Revision

1. Give the transcription of the correct form of the italicized words.

1. The lady wanted to invite her friends for dinner and a game of bridge.

2. It was easy enough to ask people to come, but far more difficult to provide a meal for them.

3. The servant announced that there was a man at the door offering to sell mushrooms.

4. The police couldn't find neither the horse nor the man who had stolen it.

5. He was not always as good a boy as he might have been.

6. He liked swimming or fishing much better than sitting at a dark desk in the classroom.

7. Last week I received an invitation from my school friend to come and see him.

8. A sick girl asked her Mom not to leave her alone at home.

9. Her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park.

10. I have only two or three pounds, no more.

2. Write the weak forms of the underlined words.

1. Those who wish to travel, either for pleasure or on business have at their disposal various means of transport. There is, for instance, the humble inexpensive bicycle. Then there is the motor-cycle, with which you can travel quickly and cheaply, but for long journeys it is rather tiring. With a motor car, one can travel comfortably for a long distance, without getting too tired. Luxurious ships cross seas and oceans from one continent to another. Airplanes carry passengers to various parts of the world in almost as many hours as it takes days to do the journey by other means. But most of us still have to use trains.

Travelling by train is slower than by plane. You can see the country you are traveling through and enjoy the beautiful nature. It may be an express train or a passenger one. There is no doubt it's much more convenient to travel by an express train, because it doesn't stop at small stations and it takes you less time to get to your destination.

2. No evidence has been found as yet to show what were Shakespeare's movements and activities during the years immediately following his departure from Stratford. It has been suggested that he may possibly have taught as a schoolmaster in the country or served for a time in a nobleman's household but the general opinion is that he went to London in 1587 to seek his fortune in a company of players.

Shakespeare can be traced in London from 1592 onwards, first as an actor and then as a reviser and writer of plays. There is evidence to show that as early as this date, when he was still only twenty-eight, his contemporaries were impressed and some of them indignant, about the quality and popularity of the work of this "upstart crow" (as Robert Greene described him).

3. Americans believe that every citizen has both the right and the obligation to become educated. The citizens of a democracy need to be educated so that they can take part in affairs of government, both local and national. They must also learn vocational skills.

In order to develop an educated population, all states have compulsory school attendance laws. These laws vary somewhat from one state to another, but generally they require that formal schooling begin by age 6 and continue until at least age 16. However, most Americans attend school at least until high school graduation, when they are 17 or 18 years old. About 75% of all American adults and about 85% of younger American adults are high school graduates.

The size of the nation's basic educational enterprise is astonishing. From kindergarten through high school, about 46 million students are enrolled in school. To educate this vast number of students, Americans have to employ about 2,7 million teachers, by far the largest professional group in the country.