Entrance Exams, Rosters, Student Test Scores, Frank Iny, Shamash Secondary, and Menahem S. Daniel’s Schools
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Frank Iny, Shamash Secondary, and Menahem S. Daniel’s schools in Baghdad. They contain correspondence regarding student affairs; ledgers of student exam scores for all schools, 1957-1965 and 1970; class rosters for the Frank Iny sixth primary, 1959-1963; and the following exams: Frank Iny School entrance exam to the first intermediate level for English, French, mathematics, and calculus, 1959-1966; Frank Iny primary school exam for mathematics and calculus, 1965; Shamash Secondary School entrance exam to the fourth year for mathematics and English literature, 1962-1965. Exams are written in English, Arabic and French.
Frank Iny School Promotion Exams 1961-1962. Subject: Arithmetic Date: 3/10/1962. Class: 6th Grade Duration: 30 minutes. ⟦line⟧ 1) A man buys 7 quintals of rice at 400f per quintal. He sells this rice at 5.40 f. per Kg. What is his total profit? 2) A rectangular field has a perimeter of 240 m. Its width measures 48 m. Find its length and its area? ⟦line⟧
Frank Iny School Promotion Exams 1961-1962. Subject: Arithmetic Date: 3/10/1962. Class: 6th Grade Duration: 30 minutes. ⟦line⟧ 1) A man buys 7 quintals of rice at 400f per quintal. He sells this rice at 5.40 f. per Kg. What is his total profit? 2) A rectangular field has a perimeter of 240 m. Its width measures 48 m. Find its length and its area? ⟦line⟧
Frank Iny School Entrance Exam for the First Intermediate Class (French Branch) for Summer 1962 Subject: Arithmetic Date: 2 / 10 / 1962 Class: Elementary school graduates for Summer 1962 Time: 10 - 12 Q1: An employee spends 1/3 of his salary on food, 4/9 of the remainder on house rent, and 1/2 of the remaining for the price of clothes and ten Dinars remain with him. How much is his monthly salary? Q2: A contractor pledged to build ten kilometers of road in a period of 150 days, but he found after starting the work that 90 men built 3 kilometers of the road in 80 days. How many men must he add to his men to complete the remainder of the pledge in the specified time? Q3: Two men participated in a business, and the ratio of the first's money to the second's money was equal to 6/11. If it is known that the first's money is 810 Dinars and that it remained at the disposal of the company for (9) months, while the second's money remained for (6) months at the disposal of the company, and they profited upon the dissolution of the company an amount of (1188) Dinars, what is the share of each of them from the profit and what is the amount of the second's money? Q4: Khalil sold a square-shaped land whose side length is 50 meters at a price of 1.200 Dinars per square meter. Then he lent its price to a merchant at a rate of 5 / 5 %. After a period, the total amount became 3300 Dinars. What is the period that has passed since lending the amount? Q5: What is the price of the oil that fills a basin in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, the length of its base being (8) meters, its width (3) meters, and its lateral area is equal to the area of a circle whose diameter is 14 meters, knowing that the price of one liter of oil is seven Fils.
FRANK INY SCHOOL Entrance Examination to the 1st Intermediate Subject: English Date: 2nd October, 1962. Class: 6th Primary Time: 8.00-10.30. 1. Tell the story of either The <del>Camel and the Cat</del> or The Donkey in the Tent in about 30 lines. (15 marks) 2. Tell the story of either The Dishonest Merchants of Khasro or Abu Qasim and his shoes in about 30 lines. (20 marks) 3. (a) Write down (1) an adjective which means 'uncooked'; (2) an adjective which means the opposite of 'cheap'; (3) a verb which means the opposite of 'expand'; (4) a verb which means the opposite of 'join'; (5) a noun which means 'a person who rides a bicycle'. (b) Write the following sentences putting a suitable word in the blanks:- (1) If we do not want to wash our clothes at home, we can send them to the ⟦line⟧ to be washed. (2) We buy meat from a ⟦line⟧. (3) Baghdad is the ⟦line⟧ of Iraq. (4) When a sheep is killed, its meat is called ⟦line⟧. (5) Nowadays on farms, ploughs are often drawn by ⟦line⟧, instead of by horses. (c) Explain the meaning of the following words:- illustration, rubbish, umbrella, rug, disguise, export, wheat, amazement, manufacture, van. (20 marks) 4. Give the Comparative and Superlative degrees of the following adjectives:- hot, little, famous, much, angry. (5 marks) 5. Make adverbs from the following adjectives:- slow, fast, noisy, hard, good. (5 marks) 6. Put the following sentences into the plural:- (a) That boy's book was on the shelf. (b) This lady's key was lost. (c) The doctor looked at the child's tooth. (d) A donkey was standing outside the man's house. (e) The ox's foot was in the water.. (10 