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Class VI. A.B.C..
you
work a noun ?
1. How many parts of speech are there? Name them, and give one example of each. 2. What is a noun? What different kinds of nouns are there? Is the room in which
What part of speech is the word adjective? 3. Write down in two columns the masculine and feminine of the following :--man, lord, widow, horse,
bride, tiger, cock-bird, goose, she-goat.
4. Write down in two columns the singular and plural of-man, mouse, monkey, mass, mercy, sheep,
oxen, brethren, gases, vases.
5. What is the subject in each of the following?
(a) Where are you going?
(b) Bring me my hat.
(c) How far is it from the earth to the moon? (d) What a few marks you have given me? (e) Round goes the world.
6. What is the predicate in each of the following?
(a) The monkey ate the chestnuts.
(b) Time and tide wait for no man.
(e) The way was long.
(d) When are you going to finish your work?
7. Parse the words in italics in-"It is possible to speak about a thing without using a word for it."
Where is this sentence found? What is the meaning of the word thing.
Class VII. A.B.
1. How many parts of speech are there? Name them, and give an example of each.
2. What is a noun? What different kinds of nouns are there?
3. Write down the feminine of-man, boy, lord, master, husband, nephew, uncle, father.
4. Write down the plural of-house, fly, monkey, man, ox, thief, tooth, mouse.
5. What is an adjective? Write down six adjectives describing different articles in the room in which
you are.
6. Point out which is noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, preposition in the following :—
"Far away near a desert island a sailor thought of his home."
ARITHMETIC.
Class I A.B.
1. How can we tell without actual division whether a given number, such as 498960, is divisible by
2, 3, 6 and 11 ?
÷ 13 of 12-442 ÷ (32 ÷ 37 – } ).
2. Simplify 1÷12 of 116-128+
3. Reduce to a decimal, and from your work show how to write down 4, 4, &c. as decimals.
Hence find the value of 1714285 of £7. 15. 10%-71428571 of £23. 7. 84 +0428571 of
£77. 18. 11.
4. Find the cube root of 91672844229.
5. At what rate per cent. simple interest will £210. 8. 4 amount to £320. 17. 81⁄2 in 7 years
?
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6. A tradesman marks his goods at 20 % above the cost price, and sells them at 10 % discount; if
he has to pay a tax on his receipts at 10d. in the £, what is the net gain per cent. ?
7. If the prices of two teas differing by ld. per pound are raised 25 % and 20% respectively they
become equal, what are they?
8. A certain rectangular sheet of paper measures 4ft. 5 in. by 3ft. 4 in. How many such pieces would be required to cover the walls of a room 15ft. 9 in. long, 12ft. high, and 14ft. 24 in. wide leaving a wainscot 2ft. 6 in high at the bottom, and a cornice 8 in. deep at the top.
9. The true discount on £258. 11. 11 for 18 months is £14. 12. 9; find the rate of simple interest
per annum.
10. A debtor's estate is sufficient to pay his creditors 48 % after allowing 20% of his estate for the cost of its administration. One creditor, however, waives a claim of £1000 and it is found that the estate will pay 60 %. Find the amount of the estate.