1. What does Sam have? Sam is a boy. He has a ball.
boy ball doll Peter
2. Who is here with the car? Father said, "Come, Jane. Mother is here with the car."
Jane car Father Mother
3. Who likes the dog? Dan has a dog. He does not like the dog. Brother likes it.
Dan dog likes Brother
4. What did the girl lose? A girl was looking for something she lost. A lady said, "I will help you find it." They found the penny in the grass.
grass nickel penny man
5. Who was the child? Sally saw a child. She said. "What is your name?" The child said, "My name is Susan."
Molly name Susan child
6. What did the little boy like most? A little boy had two toy trucks. He got one this year and one last year. He said,"I like my new truck, but I like my old truck the best."
two trucks old truck new truck little boy
7. What did the farmer feed the horses? A farmer had cows, horses, chickens, and ducks. He fed the cows and the horses hay. To the ducks and chickens he fed corn.
horses corn hay ducks
8. How old is Dave? Sandy is ten years old. She has little twin brothers named Tom and Dave, and a brother Jack who is twelve years old. Tom is six.
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9. What did Father want the children to do? Father said, "Hurry, children! We shall be late for the train. We are going to see Grandma and Grandpa."
see Grandma to see to hurry to be late
10. Where does Bob help his father? Bob goes to school every day except Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday he helps his father at the store. On Sunday he and his father go to church.
church Saturday store Father every day
11. What kind of kitten did Mrs. Green find? Mrs. Green found a kitten in the barnyard one winter day. The kitten was so weak it could hardly stand. Mrs. Green took it into the warm house and put it into a little basket.
weak little warm barnyard house
12. Where did John go last? John said, "I did two things today. I went to the bank after I took my book back to the library."
bank library school today John
13. When is Alice's next music lesson? Alice is becoming a musician. She practices on the piano every day. On Tuesday and Friday she takes her music lesson. Today is Wednesday.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
14. What are toy animals decorated with in Mexico? In Mexican markets many things are on display. The tourist can buy brightly colored blankets of wool or cotton; leather shoes or purses; clay pigs, cats, or rabbits; and interesting carved human figures carved of wood. Many of the toy animals are painted in bright colors with funny dots and stripes.
drab colors wood leather clay dots and stripes
15. When did the children go for a walk? On Tuesday it rained, so the children played indoors. Wednesday morning it was still too muddy to play outside but their father took them for a ride in the park. Yesterday was bright and clear, and they went for a walk in the forest. They met an old woman when they had went about a mile.
yesterday in the park Tuesday morning in the forest about a mile
16. Which rug is most expensive? The merchants said, "The dye used in red rug comes from a very tiny animal. Thousands of animals are necessary to make even a small amount of dye. For that reason the rug is worth much more than the blue or green rugs."
animals blue red green tiny merchant
17. Which game do I prefer? Second only to tennis, in my opinion, is the game of golf. Both games require more skill of hand and quickness of movement and eye than card games or checkers.
tennis golf card games checkers games
18. How do I feel? The angry rhinocerous came so close that I could hear the huge beast snort. I reached for my automatic rifle, although I well knew that my bullets would have little effect on his tough hide. Terrified, I watched him advance toward me.
angry huge well little terrified
19. Whom did Washington praise? During the hardships of the Revolutionary War, everyone - young and old, soldiers, farmers, and artisans - all worked arduously for their country. Washington frequently commended especially the patriotism and devotion of the women. They worked as tirelessly as the soldiers on the battle field, but with other implements than firearms.
soldiers women farmers artisans patriotism
20. What means of transportation seemed peculiar to Mr. Jones? For thirty years Mr. Jones lived in a country where the dog-team was the sole means of transportation. Accustomed as he was to sled or travois, he found it difficult, on his return to civilization, to refrain from gaping wide-eyed in wonder at automobiles of our modern city streets.
dog-team sled automobiles street travois
21. What is the most economical type of locomotive? Engineers strive to reduce the weight of engines and there by lessen the pounding of the driving wheels against the iron rails at high speeds. Less pounding means longer wear, both for the locomotives and tracks. The new streamline trains are usually made from aluminum and are both lighter and easier to pull than the old steel locomotives.
steel aluminum iron wood old-type
22. Who may submit entries in the contest? The committee of judges will give careful attention to every entry submitted. The entrants should give careful attention to every entry submitted. The entrants should type the manuscripts on only one side of the paper. Any magazine reader is eligible to compete. The contest is closed to relatives of the judges, or the employees of the firm.
committee members employees judges judge's relatives magazine readers
23. Future buyers of airplanes may expect a reduction of what? Airplanes are rapidly being improved to increase speed and safety. In fact, each new plane built is out of date soon after delivery to the purchaser. Eventually, when the experimental stage in aviation is passed, airplanes will be standardized and produced at a considerable lower price than at the present.
delivery speed safety price aviation airplanes
24. What do vocational tests measure? Tests for vocational guidance are effective tools in helping high school students select suitable occupations. The counselor explains to the student that the tests cannot dictate his or her future vocation in absolute terms, but rather pointout his aptitudes and abilities. A person can then make a more intelligent and successful occupational choice than would be possible otherwise.
occupations absolute terms aptitudes counselor guidance
25. What kind of abstracts appear in "Biological Abstracts"? "Biological Abstracts" is a scientific journal consisting of extremely condensed summaries of abstracts of current scientific biological literature. Biology, however is such an extensive field that the abstracts if published in one volume, would be expensive and bulky. They are therefore, divided into five volumes dealing with specialized topics within the general biological field, each of which may be purchased independently.
extensive widespread expensive condensed bulky volume
26. What should citizens do in reading news items? A newspaper becomes an organ of propaganda when subversive influences are allowed to invade the field of reporting events. Citizens should be trained to evaluate each news item in terms of its authenticity, and to expend unmitigated efforts in denouncing newspapers which flagrantly violate veracity in efforts to influence political conduct.
evaluate denounce violate invade influence veracity
27. What partially overcomes the limits of human perception? There are limits of exactness in human perception which are irremedial. As two lines or forms are made more nearly equal, a point is reached at which the unaided eye can no longer distinguish between them. To eliminate this source of error in observation, precision instruments have been devised which permit greater accuracy of measurement than could be obtained otherwise.
observation instruments exactness accuracy irremedial forms
28. What makes the diagnosis of fatigue difficult? Depression, inattention, and erratic behavior may result from fatigue. In any consideration of fatigue, the capacity of the human being to compensate temporarily by special effort should be remembered. This capacity not infrequently produces remarkable results and may be correspondingly misleading. Interpretation of fatigue is impossible even when aggravated, unless this capacity is controlled or eliminated.
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