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29 4. Write sentences containing t/iat, used as an adjective, a conjunction, and a relative. 5. Give the second person singular of the verb be in the several moods and tenses. 0. What are the principal parts of the following verbs: Lay, lie, lead, make, see, sit, set ? Answer each of the questions annexed to the following sentence: " Of the committee who, in June, 1776, had been appointed to prepare the plan, Samuel Adams alone remained a member; and even he was absent when * * 'articles of confederation and perpetual union' were adopted, to be submitted for approbation to the several States."—Bancroft's V. 8. History, Vol. IX, page 436. 7. Of how many propositions, (or principal clauses,) does the above sentence consist, and with what word does each proposition end V 8. Give the leading subject and predicate of each proposition. 9. Parse w7io, 1776, meinber, and men. 10. Also parse had been appointed, and remained. 11. Mention all the connectives, and the words, phrases, etc., which they severally unite. 12. Correct the following sentences: "Both this dress and the other is becoming, but neither of them set well." " You are not him who I expected to see." " Either of the three will answer." " The principle city of a State is not always its capitol." ARITHMETIC. 1. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the remainder 11, what is the dividend ? 2. What is the quotient of 05 bii. 1 pk. 3 qt., divided by 12 ? 3. In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what weight would each be weighed ? 4. Give the process for division of fractions by fractions, and the reasons for that process. 5. Divide two and three one-thousandths, by four one-hundredths; and give the, reasons for the pointing of the answer. 6. Define ratio and proportion; and distinquish between them. 7. Find the unknown terms in the following proposition: 12 yds., 3 qrs.: 46 yds. 3 qrs.:: ( ): 6 T. 1 cwt. 8. Required the proceeds of a ninety days note for $100.00 discounted at a bank at 10 per cent. 9. Sold 9 1-6 cwt. of sugar at $8i per cwt. and thereby lost 12 percent. How much was the whole cost V 10. When it is 7 p. M. at Springfield, 111., in 89° 33' W., what is the time at Cambridge, England? 11. What is the square root of .0043046721 ? 12. Required the cube root of 212176173. GEOGRAPHY. 1. Define Mathematical, Political and Physical Geography. 2. What motions has the earth, and to what phenomena does each motion give ri3e ?•
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