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IX, Poemsandlimericks ......197A. Poems . .. ...197B.Limericks.,.. .....203

X. ADrop of Humour ...,207

Key to Exercises . . .2I5

Bibliography ......229

CuvAnt ir

Englkhfor Teens se doregte a fi u:adolescenlii pasionali de studiul li::Iucru, ne referim Ia trecerea dincolopresupun conversafiile simple/simpli s

sau inlelegerea mesajului unui cinte;iimbi, dar finalizarea acestui proces rde exerciliu intens gi intensiv, in ace

textelor originale qi vizionarea filme-

mai nuanlati atAt oral, cAt qi in scn.

civilizalie specifice {irilor unde limrEste verificabil gi verificat de mul:

gramatica englezd poate fi insugita l:limbii romAne. Problemele apar ai'-

provocator, plin de capcane al vocabu.

that those 500 words the average Er'g.:

the language. You may learn anothe r :nlay come across afurther 50,000 ro.,

Este de asemenea demonstrabil ,

Ient cuvinte intr-o limbi care de ::ortografie gi pronunlie, presupune r

mai mare disponibilitate gi capa-..apreciabil de cuvinte gi expresii C.pe ldngi o serie de texte literare sa-

respectlnd nivelul de cunogtinte -:a VIII-a sau a IX-a. Evident, texte : ,

pe parcursul acestor trei ani de s:*individual sau colectiv.

Sperim c[ pata de culoare o:e:.:

aduce un plus de atractivitate, iar -..:.

1i culturi va fi pe mdsura astepti:..English for Teens II se va adr.s=

atAt gradul de dificultate al terte . -- :

.MouI lou op no,( sptorv\ eqt dn lool 'elnl s!q] ot suollde)xe aLll aulllepun

Psar/Paar - PIJ :'xg

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ued - uad p?s - ples Pues - Puas lrreur -,&ratu >1ced - >1cad

peq - pBaII uetu - ualu 8eq - 8aq leq - laq PUBI - PuaI

lB - ale P?q - Paq reilBI - raual les - las ueql - uatn

IIBtls - [aqs Pel - PaI PeP - PBaP uBl - ual ssBlu - sseul

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ler{t sanold all})etd'llnlt#tp eror! ua^a s6ulql aleu selnl peqsllqe}sa aLl} olsuo!]datxa snotaun u eql'tanoa.loyl'ltapad sl a)uapuodsauo: punos-lallal

eql L{1qM u! spro/v\ /v\aj alP ataq} 'uelueulou elllun 'euo uaull/v\ aq} puP

auo ualods aql:^llent:e'se6en6uel o/v\t 6ututeal sueaul qsr16u3 6uruleal

ir.{s!l6ul s! qs!l6ul'v

sPro a ur sPunos PUB srallef 'I

l0 ENGLISH FOR TEENS

bit - beat filI - feel fit - feet did - deed rich - reachlist - least lid - lead sit - seat sin - scene is - ease

it - eat this - these will - wheel skim - scheme sick - seekstill - steal hit - heat pick - peak slip - sleep bin - been/bean

Exercise 2

a. Read the following pairs of words. As you see, the sounds [n] and [al aregenerally represented graphically by the letters u, respectively ar.

Ex.: luck - lark

Yet other letters or groups of letters can be pronounced like them. Underlinesuch words if you come across them.

duck -.dark buck - bark cut - cart hut - heart hush - harshmuch - march hum - harm come - calm bun - barn cuff - calf

b. Which of the following words are pronounced with [z',] and which with [al?

after,half,brother, come,laugh, dance, cover,lore,butt, task,last, country, Monday,

father, other, dove, pass, monk, answer, mask

hl ...

la'1....