marks) 7. (a) Make the following sentences negative:- (1) He taught the class for three years. (2) She can speak French well. (3) They ought to sell their house. (b) Make the following sentences interrogative:- (1) The dog ran down the road (2) He does his work badly. (5 marks) 8. Write out the following sentences putting suitable prepositions in the blanks:- (1) He went ⟦line⟧ the room and waited ⟦line⟧ ten minutes. (2) She put the meat ⟦line⟧ the table and cut it ⟦line⟧ a sharp knife. (3) All ⟦line⟧ the world, there are people who are short ⟦line⟧ food. (4) The eldest ⟦line⟧ the three brothers has a dog, and he asked me to look ⟦line⟧ it while he was away from home. (5) I tried to stop him as he was walking ⟦line⟧ the street, but he was too quick ⟦line⟧ me. (10 marks) 9. Dictation (10 marks)
FRANK INY SCHOOL Entrance Examination to the 1st Intermediate Subject: English Date: 2nd October, 1962. Class: 6th Primary Time: 8.00-10.30. 1. Tell the story of either The ⟦Camel⟧ and the ⟦Cat⟧ or The Donkey in the Tent in about 30 lines. (15 marks) 2. Tell the story of either The Dishonest Merchants of Khasro or Abu Qasim and his shoes in about 30 lines. (20 marks) 3. (a) Write down (1) an adjective which means 'uncooked'; (2) an adjective which means the opposite of 'cheap'; (3) a verb which means the opposite of 'expand'; (4) a verb which means the opposite of 'join'; (5) a noun which means 'a person who rides a bicycle'. (b) Write the following sentences putting a suitable word in the blanks:- (1) If we do not want to wash our clothes at home, we can send them to the --- to be washed. (2) We buy meat from a ---. (3) Baghdad is the --- of Iraq. (4) When a sheep is killed, its meat is called ---. (5) Nowadays on farms, ploughs are often drawn by ---, instead of by horses. (c) Explain the meaning of the following words:- illustration, rubbish, umbrella, rug, disguise, export, wheat, amazement, manufacture, van. (20 marks) 4. Give the ⟦Comparative⟧ and Superlative degrees of the following adjectives:- hot, little, famous, much, angry. (5 marks) 5. Make adverbs from the following adjectives:- slow, fast, noisy, hard, good. (5 marks) 6. Put the following sentences into the plural:- (a) That boy's book was on the shelf. (b) This lady's key was lost. (c) The doctor looked at the child's tooth. (d) A donkey was standing outside the man's house. (e) The ox's foot was in the water. (10 marks) 7. (a) Make the following sentences negative:- (1) He taught the class for three years. (2) She can speak French well. (3) They ought to sell their house. (b) Make the following sentences interrogative:- (1) The dog ran down the road (2) He does his work badly. (5 marks) 8. Write out the following sentences putting suitable prepositions in the blanks:- (1) He went -- the room and waited -- ten minutes. (2) She put the meat -- the table and cut it -- a sharp knife. (3) All -- the world, there are people who are short -- food. (4) The eldest -- the three brothers has a dog, and he asked me to look -- it while he was away from home. (5) I tried to stop him as he was walking -- the street, but he was too quick -- me. (10 marks) 9. Dictation (10 marks)
FRANK INY SCHOOL Entrance Examination to the 1st Intermediate Subject: English Date: 2nd October, 1962. Class: 6th Primary Time: 8.00-10.30. 1. Tell the story of either The ⟦Camel⟧ and the ⟦Cat⟧ or The Donkey in the Tent in about 30 lines. (15 marks) 2. Tell the story of either The Dishonest Merchants of Khasro or Abu Qasim and his shoes in about 30 lines. (20 marks) 3. (a) Write down (1) an adjective which means 'uncooked'; (2) an adjective which means the opposite of 'cheap'; (3) a verb which means the opposite of 'expand'; (4) a verb which means the opposite of 'join'; (5) a noun which means 'a person who rides a bicycle'. (b) Write the following sentences putting a suitable word in the blanks:- (1) If we do not want to wash our clothes at home, we can send them to the ⟦line⟧ to be washed. (2) We buy meat from a ⟦line⟧. (3) Baghdad is the ⟦line⟧ of Iraq. (4) When a sheep is killed, its meat is called ⟦line⟧. (5) Nowadays on farms, ploughs are often drawn by ⟦line⟧, instead of by horses. (c) Explain the meaning of the following words:- illustration, rubbish, umbrella, rug, disguise, export, wheat, amazement, manufacture, van. (20 marks) 4. Give the Comparative and Superlative degrees of the following adjectives:- hot, little, famous, much, angry. (5 marks) 5. Make adverbs from the following adjectives:- slow, fast, noisy, hard, good. (5 marks) 6. Put the following sentences into the plural:- (a) That boy's book was on the shelf. (b) This lady's key was lost. (c) The doctor looked at the child's tooth. (d) A donkey was standing outside the man's house. (e) The ox's foot was in the water. (10 marks) 7. (a) Make the following sentences negative:- (1) He taught the class for three years. (2) She can speak French well. (3) They ought to sell their house. (b) Make the following sentences interrogative:- (1) The dog ran down the road (2) He does his work badly. (5 marks) 8. Write out the following sentences putting suitable prepositions in the blanks:- (1) He went ⟦line⟧ the room and waited ⟦line⟧ ten minutes. (2) She put the meat ⟦line⟧ the table and cut it ⟦line⟧ a sharp knife. (3) All ⟦line⟧ the world, there are people who are short ⟦line⟧ food. (4) The eldest ⟦line⟧ the three brothers has a dog, and he asked me to look ⟦line⟧ it while he was away from home. (5) I tried to stop him as he was walking ⟦line⟧ the street, but he was too quick ⟦line⟧ me. (10 marks) 9. Dictation (10 marks)
