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BOARD OF EDUCATION EXAMINERS
UNIFORM COUNTY EXAMINATION
Transcribed by Lynn McCleary, November 24, 2019
| 1. a. Write a simple sentence. |
| b. Expand it into a complex sentence. |
| c. Using your complex entence, expand it to form a compound sentence. |
| 2. a. Write a sentence containing a verb in the active voice. |
| b. Rewrite the same sentence and change the verb to the passive coice. |
| 3. Compare the following adjective -- if they can be compared: |
| a. Wise | f. Bad | k. Well |
| b. Careful | g. Much | l. Interesting |
| c. Loyal | h. Quiet | m. Five |
| d. Square | i. Perfect | n. Top |
| e. Little | j. Good | o. Lazy |
| 4. a. What is the difference between biography and autobiography? |
| b. Define anecdote and list its characteriestics. |
| 5. a. Write a formal invittion to a garden party. |
| b. Write and informal inviation to the same event. |
| 6. Give the steps in conducting a meeting from the time of calling the meeting to order until the motion to adjorn has carried. Think of a club which has both entertainment and business features in its program. |
| 1. a. What is meant by "every written lesson a penmanship lesson?" |
| b. How can you make pupils feel this responsibility? |
| 2. How can you develop in the pupils a desire to write well? |
| 3. a. Explain two values of handwriting scales. |
| b. Give three ways to stimulate interest in good penmanship. |
| 4. State the importance of the use of he blackboard in teaching beginners to write. |
| 5. Write your name and address as a specimen of our best handwriting. |
| 6. a. What is meant by legibility? |
| b. Why is it an important standard in penmanship? |
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| 1. a. Discuss the importance of conservation efforts being made to save soil, wild life, and forests. |
| b. Name five birds, five trees, and five wild flowers of Iowa. |
| 2. a. How many immunity be acquired from small pox, diphtheria, and typhoid? |
| b. Name the different stage in the development of man's methods of communication. |
| 3. a. Name at least three useful microorganisms. |
| b. Name at least three harmful ones. |
| c. Explain the use of the thermometer. |
| d. Explain the use of the barometer. |
| 4. Name at least two plants that furnish man food from : |
| a. Roots |
| b. Stems |
| c. Leaves |
| d. Fruits |
| 5. a. Why do the star constellations appearing in the evening change throughout the year? |
| b. Why does the sun eclipsed at times? |
| 6. a. Why does old bread mold? |
| b. Why does meat spoil? |
| c. Why is wool clothing warmer than cotton? |
| d. Why does soap clean? |