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Classes I Cb. & III A.B.
1. Distinguish between proper and common nouns. How are proper nouns sometimes used as common
nouns and sometimes in the plural?
2. Give two examples of nouns having more than one plural with different meanings. Give the plural
of-bush, fish, stuff, staff, folio, negro, seaman, man-servant.
3. What is the difference in the use of his in
(a) This book is his.
and (b) This is his book.
Give the corresponding forms of all the possessive pronouns.
4. What is an intransitive verb? What are the principal tenses of a verb? Illustrate from the verb
to write.
5. Give the present, past, and past participle of—show, lie, see, break, wear, strike, hold, build.
6. What are the subjects. predicates and objects in the following:--
(a) Do this for me.
(b) The book you gave me pleased me much.
7. Write out the following correctly:-
(a) Those kind of practices never pay,
(b) Neither he nor his brother have finished.
(c) Each of the boys lost their tempers.
(d) Who is that for?
(e) I haven't only one, and that is so bad I can't hardly use it.
Classes II Ca. & IV A,B.C.
1. What is an abstract noun? What are the abstract nouns most closely connected with the following words?—grateful, royal, vicious, king, imperial, judge, poor, warm, ignorant, busy, decide.
2. Give the positive, comparative and superlative of—-full, far, first, plentiful, worse, less, muny, happy. 3. Put the following sentences actively:--
(a) The bills have all been paid already.
(b) If the boat had been upset, I should have been drowned.
Change the next sentence (c) by making it (i) negative, (ii) passive, (iii) interrogative.
(c) I praise you freely.
4. Parse the words in italics in—Did you read that book to-day? I read this book but not that. The
book that I read was mine. I am sure that I read it all.
3. Give the present, past and past participle of make, break, bake, forsake, write, invite, bite, fight, grow,
sow, crow, go.
6. How are adverbs compared? What are the adverbs derived from real, particular, good, all, three. 7. Write out the following, underlining the adjectives once and the adverbs twice:--
Right on our flank the crimson sun went down,
The deep sea rolled around in dark repose,
When like a wild shriek from some captured town
A cry of women rose.'
Analyse any simple sentence in the above.
Classes II Cl. & V A.B.
1. Define a common noun. How are proper nouns distinguished in writing? Give three examples of
compound nouns.
2. Write four pairs of short sentences, illustrating the use of the same word as two different parts of
speech, thus:He is still here (adv.).
The night is very still (adj.).
3. What is a relative pronoun? Write down as many as you know. What other kinds of pronouns
are there?
4. Give the other degrees of comparison of-full, fur, first, plentiful, worse, less, many, happy,
5. Put the following sentences actively :
(a) The bills have all been paid already.
(b) If the boat had been upset, I should have been drowned.
6. What is an abstract noun ? What are the abstract nouns derived from-white, royal, king, high, busy,
judge?
7. What parts of speech are the words in italics in-Did you read that book to-day? I read this book
but not that. The book that I read was mine. I am sure that I read it all.
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