Shamash Secondary School Entrance Examination to the Fourth Year, Scientific Section, (G.C.E. Group). ⟦line⟧ Subject: Mathematics Date: 3/10/1962 Class: 3rd Year Graduates of Summer 62. Time: 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. ⟦line⟧ Answer all questions from group one, all questions from group two, and one question only from group three: GROUP I. 1. A swimming pool is 50 yards long and 25 yards wide (internal measurements). The depth of the water at the shallow end is 3 ft and at the deep end is 6 ft., the bottom sloping uniformly. (a) Calculate, in cubic yards, the volume of the water in the pool. (b) If one cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 lb. find, to the nearest ton, the weight of the water in the pool. (1 ton = 2240 lb.). (12 marks). 2. A banker changed a sum of ID.1000/- into Syrian pounds at a rate of exchange of 8.80 Syrian pounds to the Dinar. A month later he changed back what he got in Syrian pounds to Iraqi Dinars at the rate of 7.50 Syrian pounds to the Dinar. Calculate, to the nearest 1%, the percentage of profit he made on his capital outlay. (12 marks). GROUP II 3. Factorise:- I. 27X³ + 8y³. | II. 49X⁴ - 51X²y² + 25y⁴ III. 4X² + y² + 4Xy - m² - 2mn - n² (12 marks) 4. A boat goes downstream 48 miles in 2 hours and upstream 40 miles in 4 hours. Find the rate of the river and the rate of the boat in still water. (12 marks) 5. Solve the following equation, finding X in terms of b : X² | b² ⟦line⟧ | = | ⟦line⟧ | (12 marks). 3X - 2 | 3b - 2 6. The edges of a closed rectangular box are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The area of the entire outer surface is 208 square feet. Find the length of each edge. (12 marks) 7. X² + y² = 169 X - y = 7 (12 marks). GROUP III 8. State and prove a formula giving the number of degrees in an interior angle of a regular polygon of n sides. (16 marks). 9. Show with proof how to construct a line intersecting two sides of a triangle and parallel to the third side, such that the part intercepted between the two sides has a given length. (16 marks). ⟦line⟧
Shamash Secondary School Entrance Examination to the Fourth Year, Scientific Section, (G.C.E. Group). ⟦line⟧ Subject: Mathematics Date: 3/10/1962 Class: 3rd Year Graduates of Summer 62. Time: 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. ⟦line⟧ Answer all questions from group one, all questions from group two, and one question only from group three: GROUP I. 1. A swimming pool is 50 yards long and 25 yards wide (internal measurements). The depth of the water at the shallow end is 3 ft and at the deep end is 6 ft., the bottom sloping uniformly. (a) Calculate, in cubic yards, the volume of the water in the pool. (b) If one cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 lb. find, to the nearest ton, the weight of the water in the pool. (1 ton = 2240 lb.). (12 marks). 2. A banker changed a sum of ID.1000/- into Syrian pounds at a rate of exchange of 8,80 Syrian pounds to the Dinar. A month later he changed back what he got in Syrian pounds to Iraqi Dinars at the rate of 7.50 Syrian pounds to the Dinar. Calculate, to the nearest 1%, the percentage of profit he made on his capital outlay. (12 marks). GROUP II 3. Factorise:- I. 27X³ + 8y³. | II. 49X⁴ - 51X²y² + 25y⁴ III. 4X² + y² + 4Xy - m² - 2mn - n² | (12 marks) 4. A boat goes downstream 48 miles in 2 hours and upstream 40 miles in 4 hours. Find the rate of the river and the rate of the boat in still water. | (12 marks) 5. Solve the following equation, finding X in terms of b : X² | b² ⟦line⟧ | = | ⟦line⟧ | (12 marks). 3X - 2 | 3b - 2 6. The edges of a closed rectangular box are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The area of the entire outer surface is 208 square feet. Find the length of each edge. | (12 marks) 7. | X² + y² | = | 169 X - y | = | 7 | (12 marks). GROUP III 8. State and prove a formula giving the number of degrees in an interior angle of a regular polygon of n sides. (16 marks). 9. Show with proof how to construct a line intersecting two sides of a triangle and parallel to the third side, such that the part intercepted between the two sides has a given length. (16 marks).
