All about the USA - People - Test 17
Klausimas #1
Read the text and complete the definitions.
NOAH WEBSTER
As a young adult, Noah Webster was a teacher. At this time, the colonies were fighting for independence from Britain. Yet the
books that American children used in school all came from Britain. The books were all about British people and British places.
Webster wanted books that would mean more to American children. So he wrote three books that used American
examples—a grammar book, a spelling book, and a reader. These books were very popular, and millions of them were sold.
Webster was interested in changing the spellings of words. He wanted words to be spelled the way they were pronounced. For
example, he thought the word head should be spelled "hed," and the word laugh should be spelled "laf." People liked Webster's
suggestions. Unfortunately, though, few words were changed. One group of words that were changed were words in which an
unpronounced u followed an o. That is why Americans write color and labor, and the British write colour and labour.
With the money he made from his books, Webster was able to start on his great work. This work took more than twenty years to
write. It was the first American English dictionary, published in 1828. Webster's dictionary had over 70,000 words and gave the
meaning and origin of each. To this day, Webster's work is the example that most dictionaries of American English follow.
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Klausimas #2
Read the text and choose Yes or No.
NOAH WEBSTER
As a young adult, Noah Webster was a teacher. At this time, the colonies were fighting for independence from Britain. Yet the
books that American children used in school all came from Britain. The books were all about British people and British places.
Webster wanted books that would mean more to American children. So he wrote three books that used American
examples—a grammar book, a spelling book, and a reader. These books were very popular, and millions of them were sold.
Webster was interested in changing the spellings of words. He wanted words to be spelled the way they were pronounced. For
example, he thought the word head should be spelled "hed," and the word laugh should be spelled "laf." People liked Webster's
suggestions. Unfortunately, though, few words were changed. One group of words that were changed were words in which an
unpronounced u followed an o. That is why Americans write color and labor, and the British write colour and labour.
With the money he made from his books, Webster was able to start on his great work. This work took more than twenty years to
write. It was the first American English dictionary, published in 1828. Webster's dictionary had over 70,000 words and gave the
meaning and origin of each. To this day, Webster's work is the example that most dictionaries of American English follow.
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Klausimas #3
Replace the underlined pronouns in the sentences with the correct nouns or phrases.
1. He was a teacher.
2. They used British books.
3. They were all about British people and places.
4. Webster tried to change them .
5. Unfortunately, they were changed.
6. They write colour.
7. With it , Webster was able to start on it .
8. It [Webster's dictionary|American children|spellings|his great work|The British|Noah Webster|The books|few words|the money] is the example for most dictionaries.
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