Name Date SENTENCE READING Directions: Read each sentence carefully and decide whether it is true or false. If it is true, place a T {for True) in the answer space at the right. If it is false, write in an F (for False) Write plainly, Work rapidly. You will have six minutes. Samples: All people enjoy swimming, : oe - Not all education comes from books,.......++ +++ Tr Start! 1. July is always a summer month. baosne : pexial ioe 2. Men are usually taller than the women of their own race, 2. 3, All parents are people......... 55. Se 88 Bove 4, Grass is not necessarily green in summer, ......-++++++ gagases “tbo 5. Good study conditions insure effective learning. ..... Ben Scary Bees 6, Operas are invartably sung in Italian... 6... seers eveee ere erceres Bae ‘1. There are five syllables in the word a qT oth and aswoigall sis 8, Haste necessarily makes waste............ + P Rok itt cade se pL ABST R 22 9, Thrift during boyhood guarantees wealth in manhood... .. ++. -++eeeee05 MG 10, The opposite of skillful is clumsy. ee eam 11, If one house sells for $5,000 and another sells for $15,000, they are equally costly. : . Sec eee rai penn ieee 12. Societies are always made up of human beings. . . a’ 1... 13, Salt water can be carried in a man’s hand for three hundred thiles. . . . « Mygcoa 14, Ilegible signposts can be read easily in clear weather... ... : Wa ies 5, The man who budgets his money carefully never goes bankrupt... +++ 0+++ 15.1. 18. Professional people are always self-employed. . . a aut Brak oh Beane? 17. The compensation of 2 skilled workman often exceeds that of a laborer. eer 18, Failure to heed traffic laws tends to hold human casvalties toa minimum..... 18. . 19, Trade between New York and New Jersey is properly described as intra-state trade. es eee To eR 10k Woocetucad Gack of Sas ee. 20, Wealthy people often become miserly with the advent of old age. ....+-++++ 20. - ++ 21, Gregarious people prefer to be left to themselves most of the time. . . « ater 22, Insurance sometimes serves as protection against income interruption. a2arie, 23, The inauguration of a new President of the United States precedes his election. 23... . are 24, A position not without danger is an entirely safe one... ..g sss seer eres 25. A coquette is a mixture of meat and vegetables covered with bread crumbs and thentriediOT¥ 3900)0M, 3026, Concentration is an inherited trait and therefore not susceptible to training. 26. . 27. The proprietor of a business often has more authority than the owner. « Gest!) 28. A man who sells his business lock, stock, and barrel reserves no part of it for se 29, All races are alike in that no race as a whole ig uniform. ...... ++ 0 29; 30, At the-instant of crossing the North Pole, a flight north Becomes a flight south. 30. . - - 31. A person averse to change is correctly described as conservative. cc le 32, College students are invariably younger than their true parents, cenenes SB 43, Toys which are not indestructible are never broken. ...+++.sse+eeeees 38 34, Not infrequently a man's avocation is more remunerative than his vocation... 34. . 35, Heat, cold, hunger, cut, and blow are dangers to which our senses alert us,... 35... .. 36. A dollar, a quarter, a nickel, and two pennies total one hundred and thirty-two eerie te ace caer eee rte ors 87, Given carte blanche in matters of office routine, a man should be reluctant to use his own discretion......... a Pe Bose Sevan) ennitibros ebuBT-bosa- 38, Sometimes an applicant for a position is more interested in the character of hig employer than in the rate of compensation, ......--++e++--+ee0++ 38.5 89:1 Tohn is older than Tim and Tim te older than Terry, then Terry, is older than John. cee Pucca er Ree ne oe eee aay demand the death penalty for mur~ e 41, Natives in any area of the world are always able to withstand the adversities of their own climates, ....... 42, Noninflammable clothing is not without advantage to the fire-fighter. . . 43. Wealth obtained fraudulently is subject to confiscation. . 44, Precautionary discipline is intended to prevent wrong doing, while punitive diselpline is intended to punish it........... : 45. When the long hand of the clock points to four and the short hand points to ten, itis twenty minutes past ten... 0.4... even de eee ee este cree eens Tg a eae ar be buying a pig ina poke, weironsy 3 lcd a ont Oiulbea 47, When employees voluntarily defer a salary increase for themselves, they are not apt to strike immediately for higher wages.......+-+++ as aoe OD 48, To the fighting man temerity is more apt to be an asset than a liability. ..... 48... 49, Any irrepressible Sr little honest effort, Beet aoe ne eer ere ees 50, Slenderness in tree-dwelling animals is of self-evident utility. .........++ 50... ‘ Stop! (Do not score Sentence Reading until all the tests of Form A are completed.) Number right ..... . Number wrong Score = Rights minus wrongs. 2