Exam Questions: Form 3C, Term 2
Bible and Spiritual Formation
1. What kind of help does God provide to help in our battle against sin? OR Explain the role of personal discipline in our battle against sin.
2. What was Nathan's message to David? Why was it sent, and what was the result?
3. Give an account of Saul of Tarsus's education and conversion. Or Describe Peter's vision. What was its significance?
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation
(Assigned passage is in the Exam Key.)
Composition/Literature
1. Tell one episode from I Promesi Sposi, or Westward Ho!
2. Summarize a poem you remember by Milton.
3. Tell something of Sir Walter Raleigh.
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.
He spells well.
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: And there the survivors sit, beside the silent stream, beneath the tropic moon; sun-dried and lean, but strong and bold as ever, with the quiet fire of English courage burning undimmed in every eye, and the genial smile of English mirth fresh on every lip.
History
1. "Traitor Scot sold his King for a groat." Tell the story.
2. Tell what you know about King Charles.
3. Give an account of the civil war between the Roundheads and Royalists.
4. Who was the "Lord Protector?" Tell about him.
5. What do you know about John Bunyan?
Geography
1. Summarize a day at sea on the Kon Tiki.
2. What do you know about the figures on 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. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3.How do plants behave towards light?
4. What do you know about Leeuwenhook?
5. How is carbon dioxide made? Or, discuss the particulate nature of matter.
Citizenship
1. Use the Year 7-10 Questions for this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. Explain the difference between liberty and permission.
3. "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States . . . shall be the supreme law of the land. . ." Discuss this.
Reading Skill
Father to choose an unseen passage, giving marks for enunciation.
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.