• name the sights in the pictures;

• write where they are and why they are famous;

• Invite your friend to come and visit them one day.

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► III. Speaking

Generation gap is not something new. Talk about your family relationships. Say:

• Do you agree that young people should always listen to their parents' advice?

• Do you personally listen to your parents' recommendations?

• What helps you avoid misunderstandings with the adults?

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Examination Card #9

► I. Reading

Read the text. Write a short summary of it (5-6 sentences). Use your own words

to express the main idea of the text.

Noah Webster

By Steve T. Bett

Noah Webster (1758-1843), along with his contemporary Ben Franklin, advocated simplified spelling, championed "American spelling," and added such words as "skunk," "squash," "hickory," "lengthy," and others to the lexicon.

His early success in 1782 with the blue-backed spelling book earned him a steady income and the wherewithal to devote his life to the first American dictionary, published in 1806. A second enlarged edition with less radical, simplified spellings was published in 1828.

Noah started writing the first American dictionary at the age of 43, which took him over 27 years to write. He felt that Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced, and used words differently but thought that all Americans should speak the same way. He also thought that Americans should not speak and spell just like the English.

Webster wanted the American language to be somewhat uniform and easy. It is thanks to Webster that Americans have 'honor' instead of 'honour,' 'music' instead of 'musick' and 'plow' instead of 'plough.'

He also changed 'theatre' and 'centre' to 'theater' and 'center.' Nevertheless, Webster realized that language, no matter how deplored, is irreversible, and that casual street words mingle in everyday conversation and never leave.

In 1828, at the age of 70, Noah had readied the enlarged version of his original dictio­nary. His dictionary had 70,000 words and he had added, by this time, 12,000 words that had never been previously included in any dictionary of the language. Complete with defini­tions, it was considered better than Samuel Johnson's 1755 English masterpiece in scope and authority.

http://www.owled.com/webster.html

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► II. Writing

Your pen friend's family is coming to Ukraine. They want your advice on how to spend three days. Write a short letter and recommend some places to go. in your letter:

• welcome their decision to visit Ukraine in summer;

• recommend two places around your city;

• ask them to bring your friend with them.

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► III. Speaking

Talk about your school and the teachers that have taught you. Use the ideas given below: