Exams for Years 7-8-9 in Two Years
Year 7-8 Term 1, Term 2, Term 3 K1 K2 K3
Year 8-9 Term 1, Term 2, Term 3 K1 K2 K3
Year 7-8 Term 1
Bible
1. Give three logical arguments to defend your faith.
2. Tell the story of Naboth's Vineyard.
3. Tell about Eljah being taken into heaven.
4. Comment on the "leaven of the Pharisees" or the withered fig tree.
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
Composition/Literature
1. Tell the story of Deirdre and the Sons of Usnach, or Fingal.
2. Write eight lines in verse about the tournament in Ivanhoe.
3. Describe a scene from The Chaucer Story Book.
English Grammar
1. Write sentences that give examples of three kinds of (a), pronouns, and, (b), adjectives.
2. Write two sentences using a possessive noun.
3. Choose "is" or "are." The lake and its lovely water lilies __ an image of loveliness.
4. Parse the italicized words (or identify which part of speech?): She had two daughters and only a small income, but she was very economical, and so they managed to live. She cared for three pigs, three cows, and a sheep called Mall.
World History
1. How did Alfred set about to educate his people, and from where did he get help? Explain how he created English literature.
2. What two principles guided Alfred as Lawgiver? Discuss the way in which he followed both.
3. Give an account of the civil war between Stephen and Maud. OR Give some account of the causes that led to the quarrel between Henry II and Thomas A Becket.
4. What do you know about Roman Camps and Roman Roads in Britain?
5. Why are English people described as Anglo-Saxons?
Geography
1. What made St. Brendan's account doubtful?
2. Show St. Brendan's voyage on a map, or, what do you know about thatched roofs?
3. Describe Saint MacDara's Island or the Sheep Islands/Faroes or, describe Nottingham.
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. Explain Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
4. Draw and label the parts of a seed.
5. Tell something of Ptolemy.
Citizenship/Government (Plutarch)
1. Use the Year 7-10 Questions for this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. What is a red herring? Give an example.
3. What is an "ad hominem" attack?
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. -5 - (-7) = __
2. A car lot stocks 6 red cars for every 2 green cars. If there are 8 green cars at the lot, how many red cars are there?
3. Paul made 9 baskets out of 12 attempts in basketball practice. What percentage of the shot attempts did Paul make?
4. The difference of two numbers is 3. Their sum is 13. What are the numbers?
Foreign Language
1. In your foreign language, write three sentences about yourself.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 7-8 Term 2
Bible
1. Discuss "the blessedness of possessing nothing."
2. Describe the events regarding Joash being crowned king.
3. Tell about the threat from Sennacherib and Israel's deliverance.
4. Tell about the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
Composition
1. Tell about Piers the Plowman.
2. Describe the scene where Gurth and Wamba meet Locksley in the forest.
3. Summarize a poem you read this term.
English Grammar
1. Write a sentence using three adverbs.
2. Write a sentence using a possessive pronoun.
3. Choose "is" or "are." The yellowed book with hundreds of pages __ faded beyond recognition.
4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words: He went accordingly to the banquet, of which we have already mentioned the principal events. Immediately upon retiring from the castle, the Saxon thanes, with their attendants, took horse; and it was during the bustle which attended their doing so, that Cedric, for the first time, cast his eyes upon the deserter Gurth.
History
1. Tell what you know about King Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, or the Battle of Crecy.
2. Give an account of the Black Death.
3. Give an account of Richard II's usurpation by Henry Bolingbroke.
4. Tell what you know about Henry V's wars with France.
5. What do you know about Joan of Arc?
6. Tell what you know about the War of the Roses.
Geography
1. What do you know about Greenland?
2. What are floes?
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. Explain the Law of Conservation of Matter.
4. What do you know about spiders' eggs?
5. What causes roots to grow downwards?
Citizenship/Government
1. Choose a Year 7-10 Question from this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. What are the three rule about opinions that are worth having? Or, What is our duty regarding opinions?
3. What is propaganda?
4. "The Natural Law system grows out of the two fundamental laws taught by all religions." What are those laws?
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. If x - 5 = -30, what is x?
2. Write "eight less than the square of a number, x" as a mathematical equation.
3. Cara worked for 12 hours on Saturday. If this was 3 times as long as she worked on Thursday, how many hours did Cara work on Thursday?
4. A baker baked 210 pies in 5 days. How many pies did the baker bake each day?
Foreign Language
1. In your foreign language, describe a person in your family.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 7-8 Term 3
Bible
1. Write out three logical reasons showing the validity of Christianity.
2. "I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom." Summarize David's response to this promise.
3. Describe David's preparations for the new temple.
4. Give an account of Saul of Tarsus's education and conversion.
5. Describe Peter's vision. What was its significance?
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
Composition
1. What were "Moralities"? Give an account of Everyman.
2. "Athelstane, arrayed in the garments of the grave, stood before them, pale, haggard . . ." Tell the story.
