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CEFR READING PART PRACTICE – TRUE OR FALSE
Read the text and find out whether the statements A-F is True or False.
Put
A
if the statement is True or put
B
if the statement is False.
TASK 2
A) The meaning of words has been changing in English within centuries.
B) The written form and pronunciation do not often coincide in English.
C) English has 14 different forms of pronunciation for the
sh
sound.
D) In many cases English spelling preserved old forms of pronunciation.
E) Six different spellings of
ough
are the most striking examples of differences between
spelling and pronunciation in English.
F) English is expanding at the cost of new words borrowed both from other languages
and science development.
The English language has been borrowing words for more than 1,500 years. The most
complete dictionary of the English language contains a whopping 600,000 words. It’s
common for new words to grow from previously existing words — for example,
to burgle,
formed from
burglar.
The use of words can change.
Shower
started out meaning “light rain.”
It later
referred to a bathroom shower,
and then became used as a verb,
to shower.
English is
said to have one of the most difficult spelling syste ms in the world. Take a look at
these four words:
anxious, fission, fuchsia,
and
ocean.
They all spell the
sh
sound
differently. English has 14 different spellings for the
sh
sound. Throughout history,
the spelling of English words hasn’t changed as much as their sounds have. For
example, people once pronounced the
k
in
knife
and the
gh
in
right.
We no longer say
those letters, but we’ve kept the old spelling. English also tends to hold on to the
spelling of words it borrows from other languages. The most striking examples of
differences between spelling and pronunciation in English are the six di fferent
pronunciations of
ough.
Say these words aloud:
bough, cough, thorough, thought,
through,
and
rough.
Some spellings have lasted from a time when the
gh
was
pronounced in English. The English language is unusual in the way it borrows and
grows. New words are constantly being introduced. The verb
to google
is a new word
that means “to do a fast Internet search.” It comes from the widely used Internet
search engine, Google.
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