Exercise 3

Read the following pairs of words. The sound [c] is graphically representedby the letter o. (Ex.: box, lot, pod.) The groups of letters or, our, oor, ore aregenerally pronounced [oJ. (Ex; lord, pour, board, store.)ln most cases the contrast between the two sounds looks/sounds like this:spot - spott.What othergroupsof letters doyou identiflias being pronounced [ol? Underlinethem.

cod - cord cot - court don - dawn cock - cork not - noughtpot - port shot - short cot - caught sot - salt cops - corpse

&

LETTERSAI

Exercise 4

Read the following words anc :-they belong to according to the r

per sound,

busy,love, piece, fault, third, a.ire:

health, that, plum, inn, fur, lea::

bother, shook, birth, flood, attera.

ie1..........."..ne1.............

. rl .............

.a,1.............

ii1...............

i,,l ..'........'.

Ic]........'...'.Ir,].'.......'...Iu] ,..,.........

Iu'] .......'....Ia].,............

Ia,].........'..'

Exercise 5

It is amazing how words come or

words by simply adding or takin

Ex.:If we place

following 30 r" i

ln some cases this may lead to a

hare, leek, crew, Pear, hire, hoe. '.

take, crap, way, hip, tray, till,la:.

a. Try to find the words that u n c (

the given letters: b, c, d, f , g, k, r

striking change of sounds? ln sc

pronunciation at all; underline :

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e ,!;1uap1 noI op uaql Jo q)!qm uf i'n'J'd'\ '6 'J'p', 'g :sJalla; uent6 aqt

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IISCUO/T NI SCNNOS (NV SdIIJIA'I

t2 ENGLISH FOR TEENS

hair, rock, rest, not, late, rind, raw, round, harm, last, leak, link, heat, eArn, rash,

night;hole,lace, hip, rook, rid,lass, new, here, rush, hill,lean,lute, ram, hen,lap,

rap, lot, ring, rate, right, ray, rend, hat, now

b. See how many words you can build like this starting from the followingones using whichever consonant letter or w-, y-.

law urn, ride, lame, arm, aid, reed, ace, itch, eel, owl, rain, row read, lay, rim,

rail, each,'air, low oil, ass, eAst, ale, ask, age, and, own, ape, art

Ex.: claw/flaw, burn/turn, bride/pride

Notice again the alteration of sounds that appears in some cases (such as

worm, soid, bowl, bass, wond, down, gown, town).

c. Most helpful in this respect are words such as: one, end, ink, our, ark, ote,

ire, eot, old, all, in, at, are, ash, ore, oil, ear,ilL Make your lists - the more words,

the better.

Ex. : bone/done/ gone/lone/none/tone; bend/fend/lend/mend/send/tend

Notice again the sound alteration in words such as: bone, none, four, pour,

tour, weor, wash, bear, peor, wear etc. (especially if we take into considerationthe BE pronunciation for ate and the pair of homophones tedr [tie/tee]).

d. When it comes to letters that can be added to existent words, -e is the most

frequent.This causes the change of the short vowe! in front ofthe final consonant

of the given word into a diphthong or into a long vowel.

Ex.: fad - fade; dam - dame; gap - gape

din - dine; dim - dime; grim - grimedot - dote; rob - robe; pop - pope

cub - cube; cut - cute; mut - mute

Notice the changes in pronunciation in the following cases: ton -tone; run - rune;

cast - coste; met - mete; bath - bothe; lath - lothe; breath - breothe; wre:ath -wreathe. !

Write down the words you can get by adding -e to the following ones.

sit, kit, mat, tub, rod, rat, tap, bit, hop, rid, ffiafl, past, slid,fat, cod, win, mad, con,

fin, can, bad, pin, nap, slop, strip

LETTERS A)

[xercise 6

Odd One Out

- dove, cove, above, love

- come, drove, bone, stove

- drew grew, few, threw- Iost, post, host, most

- tool, food, good, moon

- chair, chain, chaos, chat

- cool, brooch, fool, school

- fuse, cube, rule, tube

- thunder, thirty, through, th,vme

[xercise 7

a. Make your own sPelling lists.

icrr c in cat, write b, ch, f, h, -, P'

For r in nut, write b, c, h, j, sh

For h in hop, write c, ffi, P,l, sh (s

ior r in rug, wrlte b, d, h, j, m, t.