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL Entrance to 4th Secondary (B Section) Subject: English Literature. Time: 10.30. - 1.00 (2½ hours) Class: 3rd Intermediate. ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS I. Read the following passage and then answer the questions below it: "- this girl is - a liar! ⟦line⟧This I learnt from her ⟦illegible⟧ benefactress; from the pious and charitable lady who adopted her in her orphan state, reared her as her own daughter, and whose kindness, whose generosity the unhappy girl repaid by an ingratitude so bad, so dreadful, that at last her excellent patroness was obliged to separate her from her own young ones, fearful lest her vicious example should contaminate their purity." (a) Who is speaking and to whom are the words addressed?(2 marks) (b) Who is the girl referred to and who is the 'benefactress'? (2 marks) (c) Is there any truth in what the speaker says here? (1 mark) II. Read the following passage and then answer the questions below it: "I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach." (a) Who is speaking and who is he speaking to? (2 marks) (b) What is the subject of his "tale"? (Use only one sentence for this answer.) (2 marks) (c) What is the lesson that his story teaches? (1 mark) III. Tell the story of either (a) "Morte d'Arthur" or "John Gilpin" in as much detail as possible. (10 marks) IV. EITHER (a) Write a detailed account of the first visit of Mr. Mason to Thornfield Hall. OR (b) How did Jane Eyre come to meet the Rivers family? Describe what happened to her from the time she met them until the time she left them to go back to Thornfield. (10 marks) V. <del>For</del> (a) Who was the "pale young gentleman"? Describe ⟦(3(A)⟧ Pip's first and second meetings with him. ⟦only⟧ ⟦? ?⟧ ⟦? - ?⟧ <del>For</del> (b) Write a detailed account of Pip's meeting with ⟦+3(B)⟧ Orlick in the sluice-house on the marshes, making ⟦only⟧ it clear how Pip came to be there. (10 marks) ⟦? ? ?⟧ (Marks: Qu. I: 5 Qu. II: 5 Qu. III: 10 Qu. IV: 10 Qu. V: 10 Total: 40)
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL Entrance to 4th Secondary (B Section) Subject: English Language. Time: 8.00.-10.00. (2 hours) Class: 3rd Intermediate. ⟦922⟧ ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS I. Read the following passage and then answer the questions below it. My pupil was a lively child, who had been spoilt and indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward; but as she was committed entirely to my care, and no injudicious interference from any quarter ever thwarted my plans for her improvement, she soon forgot her little freaks, and became obedient and teachable. She had no great talents, no marked traits of character, no peculiar development of feeling or taste which raised her one inch above the ordinary level of childhood; but neither had she any deficiency or vice which sunk her below it. She made reasonable progress, entertained for me a vivacious, though perhaps not very profound, affection; and by her simplicity, gay prattle, and efforts to please, inspired me, in return, with a degree of attachment sufficient to make us both content in each other's society. This will be thought cool language by persons who entertain solemn doctrines about the angelic nature of children, and the duty of those charged with education to conceive for them an idolatrous devotion; but I am not writing to flatter paternal egotism, to echo cant, or prop up humbug; I am merely telling the truth. I felt a conscientious solicitude for my pupil's welfare and progress, and a quiet liking for her little self, but nothing more. Anybody may blame me who likes, when I add further that I longed for a power of vision which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen. I shall be called discontented. I could not help it; the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes. It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a constraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex. (a) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words as far as possible, using only information you are given in the piece:- (i) Why was it that the writer's pupil soon became obedient and teachable? (ii) Why did the writer come to feel a liking for her pupil? (iii) What kind of life are human beings dissatisfied with, according to the writer? (6 marks) (b) Explain carefully the meaning of the following phrases. (Do not be too brief in your explanations; you will probably need ten words or more to explain some of them). (i) idolatrous devotion; (ii) paternal egotism; (iii) conscientious solicitude; (iv) too absolute a stagnation. (8 marks) (Continued on page 2)