3. Describe a scene from Promise of Fidelity.
English Grammar
1. Write a sentence using three adjectives.
2. Choose "him" or "he." The winner of the election is __.
3. Write sentences showing correct use of "threw" and "through."
4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words: The herald communicated the words of the Grand Master to Rebecca, who bowed her head submissively, folded her arms, and, looking up towards heaven, seemed to expect that aid from above which she could scarce promise herself from man.
History
1. Give a sketch of Luther's career and of the Diet at Worms.
2. Explain the disagreement between King Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More, and tell how it ended.
3. Give an account of Cardinal Wolsey.
4. Describe the reign of Queen Mary.
5. What do you know about the Spanish Armada?
6. Name seven famous men of the days of "Great Elizabeth." Say something about two of them.
Geography
1. On a map, identify the Holy Roman Empire of King Henry VIII's day.
2. Sketch a map of Great Britain, putting in boundaries, towns and chief physical features, and describe two places you would like to visit.
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. Describe the how a garden spider builds a web.
4. Tell the different parts of plant roots, and what the root does.
5. Explain the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Citizenship/Government (Plutarch)
1. Choose a Year 7-10 Question from this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. What is the truth about inflation?
3. Describe Utopia.
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. Jared and Cole ordered a large pizza. Jared ate 40 percent of the pizza and Cole ate 2/5 of the pizza. What percentage of the pizza did they eat in all?
2. 60 million plastic bottles are disposed of in the US every day. How many is that per hour?
3. A car traveled 281 miles in 4 hours 41 minutes. What was the average speed of the car in miles per hour?
4. Find the value of two numbers if their sum is 12 and their difference is 4.
Foreign Language
1. In your foreign language, write a letter making a request.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 8-9 Term 1
Bible
1. Is Christianity hard or easy? Explain, or Explain, Nice people or new men?
2. "To your tents, o Israel!" Describe the cause and the course of the Great Rebellion.
3. Tell about Jehoshephat.
4. What was the result of Paul revealing his Roman citizenship? Tell the story.
5. Tell about the storm at sea and shipwreck during Paul's journey to Rome.
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
Composition/Literature
1. Write two verses about Una and the Red Cross Knight.
2. "All the world's a stage." Explain.
3. What was a poem you liked this term? What was it about?
English Grammar
1. What are the plural forms of these words? Knife, sheep, man, child.
2. Identify whether the italicized word is a direct object, or indirect object.
Now completely frustrated, Mallory tossed the lopsided cake into the trash.
Coach Taylor purchased the wrong jerseys for the team.
Brad finally gave Mom a call last Tuesday.
3. Choose "she" or "her." Ashlyn wrote more pages than __.
4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words. For nouns, say also whether the noun is singular or plural. For verbs, say also whether the verb is in past, present, or future tense: When her mother informed Lucy that Renzo was well and in safety, she derived great relief from the intelligence, desiring but one thing more, which was, that he should forget, or rather, that he should endeavour to forget her.
History
1. Describe King Charles I's gradual decline from constitutional government. OR Describe the New Model Army and trace the growth of Cromwell's power.
2. "Traitor Scot sold his King for a groat." Tell the story.
3. Who was the Merry Monarch? Tell about him.
4. Tell about the great plague and the Great Fire of 1666.
5. What is the difference between Whig and a Tory?
Geography
1. Summarize a day at sea on the Kon Tiki.
2. Describe Easter Island.
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Explain the Conservation of Mass/Energy.
3. How do roots lift water in plants?
4. Explain transpiration in plants.
5. What do you know of Galileo?
Citizenship/Government (Plutarch)
1. Use the Year 7-10 Questions for this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. What is the difference between democracy and liberty?
3. Discuss two "unsolved problems" that our high-tech society has not answered.
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. If a cab ride costs $1.20 for the first one-tenth of a mile, and $0.90 for each additional one-tenth of a mile, how many miles is the cab ride that costs $12.00?
2. At a basketball tournament involving 5 teams, each played each other team once. How many games were played in all?
3. If one leg of a right triangle is 18 cm and its area is 108 square cm, what is its perimeter?
4. A tray can hold 234 eggs. If there are 18 rows in a tray, how many columns are there?
Foreign Language
1. Imagine you're going on a trip. In your foreign language, write a list of instructions (in complete sentences) for the person who will be watching your house.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 8-9 Term 2
Bible
1. Give some scientific, rebuttal, or identity evidence to defend your faith.
2. Tell something of Hezekiah.
3. Tell about Jonah's mission to Ninevah and the result.
4. How do Abraham's two children represent God's children?
5. "The tongue is a flame of fire." Explain.
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
Composition
1. Tell something of the life of Alexander Pope or Samuel Johnson.
2. What was the part you found most humorous in Isaac Bickerstaff or Battle of the Books?
3. What was a poem you liked this term? What was it about?
English Grammar
1. Write sentences using the conjunctions but, yet and because.
2. Write sentences showing correct use of "loose" and "lose."
3. Is the italicized word an adverb or adjective?
She is a graceful dancer.
