COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE

STANDARD EXAMINATIONS

(Art. 28, New Code);

Consisting of Twenty-four Entire Sets of papers in

ARITHMETIC,
AS GIVEN BY HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORS IN VARIOUS PARTS

OF THE COUNTRY,

WITH EXAMPLES OF EXAMINATIONS IN
GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY,
AND IN EACH OF THE SPECIFIC SUBJECTS

(Fourth Schedule);

TO BE USED AS TEST EXERCISES IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ;

WITH

HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS, AND A SELECTION OF ARITHMETICAL

PROBLEMS AND "CATCH” QUESTIONS.

SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY

ALFONZO GARDINER,
HEAD MASTER OF THE OUTCOTE-BANK BOARD SCHOOL

(HUDDERSFIELD SCHOOL BOARD).
Author of "John Heywood's Complete Series of Home Lesson Books," "John Heywood's

Penny Parsing and Analysis Table," "Acoustics, Light and Heat," &c., &c.

JOHN HEYWOOD, EXCELSIOR BUILDINGS, RIDGEFIELD, JOHN DALTON STREET,
MANCHESTER; AND 18, PATERNOSTER SQUARE, LONDON, E.C.
AGENTS : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co., LONDON.

[All Rights Reserved.]

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PREFACE ......

HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS :-

Standard I................

2

1

1....................

III.

IV.

13

16

10

V. and VI. ...........

Dictation ... .......

Geography ... ... ... ... ... ... ...............................11,

Grammar ................................

Composition............

History ....................

Repetition ....................................

SELECTION OF PROBLEMS AND “CATCH” QUESTIONS :-

Standard II. Arithmetic ........

»

III.

IV.

V.

» VI.

COMPLETE EXAMINATION PAPERS (24 Sets) :-

Standard I. Arithmetic .........

» II.

»

and Grammar

»

Grammar, and Composition ...

Geography

......96, 97, 99, 101,

History

.....104, 105

SPECIFIC SUBJECTS (Sets of Papers in each Stage):-

1. English Literature

108

2. Mathematics .........

108

3. Latin ......

110

4. French ...............

111

5. German ................................

112

6. Mechanics .............

115

7. Animal Physiology ...........

116

8. Physical Geography .......................

117

9. Botany ............

120

10. Domestic Economy ................

121