Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-12-23
The following is The list of ques .ons oefol
the Teachers Examination Saturday Dec. 10.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR

| The following is The list of ques. .ons before
the Teachers Examination Saturday Dec. 10.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
!. What is a conjuncti adyelb? Write 9
sentence containing one.
2 Write a sentence in which the word that
| used as a coDjunctive.
| 3. Define the different degrees of comparison
| 4. What is meant by the declension of nouns
and pronouns?
| s. Decline the interrogative pronouns, and
write a sentence containing one of them anu
also noun or pronoun in opposition.
| ing example:
| Hail, universal Lord! be bounteous still
To give Us only good; and If the night
HaLn gathered aught OF evil or coliceaLed
DtSperse IT, as now light dispelS the dark.
| Z. Correct the following examples If incor-
rect and give reasons:
He intended TO have gone to the fair.
Every one of US have our tasks to perform.
he is the same man who We sa" yesterday, e
All who walk the earth are but "a handful 10 the
tribes that slumber in its bosom.
S. What is participle?
Q. Write the possessive plural of friend.
10. What is the nominative case?
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Name the great lakes north of the United
States IN their order from west 10 easr sivin1
the rivers which connect them, and the one
that forms their outlet to the Atlantic ocean
2. Name and describe the different zones.
3. Give the principal rivers which flow into
the Ohio.
4. What bodies of water connect the Medt-
terranean and Black seas?
5. Bound the State of Iowa,
o. Where are the Appenine mountains?
Z. What is the season Of the year at Brazil at
s. Name the five largest cities of the United
States.
o. Name the middle States and four of their
principal rivers.
10. Describe the Cumberland river. giving its
source, general course and the body of water
- ORTHoGRAPHY.
l. How many words are there in our lam
guage?
2. From what languages are they derive
and what proportion of them from each?
g. What language formed the basis of the
English language?
4. Give your method ofteaching orthography
s. Name the proper dipththongs.
g. What are aspirates? Name them.
Z. What are liquids? Name them
s. Define the suffixes alton, ness and IN.
9. What is the root of n word?
10. Define the following words: trite, pene-
trate, magnify, celebrate, e;,otist linguist ex-
orcise, and amplify.
ARITHMETIC.
l. What are duodecimals and of what use
are they?
2. What are Aliquot parts2
B. If I'LL cwt OF sugar cost 500 81, what will
10 cwt cost?
4. A broker expends 1885,, 81 for merchandise
after deducting his commission of per cent
what was his commission and what sun
did he eXpend?
5. What is exchange?
8. A merchant in Chicago purchased a bill
on New York for Sll6i, at per cent premium;
what did he pay?
Z. A certain room is "A feet long. Is feet wild
and II feet high; required the distance from on
OF the lower corners To an opposite upper corner
s. What is mensuration.
8. What is Geometrical progressione Give
the rule.
THEORY AND PRACTICE
l. What constitutes good school?
2. How do you determine the quaiif-
cations of n scholar, on the opening of n school?
3. How do you teach Geography to primary
scholars?
4. Are there any objections to corporal pun
il any what?
8. How do You conduct n recitation in ar
I. How do you teach pupils writing'
s. Are you member of n Teachers Institute!