Entrance to 4th Secondary (B) (continued) English Language -2- (c) Write a summary (in your own words as far as possible) of the views expressed by the writer in the last paragraph of the passage. Do not use more than 80 words. (6 marks) II. (a) Write synonyms (one word of similar meaning) for ten of the following:- deceased, renown, solace, mute, perish, gem, verge, evince, peruse, rigid, pensive, naive, precisely, odour, hue. (10 marks) (b) Write antonyms (one word of opposite meaning) for five of the following:- frugal, shabby, dubious, obese, clammy, transparent, reluctant. (5 marks) (c) Substitute one word for ten of the following phrases:- an underground prison. (noun) hair growing on the back of a horse's neck. (noun) a narrow crack or split (in a wall or rock). (noun) a person who pretends to be virtuous. (noun) talk that may or may not be true. (noun) a reason for doing something. (noun) without energy. (adjective) having a yellowish complexion. (adjective) handle of a sword. (noun) living both on land and in water. (adjective) a room at the top of a house. (noun) to repeat again. (verb) the bones at the joints of the fingers. (noun) a person to whom one owes money. (noun) (10 marks) (d) Explain carefully the meaning of fifteen of the following words:- elude, phantom, blubber (verb), ghastly, superstition, involuntary, privilege, deem, obnoxious, impostor, unique, antipathy, incredulous, grotesque, pompous, subsequent, eerie, tedious, taciturn, indefatigable. (15 marks) Total marks on Question I: 20. Total marks on Question II: 40.
Frank Aini School Entrance Exam for the First Intermediate Class (French) Subject: Arithmetic and Measurements Exam Date: Sunday 9/22/1963 Class: Graduates of Primary Studies for Summer 1963 Time: 10 ⟦1/2⟧ - 12 ⟦1/2⟧ Answer five questions only. Q1: A village woman brought a cage of chicks to sell in the market. She was supposed to sell each chick for 155 fils, but on the way, 4 chicks escaped from the cage, so she was forced to sell each of the remaining chicks for 180 fils. By doing so, she obtained the required amount. How many chicks were there? Q2: A man gave his youngest son 2/7 of the money he had, and gave his eldest son 3/4 of the remainder, and gave his daughter what remained after that. If the total of what the two sons took was 69 dinars, show the share of each of them. Q3: Adel went to a real estate company and liked a rectangular piece of land on a map drawn at a scale of 1/600. He bought it for 1620 dinars. What is the price per square meter if its length on that map is 5 centimeters and its width is 3 centimeters. Q4: Two people participated in a trade, and the total of what the two put into this trade was (1200) dinars and their total profit from it was (210) dinars. If the capital of the first with his share of the profit amounts to 822.5 dinars, what is the amount of the second's capital and what is the share of each of the two from the profit. Q5: A wooden pillar was encased in a brick building such that the pillar (including the bricks) became in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with a height of 13 feet and its base in the shape of a square with a side of two feet. If you know that the volume of wood present in this pillar equals 25 percent of the volume of the pillar and that the cost of a cubic foot of wood equals 750 fils, how much does the wooden section of this pillar cost. Q6: Find the height of a triangular piece of land whose base length is 77 m and its area is equal to the area of a circular piece of land whose diameter is 56 m.
Frank Iny School Entrance exam for the first intermediate grade (French branch) for the summer of 1962 Subject: Arithmetic Date: 2 / 10 / 1962 Class: Primary school graduates for the summer of 1962 Time: 10 1/2 - 12 Q1: An employee spends 1/3 of his salary on food, 4/9 of the remainder on house rent, and 1/2 of the remainder on the price of clothes and has ten dinars left. What is his monthly salary? Q2: A contractor undertook to build ten kilometers of road in a period of 150 days, but found after starting the work that 95 men built 3 kilometers of the road in 80 days. How many men must he add to his men to complete the remainder of the undertaking in the specified time? Q3: Two men participated in a business, and the ratio of the first man's money to the second man's money was equal to 6/11. If it is known that the first man's money is 810 dinars and that it remained at the company's disposal for (9) months, while the second man's money remained at the company's disposal for (6) months, and they earned at the dissolution of the company an amount of (1188) dinars, what is the share of each of them from the profit and what is the amount of the second man's money? Q4: Khalil sold a square-shaped piece of land with a side length of 50 meters at a price of 1.200 dinars per square meter. Then he loaned its price to a merchant at a rate of 5 1/2%, and after a period, the total amount became 3300 dinars. What is the period that passed since lending the amount? Q5: What is the price of oil that fills a tank in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, the length of its base is (8) meters, its width is (3) meters, and its lateral area equals the area of a circle with a diameter of 14 meters, knowing that the price of one liter of oil is seven fils.
