No. 8.
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ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
CLASS IV.
1. What is meant by Parts of Speech? Name them.
2. How is the plural usually formed? hero, valley, alkali, wolf, dwarf, and staff.
Write the plurals of lady,
3. Parse the words in italics in the following sentences :-
He neither came nor sent an excuse,
I
may
be detained longer than I expect.
4. Give the masculine of :—lass, mare, duchess, aunt ;
feminine of :-
stepson, tiger, bull, bride.
5. What are Cardinal, Ordinal and Distributive Numerals? Give examples of each.
6. Give the Preterite and Past Participle of the following verbs:
Grow, shake, find, win, spread, teach, build, blind.
No. 9.
SHAKSPERE.
CLASS I.
1. Write an account of the character of Menenius.
2. Give a short account of the plot of the play.
3. What is the source of the play? Comment on Shakspere's treatment of his material.
4. Quote not more than 15 lines of any speech by Cominius or Aufidius.
5. Write short explanatory notes on the following lines and give their context :-
1.
When I find him, were it
At home, upon my brothers guard, even there.................................. Against the hospitable canon, would I Wash my fierce hand in's heart.
2. You are ambitious for poor knave's caps and legs.
3. I would not have been so fidiused for all the chests in
4.
Corioles.
Never would he
Appear in the market place nor on him put,
The napless vesture of humility.
5. He wants nothing of a god but eternity and heaven to
throne in.
6. He lurch'd all swords of the garland.
7. Hear you this Triton of the minnows?
8. He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
Or Jove for's power to thunder.
6. What is the meaning of the following words: Mammock, abram, bisson, provand, quarry, vawaril, jack guardant, rock tarpeian, bolted language, sowl?
7. Mr. Swinburne has said "The subject of the whole play is not the exiles' revolt, the rebel's repentance or the traitor's reward but above all it is the son's tragedy." Discuss this.
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