4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words. For nouns and pronouns, say also whether the word is singular or plural. For verbs, say also whether the verb is in past, present, or future tense: It left scars upon his good-looking face, and nearly robbed him of his eyesight. In those days people still believed that this dreadful disease would be cured if the person suffering from it was touched by a royal hand. So when he was two, little Samuel was taken to London by his father and mother, and there he was 'touched' by Queen Anne.
History
1. Give an account of William of Orange OR The Duke of Marlborough.
2. What were some of the issues of The Great Debate of 1787?
3. What do you know about the Treaty of Ultrechte?
4. Give an account of the War of Austrian Succession.
5. Tell what you know about the Seven Years' War.
6. Tell what you know about the Stamp Act.
Geography
None scheduled this term.
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. Explain how plants make starch and what they give off as a by-product.
4. What did Phineas Gage's accident teach scientists?
5. What do you know of Kepler?
Citizenship/Government (Plutarch)
1. Use the Year 7-10 Questions for this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. Define four of the following: liberal, conservative, left, right, democrat, republican, moderate, socialist, libertarian, communist.
3. How has postmodernism affected art and performance?
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. Ansel has a job collecting eggs. He is paid $3.00 per hour and 20 cents for each egg he finds. If Ansel collects an average of 12 eggs per hour and earns a total of $21.60 for one day's work, how many hours has he worked?
2. Brian had 48 jelly beans. He ate 5/8 of them; his sister ate 1/3 as many jelly beans as he did. How many jelly beans did his sister eat?
3. Write 3 3/8 as a decimal.
4. There are 13 animals in a barn. Some are chickens and some are pigs. There are 40 legs in all. How many of each animal are there?
Foreign Language
1. Write a paragraph in your foreign language about someone who displayed loyalty in your term's reading.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 8-9 Term 3
Bible
1. Give some evidences of the resurrection.
2. Tell about Isaiah's cleansing and calling.
3. "Out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot..." Explain this.
4. "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood . . ." Finish this statement and explain its meaning.
5. Describe the raising of Lazarus.
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
Composition
1. Narrate an episode from Isaac Bickerstaff or one of Jane Haldimand Marcet's essays.
2. Tell something of the life of Oliver Goldsmith.
3. Summarize a poem you enjoyed by William Cowper.
English Grammar
1. Write a sentence using an adverb formed by adding the "-ly" suffix to an adjective.
2. Write sentences showing correct use of "to," "two" and "too."
3. Is the italicized word an adverb or adjective?
I passed the test easily.
He is a good speller.
4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words. For nouns and pronouns, say also whether the word is singular or plural. For verbs, say also whether the verb is in past, present, or future tense: In Lydia's imagination, a visit to Brighton comprised every possibility of earthly happiness. She saw, with the creative eye of fancy, the streets of that gay bathing-place covered with officers. She saw herself the object of attention, to tens and to scores of them at present unknown.
History
1. Tell what you know about the War of Independence (Revolutionary War).
2. Tell about Robert Clive, Warren Hastings and India. Or, tell what you know about Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
3. Discuss reforms and changes in England after they lost the war with America OR Tell what you know about Trafalgar.
4. What do you know about the American Constitution?
5. What were the causes of the French Revolution?
6. Tell all you know about the War of 1812.
Geography
None this term
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. How do plants form fruit?
4. Explain how blood circulates.
5. Give some account of Leeuwenhook.
Citizenship/Government (Plutarch)
1. Use the Year 7-10 Questions for this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. Show how postmodernism has affected three of the following: mentality, business, class, science, education, social policy, global environment. OR "The end of the modern era opens up genuine opportunities for Biblical Christianity." Such as?
3. Would the world be better if all wages were doubled? Explain.
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. Demonstrate the distributive property: 9(2a + b + 4) = ____
2. Julie has a jar of beads. She used half of them to make a bracelet. Later she bought more, tripling the number of beads in the jar. Now there are 33 beads in the jar. How many beads did Julie start with?
3. A triangle has three angles labeled x, y, and z. The ratio of x to y is 1:13. The ratio of y to z is 13:1. What is the value of each of the angles, x, y, and z?
4. A store is advertising a 35 percent discount on an item they marked up 5 percent from the factory price of $350. The sales tax is 8.25 percent. What does the item cost?
5. A train leaves the station at 2:00 pm at 40 mph. Another train headed in the opposite direction leaves the same station at 4:00 pm at 60 mph. To the nearest mile, how far are the two trains from each other at 6:00 pm?
6. Solve for x: 68 = 4(2x + 3)
Foreign Language
1. In your foreign language, tell in complete sentences how you would arrange and decorate a room you'll be spending a lot of time in.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.