No. 1.
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COMPOSITION.
CLASSES I & II.
The value of Education.
Electricity.
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Is Torture essential or beneficial to the Administration of Justice?
No. 2.
COMPOSITION.
CLASS III.
Are Newspapers a benefit to the Community?
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Is exercise required to maintain bodily health?
No. 3.
COMPOSITION.
CLASS IV.
Compare electric cars with rickshas as means of locomotion.
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Is the introduction of Railways into China desirable?
No. 4.
COMPOSITION.
CLASS V.
Write a short letter to a friend describing the Dragon Boat festival.
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:- describing the Chinese New Year festivities.
No. 5.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
CLASS I.
1. Analyse: "They that marry ancient people, merely in expect- ation to bury them, hang themselves, in hope that one will come and ent the halter."
2. Give examples of "but" as an Adverb, a Preposition, a Re- lative and a Conjunction.
3. If a long and a short form of a Latin word exist in English which is usually the older and why? Give examples.
4. News, pains, alms, means, amends, tidings, riches, politics,
shambles, eaves. Are these singular or plural in origin?
5. What is a hybrid? Why is it so called? Give examples.
6. Comment on any peculiarities you notice in the following words:
Kine, rather, children, vixen and could.
7. Explain the use of Prepositions. Why are they more frequently
ased in Modern than in Ancient languages?
8. How do you distinguish between strong and weak Verbs?
Give examples:-
(a) of verbs with weak Preterite and strong Past Participle. () of verbs which have passed from the strong to the weak
Conjugation.
OPTIONAL QUESTIONS,
1. Give some account of the various periods at which Latin has influenced the vocabulary of the English language.
2. Give some account of vowel Mutation (Umlaut) in English. Are the words foul, defile and filth connected with one another and if so which is derived from which?