Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-01
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.
Geography aud or,hexrspny This
fssenoon-Readiag Exercises for
this Aisersoon = An Addisionsi
Day Required.

nay Required.
At the examination Of applicants for
teachers certificates in Virginia yestsr'
day afternoon. the subject Of grammar
was considered. The questions are as
follows
I. What Is a noun? Give classes OF
common nouns. What are the proper
- OF nouns? What is . verbal noun Z
r .rm plurals and possessives Of aid.de-
camp. valley. man.servant. calico. Mrs.
Smith, A. Give rule for forming the
plural for man.servant.
2. What Is an adjective Give the
two general classes. What is compare.
SOM How are the different degrees Of
comparison formed Of adjectiyes OF one
syllable? OF two or more syllables
Give an example Of each.
3. What antecedents may the pronoun
''it' REPRESENT
4. What are the methods OF distin-
gushing the two sexes? Give examples.
8. What IL o verb Regular 2 lrreg.
ular? What are the principal parts OF
verb? Give the principal parts OF
bear ITO bring FORTH, draw. lie TO 70.
clins), spit TO pierce with a spit)' befaii
and read. -.
@. How IL the passive voice formed9
Give example. Present participle, what
does II represent? Perfect participle,
what does Il represent? =.
z. What IL conjugation! synopsisf
voice? mode? tensef
8. Conjugate the verb Ito build" ac-
tive voice, indicative mode. present,
perfect and future tsnss, subjunctive
mode, passive voice.
o. Correct following sentences and
give reasons for changes: His estate
will not allow Of such ~extravagance."
1.-THE sick and wounded were left at this
place." 1.-THE Bishops Of Dublin's pal.
ace Is on nrs." Parse land" "were
left" Bishops"
10. Analyze the following sentence;
No AZ had levslsd the giant progeny Of
the crowded groves, in which the fan.
tastic forms Of withered limbs, that bad
been blasted and riven BY lightning.
contrastsd strangely with the vsrdanl
freshness! OF younger growth oil
branches.
This morning at 9 o'clock the inter.
estipg topic Of geography was first dis
cussed. Following are the questions:
GEOGRAPHY.
l.. Name the different kinds Of geog.
raphy. Define physical geography.
What il the esrth's axis ? It's equatori
2. What is latitude? longitude? Name
the zones. Name the eason Of the
torrid zone.
3. Why il the Western coast Of the
United States warmer than tho eastern
coast in the same degree OF latitudeP
4. Bound the State Of Pennsylvania.
Name the principal rivers. What is its
capital? Name the principal city OF the
eastern part. Of the middle part. OF the
northwestern part.
s. Name the British possessions oil
North America and locate each. Give
capital Of each.
0. What does Oceanica comprise2
Into what parts is It divided? Give the
location OF each part and name the prin'
cipal islands Of any two.
z. What groups OF islands are III
cludtd among the British Isles?
8. For what Is each OF the following
cities noted: Chicago. Philadelphia,
Manchester, Lynn (Mass.). Oportof
o. Locate the following lakes Chau-
tauaua, Bsikal ; the following capes
Agulhas, York ; the following islands
spitzbergen, Mauritius.
10. Locate the following straits and
tell what waters they connect : Bos-
porus, Belle Isle; locate the following
bays: Georgian, Taupe; locate Mount
Ararat; locate the Dovre Field range Of
mountains and give their trend.
After these had been disposed OF the
art OF spelling was taken up. after this
manner:
/. What is photography orthsopy'
q letter. q syllable3 q word! Why are
words divided into ~syllables?
2. Define diphthong, proper and i'm
proper triphthong. proper and i'm
proper; give examples Of each.
3. What IL accent and what Is the
difference between primary and second.
AIRY accent?
4. Give the rules for final y; when Is
the final Q OF Q radical word rejected
5. What IL q prefix 2 SufiI ? Define
| tho preixes ante, dis, anti, dia; the sui
| Axes able, dom, less, y. Spell vying,
palatable, ecstasy. dreamt, skilliul, iui
All, demise, hypocrisy, irretrievable'
control. separate. bilious, dsleble, igne-
Gus, deleterious.
A recess OF an hour was granted at IL
O'Clock, after which the difficult subject
Of reading wal brought before the ap.
plicants. These questions were pro.
pounded
l.. Define reading. articulation. In
Election. How many infections are
there2 Name them.
2. What are pausesf Rhetorical
pauses2 What Is the use OF the semi
colon
8. What Is the use OF the emphasis
What il snunciation Pronunciation
What determines the proper pronuncia.
ton OF words?
4. What 10 q parenthetic clause !
How should it BE- road What infse.
ton Is always to be given to the end
OF ii?
8. In teaching q child to read, to what
would you pay particular attention
After the answers had been written,
there were oral exercises In the art under
consideration.
The Board Of Examiners are OF the
opinion that II will take until Thursday
evening to conclude the examination.
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