FRANK INY SCHOOL, Entrance Examination to the 1st Intermediate Subject: English Class: 6th Primary Date: 22.9.1963 Time: 8.30 -10.30 ⟦line⟧ (1) Give the plural forms of these words: apple; furniture; child; mouse; deer. (5 marks) (2) Put these sentences into the interrogative form: a- My sister lived in Basrah. b- That book costs thirty fils. c- They think it will rain tomorrow. d- The drivers see the signal. e- John is carrying mary's books. (10 marks) (3) Explain the meaning of the following words:- Cupboard; raw; bleach; satchel; automatic; expensive; wages; a sink; spring; scales. (10 marks) (4) Give the simple past and the past participle for each of these irregular verbs: to begin; to bite; to drive; to feed; to steal. (5 marks) (5) Change these sentences from the simple Past into the Past Continuous form: a- I closed the gate. b- We spoke to them by telephone. c- The bell rang. d- No one swam in the river. e- I made a kite. (5 marks) (6) Make sentences using the verbs in the form required: a/ Simple future: ( to read) b/ Past continuous: (to study) c/ Interrogative-present: (to see) d/ Present continuous: (to like) e/ Past Interrogative: (to take). (10 marks). (cont'd.p.2)
(cont'd.) - p. 2 - English. Frank Iny School. 22.9.1963 6th Primary. 8.30-10.30 ⟦line⟧ (7) Supply the missing prepositions: a- He went --- the bridge and looked --- the water. b- They spoke --- his father --- his poor work. c- The gardener placed his tools --- the shed, and laid the flowers --- his bench. d- I waited --- an hour, and then left a note --- her door. e- The thief climbed --- the roof and then leapt --- the ground. (5 marks) (8) Tell the story of how Jeha buys a donkey or of the Camel and the Cat. (30 marks). (9) Dictation:. (20 marks). --- ⟦line⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL, Entrance Examination to the 1st Intermediate Subject: English Date: 22.9.1963 Class: 6th Primary Time: 8.30 -10.30 ⟦line⟧ (1) Give the plural forms of these words: apple; furniture; child; mouse; deer. (5 marks) (2) Put these sentences into the interrogative form: a- My sister lived in Basrah. b- That book costs thirty fils. c- They think it will rain tomorrow. d- The drivers see the signal. e- John is carrying mary's books. (10 marks) (3) Explain the meaning of the following words:- Cupboard; raw; bleach; satchel; automatic; expensive; wages; a sink; spring; scales. (10 marks) (4) Give the simple past and the past participle for each of these irregular verbs: to begin; to bite; to drive; to feed; to steal. (5 marks) (5) Change these sentences from the simple Past into the Past Continuous form: a- I closed the gate. b- We spoke to them by telephone. c- The bell rang. d- No one swam in the river. e- I made a kite. (5 marks) (6) Make sentences using the verbs in the form required: a/ Simple future: ( to read) b/ Past continuous: (to study) c/ Interrogative-present: (to see) d/ Present continuous: (to like) e/ Past Interrogative: (to take). (10 marks). (cont'd.p.2)
(cont'd.) - p. 2 - English. Frank Iny School. 22.9.1963 6th Primary. 8.30-10.30 ⟦line⟧ (7) Supply the missing prepositions: a- He went --- the bridge and looked --- the water. b- They spoke --- his father --- his poor work. c- The gardener placed his tools --- the shed, and laid the flowers --- his bench. d- I waited --- an hour, and then left a note --- her door. e- The thief climbed --- the roof and then leapt --- the ground. (5 marks) (8) Tell the story of how Jeha buys a donkey or of the Camel and the Cat. (30 marks ). (9) Dictation:. (20 marks). ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧
Frank Iny School Transition Exams 62 - 63 Subject: Calculation Class: 6th Date: 9/23/1963 Duration: 30 minutes. 1. 172 f is spent at a rate of 20 f per meter to border a rectangular tablecloth with a fringe. What is the length of this tablecloth if its width measures 1.8 m? 2. A merchant buys 36 quintals of potatoes at 15 f per kg. He sells them with a total profit of 1450 f. What is the total selling price? ⟦line⟧
1962 Frank Iny School. Transition exam for 1st Intermediate A dry summer a superbly blue summer burned the earth. Two or three times, very high and very white flakes hid the sun. But the beautiful clouds moved gently like a slow flock of wild birds, and soon they were seen in a tiny corner of the sky. The time for harvest arrived, but it did not rain. Thunder was heard, but the clouds did not open. the storm, even with snow, would have been welcome; anything rather than this too white sun that drank the water from the ponds. the streams were dry; the fountains were lowering; the field springs, which gush into the paths, had long been dry. 20) Questions 1) Why did the peasants wish even for snow? 2/ Explain: the sun drank the water from the ponds What do the flakes represent in the dictation? Why were the springs dry? 9) 3) Give the rule for the plural of nouns ending in ail. the adjective dry (sec) becomes sèche in the feminine. Give six others whose feminine form does not follow the general rule. 3) 6) 4/ The storm would have been welcome. Analyze the verb. Rewrite the sentence by putting the verb in the past-composed, future. 8.
