1895 8th Grade Final Exam
1895 8th Grade Final Exam
how much more educated an eighth grader was a hundred years ago than today.
This has come again to tell us what education was in 1895!
THE TEST ASKS FOR A COMPOSITION IN 150 WORDS. TODAY'S TWITS TWITTER IN 149 CHARACTERS! WITH ALL THE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXTING AS WELL AS TWITTERING, THEY ARE PROBABLY LOSING THE ABILITY TO SPELL A WORD IN FULL. WHAT WILL THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE TO WRITE AN ESSAY FOR THEIR COLLEGE APPLICATION?
1895 8th grade final exam
Take this test and pass it on to your more literate friends..
What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salin a , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salin a , and reprinted by the Salin a Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam:
Salina , KS -
1895
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the
principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play,' and 'run.'
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
how much more educated an eighth grader was a hundred years ago than today.
This has come again to tell us what education was in 1895!
THE TEST ASKS FOR A COMPOSITION IN 150 WORDS. TODAY'S TWITS TWITTER IN 149 CHARACTERS! WITH ALL THE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXTING AS WELL AS TWITTERING, THEY ARE PROBABLY LOSING THE ABILITY TO SPELL A WORD IN FULL. WHAT WILL THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE TO WRITE AN ESSAY FOR THEIR COLLEGE APPLICATION?
1895 8th grade final exam
Take this test and pass it on to your more literate friends..
What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salin a , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salin a , and reprinted by the Salin a Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam:
Salina , KS -
1895
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the
principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play,' and 'run.'
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Quotes for thoughts
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Quotes
The only people we can't forgive are the ones we are still afraid of.
Gramma Mildred
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.
Freya Stark
Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.
Richard Carlson
Gramma Mildred
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.
Freya Stark
Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.
Richard Carlson
Exercise your brain
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Informative,
Quiz
This is a quiz for people who know everything!
These are not trick questions .
They are straight questions with straight answers.
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3.. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons . All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar . Can you name at least half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S .'
ANSWERS AFTER THE JUMP
These are not trick questions .
They are straight questions with straight answers.
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3.. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons . All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar . Can you name at least half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S .'
ANSWERS AFTER THE JUMP
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