For .f in fall, write b, c, h, m, t, h' \'

For p in pick, write k,l, s, t (st, th

For s in sirg, write k, r, w (th, br)

For d in day,wrlte b, h,l, m, P, ,.

For f in tap,wrtte c, l, ffi, r, s (fi' c

For f in fun, write b,8, fl, P, r, s.

For h in hill, write b, d, f , 5,, k, r'tt

For s in side, write r, t, w (ch).

For m tn mind,write b,f, h, k' r.

For s in sef, write b, g, j,l, m, n. :For b in bad,wrlte d,f,l, m, P, s.

For h in hang,wrlteb,f,g,P,r.-'.For d in dog,write b, c, f, h,

-1, I

For k in kid,write b, d, h,l, m,

For n in night, write f, l, m, n, r. :

For f in try, wrlte c, d, f, P.

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€ISCUOM NI SONNOS ONV SUAJJII'I

t4 ENGLISH FOR TEENS

b. You can try to do the same by using groups of consonants such as: th, sh,ch, st, sl, cr, dr, pr, sm, br, cl, fl, wh, sp, etc.

Ex.: cat - chat; hop - shop; fall - small; pick - thick;sing - bring; day - stay; tap - flap

c. Find your own solutions to the following words.

lie, bare, sit, tend, lot, mine, man, dust, tire, fast, yell, best, matter

d. Which words rhyme?

job, far, dye, knob, sour, many, wren, who, stag, then, rob, stair, any, knock, tower,when, are, you, jar, rock, where, true, rag, penny, flag, shock, flour, why, fair, sighfeed, spoon, read, wrote, peach, caught, weed, broad, knee, pour, bait, stage,moon, age, rage, soon, more, late, boat, three, teach, fault, goat, word, each,sword, tea, nought, eight, roarhalf, dumb, done, beet, pain, own, cheer, feast, laugh, mess, drum, calf, sun,wheat, been, won, bone, least, here, lean, near, reign, yes, bless, crumb, beast,neat, scene, sane, loan

Exercise 8

Write down words with double letters.

LETTERS .1.

Exercise 9

a. How many words can you buiJ

SS 6. ----le---er 7. ---ch----y 8. ---gh_-_ck 9. ----gc-_ee- 10.--oo-

: iVhat words are these? Un,--::er of each word is given.) Tht '

PSMOATNBDAKLCRIBSETCENENCIMYNHEBICTALENBSMAENETLLYABLUWREHTAEC(IYI{RETCRUETAER

QARETURRWANIOBWRSTLREEDFOAFIDLQYI,AUTI

: <:rcise 1 0

= :^ e gaps with the right lei:='s ::

:ed fruit.

- I s have the r;::.. : . -. -

.' C.',at.b nzli.-.:II -.

a. They must be words that have not got endings or suffixes whatsoever.

Ex.: rabbit, accident,ladder, keen, cuff, dagger, smell,commit, banner, cook, coppe r, ferty, lesson, letter, pazzle

b. These must be adjectives or verbs that have got endings.

Ex.: bigger, sitting, travelled, thinnest, stopped, preferring,regretted, permitting

c. These must be words that have got suffixes or prefixes in the process ofword building.

Ex.: admittance, occurrence, immoral, marvellous, robberytactfully, irresponsible, acquittal, meanness, illegal

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8. T------saretowedbehind 2l.Onlyafewpeopleliveinthe l. Inthepionicbasketthererver<cars. d _ _ _ - t. 2. The thieves stole some valuab,l

