Annual Examinations, 1900. PART I. JUNIOR MATRICULATION. Exan ENGLISH GRAMMAR. W. J. ALEXANDER, B.A., PH.D. 1. Wouldst thou be taught, when sleep has taken flight, How far-off yet a glimpse of morning light, 5 Forbear to covet a Repeater's stroke, That, answering to thy touch, will sound the hour; For service hung behind the chamber-door; 10 The double note, as if with living power, Will to composure lead- or make thee blithe as bird in bower. (Wordsworth's Cuckoo-Clock.) Analyse the above passage so as to show the various clauses (principal and subordinate) it contains, and indicate their relations to one another. In the case of subordinate clauses be specially careful to state the grammatical functions of each, and to point out the particular word each one modifies. [N. B.Write every clause in full.] 2. Explain the grammatical values and relations of the following words:-"tell" (line 2), "far-off" (line 3), "yet" (line 3), "morning" (line 3), "to lure" (line 4), "well" (line 4), "blithe" (line 11); and also of the italicised words in the following:(a) He is going home. (b) He went mad. (c) He drank his tea hot. (d) He did nothing but amuse himself. [OVER.] 3. Rewrite the following words, amending the spelling where it is incorrect:necessery, praceable, accomodate, proffesser, irresistible, beleare, dissapointment, delapidated, cemetery, asassin, harrass, embarrass, similes, seperate, privilidge, ex istance. 4. Write the plural of cargo, sheaf, piano, elf, soliloquy; and the past tense and perfect participle of burst, flee, smite, beat, upbear. 5. Point out the nature of each of the grammatical errors in the following sentences, and amend them : (a) There is no doubt but what neither the man to whom I have alluded, or his father were willing to have anything to do with an enterprise for which every other member of the family had lain down their lives. (b) While busied by their studies, the school bell had rang. Directly James heard it, he asked: "Can I go now, or will I be obliged to wait until both the industrious and idle boys have finished their tasks." He feared, perhaps, he would not get credit for his diligence, and hoped to be treated differently than the others; but, I assure you, silence would have served his purpose equally as well. 6. Write down five English words derived from the Latin litera, and point out the connection between the present meaning of each of the derivatives and the root, indicating the effect of the various suffixes and prefixes. 7. State in general terms what substitutes are employed in modern English to perform the offices of lost inflections of nouns and verbs. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these substitutes compared with such extensive use of inflections as is found in Latin? 1. Simplify {(05)3—(·02)3} ÷ {(·05)2+(·05)(*02)+('02)o }. 2. Reduce to its simplest form :— (3+51-) (4-31) divided by 1+21-(2%-1-22). 3. A man owns 18 of a certain mine. He sells 252 of his share for $5000. What is the value of the mine? 4. A person sold to A of his land; to B of the remainder; to C of what then remained and received $55 for what he had left at $75 an acre. Find the number of acres he had at first. 5. A merchant buys goods amounting per catalogue price to $540.80, subject to 25% and 10% off, and he sells at catalogue prices. Find the rate per cent. profit. 6. What per cent. is realised on money by investing in a 3 per cent. stock at $140, dividends payable yearly? 7. A young man deposits $100 in a savings bank at the beginning of each year, making his first deposit on January 1st, 1895. How much will there be to his credit on December 31st, 1899, the bank paying 3 % per annum ? 8. $500. Toronto, January 15th, 1899. Ninety days after date I promise to pay Henry Graham, or order, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, with interest at six per cent. per annum. Value received. JOHN RYAN. This note was discounted on Feb. 20th, 1899, at 8 per cent. [OVER.] |