5/ 5/ Conjugate: 3) Go: present indicative 6) Run: imperfect and future 4) Hear: imperfect, past historic 6/ Logical analysis: 6) The small field springs that gush into the hollow paths, had been dry for a long time. 7/ Grammatical analysis blue, of the, sun, gently, the, sky, weather, but, who/which, dry. 8/ Vocabulary 3) the chalet, the haberdasher, the wicker basket. 9/ Standard spelling 3) nouns ending in ours. nouns starting with af, ef, of.
Shamash Secondary School Entrance Exam. to the 4th Scientific Class (Section A). September 1964 Subject: English Language Date: 11/9/1964 Class: Graduates of the 3rd Int. Year. Time: 8:00 - 11:00 Section A. ⟦line⟧ . I. Read this passage carefully and then answer the questions:- In many villages throughout Scotland the triangular emblem of the Scottish Youth Hostel Association is a welcome sight to the young walker or rambler as he completes his day's tramp through the countryside. It is astonishing how these emblems have multiplied. When the organisation was founded in 1931 there were seven; now there are seventy, and the demand for more hostels is far from satisfied. The idea behind this movement, for which enthusiasts like the late Dr. Alan Fothergill worked so hard in the early days, was a simple if inspired one. It was to bring the glories of the Scottish countryside within the reach of all young people, no matter how limited their means. The establishment, especially in the more inaccessible parts of the country, of comfortable if not luxurious hostels, where young men and women could be accommodated for the night led to a new kind of exploration. From the cities, on foot or on bicycles, a great new band of wanderers took to the hills and the moors, to find health and refreshment in the open air, and to experience the joys of a new kind of companionship. The Association, for the first time, has come before the public with an appeal for funds. To complete its projects it requires £100,000. That is a large sum, but it would be difficult to imagine a more deserving cause. Here is a body which has spread happiness among scores of thousands of young people, and has brought them health as well.... By encouraging young people to develop a wide interest in the country and its associations, the hostel movement could expand that liberal and informal education in the art and pleasures of simple living which it has already done so much to foster. QUESTIONS 1. What is the sign of the Scottish Youth Hostel Association ? 2. What are we told about the numbers of these signs, and what does this prove ? 3. Explain in a few sentences what was the idea behind the movement, indicating how the scheme actually worked. 4. Give in one short sentence the main idea in (a) paragraph I, and (b) paragraph 2. 5. Give the meaning of the following words or phrases as they are used in the passage: Association, multiplied, inspired, limited their means, luxurious, inaccessible, projects, scores, liberal, informal, foster. 6. (a) Give nouns corresponding to: complete, inspired, inaccessible, develop, expand, informal, founded, multiplied. (b) Give the adjectives corresponding to: emblem, satisfied, glories, art. ( cont'd.p.2)½.
