The 8th Grade Final Exam - 1895
Orthography (Time, one hour)

• Introduction

• Grammar

• Arithmetic

• U.S. History

• Orthography

• Geography

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1.   What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication

2.  What are elementary sounds? How classified?

3.  What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals

4.  Give four substitutes for caret 'u.'

5.  Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.

6.  Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.

7.  Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.

8.  Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.

9.  Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.

10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

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