9. C____scanliftheavyloads. 22.Hoopsandw sareround. 3. Thedoctortoldhispatienttct0.Matchboxesareo-___g. 23.As ehasfourequalsides. 4. Weightliftershaveverystro:..ll.Cottonwoolisf--__y. 24.W _saremeasuredin 5. Thesoldiersweredrilledbr.alz.Y ----tissoftandsmooth. pounds inBritain. 6. Ariverof ice iscalled ag___13. Sandpaperfeels r___h. 25. fets are noisy a__-___t.14. Knives have sharp b ---- s. 26. Boatshavekeelsattheb----m. i iliJ#flI;[:ffi:.tJilj:':15.Canoeshavec dsides. 27.Theb___hisdryatlowtide. 9, Wereadbookstogaink___16. We can rule s______tlines. 28. Television a_ s are long 10. Witches are supposedto flr.o:17' Al e knot will come and thin'

11. Grandma bought a modern seundone. 29.In houses kitchens are

18. seals can swim b w the ice. d s. Iz' rne lrne wnrcn olvloes [De \t't-

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b. 15. Feeling sorry for him I tried ti

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24.The fisherman caught a larse ,

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Put in capital letters and the ne

texts.

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hunt him for his tough skin rvhi:legs and can walk quite well on lacan walk

dd

13. They took sh _ in the 27. I adore lilies-of-the-va

7. White wn with risht.o

8. He sold his bike ch9. Help yourself to some

10. The earden needs ee

11. The doll has rosy _ _ _ _ ks.t

12. Mv iu still hurts.

cave.

14. He was a brave - - - di - _ in thewar.

15. The nest is on that high __ __ ch.

22. A __ _ ht is a light boat withsails.

23. Put milk on the corn - - ak - -24. _ __ ce four is eight.25. Give me a-- mm -- to nail

this.26. I hate th storms.

28. The _ ss refused to testify.29. This ss is too heaw for

you.30. She is averv th ladv.

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l8 ENGLISH FOR TEENS

2. have you ever seen a fly caught in a spider's web have you noticed how quickly

the spider rushes out after the fly is caught how does the spider know that a fly

is in her web does she hear it does she see it

3. boom boom we jumped to our feet our hearts beating with excitement was

this a friendly warship coming to our assistance

4. it was an unusual sight for me to see my companion in tears what could i say

to him i tried to speak but the words refused to pass my lips

5. you have all heard of the famous niagara falls several men have tried to go

over these falls in barrels in nearly every case the barrels were smashed to pieces

against the rocks and the men in them killed or drowned the only man who ever

succeeded in going over the falls was captain webb later he lost his life in trying

to swim across the rapids just below the falls

6. i am enjoying myself very much I said but I must not stay too long we shall

all be leaving soon he replied

7. i am anxious about him said peter he should have been here two or three

hours ago dort't worry said jack he knows how to take care of himself

8. they shouted to him and asked why have you waked us up in the middle of

the night with all this noise is anyone taking away your sheep or your goats he

looked at them but made no replY

9. do you think you will pass the examination asked alice well i suppose have a

good chance replied jane when is it asked alice on monday said jane

10. we are going to climb the mountain said bill would you like to come with us

isnt it rather dangerous replied george not a bit answered bill

LETTEJ.S ..

Exercise 12

Correct the spelling mistakes in tspelling.)

I. "Who is the commander of th"I am," replyed a big powerfull m"Where are you comming from a

"That is no bussines of yours," an

l. The weather on the west side oon the east side witch is always sunitthe growth of long, reach grass, e,

counties like Wigtown, Lancashir,dairing ones in these islands. Dn.crops. Thus counties like Fife, Lincc

oats than other parts ofthe countrthe heel-slopes, with their courser a-r..

3. Every afternoon the crowd co-l

busle of men about to set out amorby side on the shallow water. As tilaying over on one side, begin toof the sea the boats are dansing. Sc

One goes down to the harbour att,

been the result of the nights' fishnets, disentangling the fish that h:the bottom of the boat. One can hquicksilver. The fisherman are sp,-

{. Many people belive that lightn.could be further from the truth. Jcompletly destroyed by a second -,

For this reason open county is darsdo trees offer any more safty, for e'.'.

the flash to any creature takinq si..causedbylightning. One is much sa.i

spares or factory chimnies are stru.from lightning and people handlir.,