(cont'd). -p.2- English Language. Entrance Exam to the 4th Scientific Class. Section A. 11/9/1964 ⟦line⟧ 2. Write about 15 lines on one of the following:- a) There's no place like home. b) The weather in England. (10 marks) 3. Re-write the following sentences changing the words underlined into subordinate clauses:- 1) In spite of the rain we went for a walk. 2) Is this question too difficult for you to answer ? 3) It is better for you to follow your father's advice. 4) He worked hard in the hope of succeeding. 5) Notwithstanding his efforts, they did not succeed. ( 5 marks) 4. a) Change into Indirect:- "Where have you been and why are you late?" the father said to his son. " Go at once to your room and remain there until I return". b) Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets:- (1) Last night while I (sit) at the window, I (hear) a loud crash as if two motor-cars (collide) and immediately after people (begin) to run in the direction of the crash. (2) As soon as I (hear) that I (succeed) in this examination, I (leave) for Basrah so that I (enjoy) myself and (forget) books for a month. (3) He (be) happier last year if he (succeed). (15 marks) 5. Answer the following questions:- 1- By whom was "Robinson Crusoe" written ? 2- What did Robinson Crusoe make his table and chair out of ? 3- When Mr. Trelawney and his friends set sail for Treasure Island, did they take Jim with them or did they say he was too young ? 4- Why was Bassanio often poor ? 5- Why is it useful to use a dictionary ? 6. Write about 20 lines on one of the following:- 1) Maxim de Winter. 2) Jack Favell. ⟦line⟧
Frank Iny School Entrance Examination to 4th Year. Subject: English Language Date: 11th Sept.1964 Class: 3rd (French Section). Int. Time: 8:00-10:30 a.m. 1. Comprehension. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions: Oliver looked from one to the other with the greatest surprise; but he was not permitted to make any inquiries, for the two boys walked stealthily across the road, and slunk close behind the old gentleman towards whom his attention had been directed. Oliver walked a few paces after them, and, not knowing whether to advance or retire, stood looking on in silent amazement. The old gentleman was a very respectable looking personage, with a powdered head and gold spectacles. He was dressed in a bottle-green coat with a black velvet collar, wore white trousers, and carried a smart bamboo cane under his arm. He had taken up a book from the stall, and there he stood, reading away as hard as if he were in his elbow-chair in his own study. It is very possible that he fancied himself there, indeed; for it was plain, from his utter abstraction, that he saw not the book-stall, nor the street, nor the boys, nor, in short, anything but the book itself, which he was reading straight through, turning over the leaf when he got to the bottom of a page, beginning at the top line of the next one, and going regularly on, with the greatest interest and eagerness. What was Oliver's horror and alarm as he stood a few paces off, looking on with his eyelids as wide open as they would possibly go, to see the Dodger plunge his hand into the old gentleman's pocket, and draw from thence a handkerchief; to see him hand the same to Charley Bates; and finally to behold them both running away round the corner at full speed ! In an instant the whole mystery of the handkerchiefs, and the jewels, and the Jew, rushed upon the boy's mind. He stood for a moment, with the blood so tingling through all his veins from terror, that he felt as if he were in a burning fire; then, confused and frightened, he took to his heels, and, not knowing what he did, made off as fast as he could lay his feet to the ground. Questions: 1) Describe in your own words the appearance of the old gentleman. 2) What was he doing, and why was it so easy to rob him ? 3) Describe how the robbery was carried out. 4) What were Oliver's feelings when he saw what was happening, and what did he do ? 5) Give the meaning of the following words as they are used in the passage: stealthily, slunk, abstraction, tingling. (25 marks) ( cont'd. p.2)
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3rd Intermed. (French Section). 11th Sept.64.
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2. (A) Rewrite the following sentences, including the verbs in their
appropriate forms.
a) up to that moment I ( to meet) never his sister.
b) In three days, the space ship ("to complete")- (perfect form
of verb required) her journey and (to be ), once again, back
on earth.
c) As I (to know) that he was ill, I (to decide) to pay him a visit.
d) For over ten years, no-one (to hear) a single word about them.
e) Since the beginning of the semester, you (to be absent) at least
on four occasions.
(15 marks).
(B) Correct,and re-write,the following:
a) When I shall have learnt English perfectly, I shall begin to
study Spanish.
b) We have learnt English since we are twelve years old.
c) I asked them what they have been doing all the morning.
d) They did not write to us once since they left England.
e) I already saw that film.
(15 marks)
3. Write ten sentences, using in each, one of the following subordinate
conjunctions to introduce a subordinate clause, and indicate what
type of clause it is:
(1) how; (2) not so....as; (3) lest; (4) so...-that;
(5) however; (6) "no sooner....than", (7) "seeing that....."
(8) since. (9) unless, (10) Even though.
(15 marks).
4. Write ten sentences, five of which contain adjective clauses
(non-defining) and five of which contains adjective clauses
(defining).
(10 marks)
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-p.3- English. 3rd Intermed. (French Section). 11.9.64 ⟦line⟧ 5. Complete each of these sentences, as you wish, but following the underlined verb with an infinitive (with or without "to"), or with a gerund, as required: (a) Most people avoid............ b) He dreads ................ c) The students who find English fairly easy like........... d) At the party, she mentioned............ e) They asked us if we would enjoy............ (10 marks) 6. Explain, briefly, what is meant by each of the following:- 1/ to peer; 2/ to grieve; 3/ every two years; 4/ stripped to the waist; 5/ to denounce; 6/ inaudible; 7/ to come to grief; 8/ to buy something over someone's head; 9/ to stick at the price; 10/ to estimate. (10 marks). ⟦line⟧