt so badly last night that I could not write my theme.
(g) If I had known that you had been going, I would have sent
word to my mother.

(h) Somebody, I do not remember whom, told me the story. (i) It was Franklin who said that honesty was the best policy. (j) She said that she left before the news came.

Write five sentences, each containing one of the following:

(a) The present perfect indicative, passive voice, of "take.” (b) The present participle of "give."

(c) The present Infinitive of "buy."

(d) The past subjunctive, active voice, of "meet."
(e) The perfect participle of "catch."

Capitalize and punctuate the following:

scarcely had charles risen from his bed when his attendants perceived that his utterance was indistinct and that his thoughts seemed to be wandering several men of rank had as usual assembled to see their sovereign shaved and dressed he made an effort to converse with them in his usual gay style but his ghostly look surprised and alarmed them

"But in every one of those eminent advantages which he possessed over others, there was mingled something of misery and debasement."Macaulay.

Opposite each word, as it appears below, state what part of speech it is, and give its construction in the above sentence.

But
in

one
those

eminent
which

possessed

over there

something

Write an expository paragraph of about 100 words on any one of the
following topics:

(a) Advantages of a college education.
(b) Benefits derived from athletics.

(c) Value of the radio to the farmer.

(d) Why theme-writing is often distasteful to students.

(e) A rolling stone gathers no moss.

No.

MARCH, 1930

PART I.-English Grammar and Composition. (Weight, 100)

110. (a) Write a sentence containing a preposition with a compound object. (b) Write a sentence containing an adverbial clause of manner.

(c) Write a sentence containing a noun clause as the object of a verb.

(d) Write a sentence using a gerund as the subject.

(e) Write a complex periodic sentence containing an adverbial clause of concession. 210. Define and igve an example of each of the following grammatical terms:

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(4) it.

(5) mouse.

(b) Indicate the gender of the following nouns by underlining once those that are masculine; twice those that are feminine; thrice those that are neuter; and

four times those that are common.

(1) literature.

(2) stenographer.

(3) parent.

(4) gelding.

(5) colt.

(0) Rewrite correctly each misspelled word of the following group:

(1) sensable.

(2) contravene.

(3) separate.

(4) consciencious.

(5) conscionable.

(6) demoniacal.

(7) atheletics.

(8) compendium.

(9) incredable.

(10) autonomous.

40. Rewrite the following sentences, correcting all errors and giving your reasons for changes:

(a) One or the other of those men have stole my watch.

(b) I do not know which of these kind are the best.

(c) If anyone is disappointed it will not be me.

(d) Whom do you mean?

(e) If this was Wednesday, I could go with you.

(f) I don't believe I will be able to go.

(g) I should not have said it if I had thought it would have shocked her.
(h) An admirable descriptive ability piles up a succession of sharply defined
impressions and convey intangible values as certainly as concrete ones.
(4) I felt so badly last night that I could not keep my engagement.
Somebody, I do not remember whom, told me that they had moved to
Chicago.

510. Capitalize and punctuate the following:

I call it atheism by establishment when any state as such shall not acknowl edge the existence of god as a moral governor of the world when it shall abolish the christian religion by a regular decree when it shall persecute with a cold unrelenting steady cruelty by every mode of confiscation imprisonment exile and death all its ministers.

615. Parse the italicized words in the following sentence:

"Be clean; for the strength of the hunter is known by the gloss of his hide." 720. Write an expository paragraph of about 150 words on any topic of particular interest to you.

No.

MARCH, 1931

110. Define each of the following terms and illustrate the use of each in a sentence:

(a) An intransitive verb.

(b) A relative pronoun.

(c) A gerund.

(d) A conjunctive adverb.
(e) An absolute phrase.

215. (a) Write a complex loose sentence.

(b) Change the above loose sentence into a periodic sentence.

(c) Write a sentence containing an adverbial clause modifying an adjective. (Underscore the adverbial clause.)

(d) Write a sentence containing a relative adjective. (Underscore the relative adjective.)

(e) Write a sentence containing a substantive clause used with a verb as the predi cate. (Underscore the substantive clause.)

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1. ship.

2. shepherd

3. swindler

4. seamstress

5. capon

(0) Rewrite the misspelled words in the following group:

1. quaranteen

2. fallacious
3. inflamation
4. sacrilege
5. hinderance

6. executrix
7. centrifugal

8. desiccated
9. villify

10. tyranny

420. Correct all grammatical errors which appear in the following sentences and explain the nature of the error:

(a) One of the boys wrote their composition on athletics.

(b) When you and me started this adventure, we agreed to be partners.

(c) Whom did you tell me ordered the boys to stop the game?

(d) Lincoln's assassination was a calamity.

(e) The class learned that arsenic was poison.

(f) Loan me your pencil for a minute.

(g) Neither his father nor his brothers wishes him to be an artist.

(h) Neither his father nor his mother wishes him to be an artist.

(i) The Constitution says that a representative will be twenty-five years old. (j) I have asked her yesterday to give me her address.

56. Capitalize and punctuate the following:

The caesars have perished and their palaces are in ruins the empire of charlemagne has risen like one of those gorgeous clouds with the radiance of the setting sun and like that cloud it has vanished forever charles fifth has marshaled the armies of europe around his throne and has almost rivalled the caesars in the majesty of his sway and like a dream the vision of his universal empire has fled. 615. Parse the italicised words in the following sentence:

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Fly, fly, detested thoughts, forever from my view.

Develop any one of the following topic sentences into an expository paragraph of not less than 150 words:

(a) A public office is a public trust.

(b) We must educate the hand as well as the brain.

(c) "All men are created equal"; but equality here has a peculiar meaning. (d) If young men were willing to forego all the luxuries of life, they might easily save up a competence for old age.

4. ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND ENGLISH LITERATURE

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MARCH, 1927

(a) In a correctly constructed sentence for each name, identify the fol-
lowing from English literature:

Christopher Marlowe. Sir Roger de Coverley.
Cordelia.

Modern Painters.

Tom Jones.

George Meredith.
John Silver.

Elia.
Anthony Trollope.
Henry Esmond."

(b) In a correctly constructed sentence for each name, identify the following from American literature:

Representative Men. Francis Parkman.

Hester Prynne.

Bret Harte.

Leaves of Grass.

"English literature since 1558 may profitably be studied by dividing it into periods."

Take the above sentence as a topic and from it develop a short
theme showing how and why you would divide the literature for
study. (About 300 words.)

Select and name one of the prose works, not fiction, regularly studied in
class in the fourth (senior) year of your high school (or preparatory
school) course. Submit an argument (about 300 words) either for or
against the retention of this work in the course for future years.
Include in your presentation of the case the value of the ideas in the
book, the interest, the style, and something about the content.
Choose some book from your high school (or preparatory school) English
course. In a paragraph (about 100 words) explain the subject and
purpose of the work as you would to one who has never read it.

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