Languages

Where signs use a language, the recognized languages of the area is normally used. Signs in most of the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are in English. Quebec uses French, while, in Montreal and some other Canadian provinces use both English and French, a territory of the US, Mexico, and Spain use Spanish. Within a few miles of the US–Mexico border, road signs are often in English and Spanish in places like San Diego.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign

Answer the following questions

1. What is a road sign?

2. What were early road signs made of?

3. When did multidirectional signs become common?

4. Why did pictorial signs appear?

5. What material was used for road signs in 18th and 19th centuries?

6. What were road signs like in XX century?

7. What do modern signs look like?

8. What categories of signs do you know?

9. What measurement systems are used for road signs?

10. Who has developed the metric standards for all signs?

11. What languages are used for road signs?

Say if the sentences concerning Text 1A are true or false.

1. Greeks were first to introduce milestones.

2. In Stone Age multidirectional signs became common to show directions to country borders.

3. First modern road signs were created for bicycles.

4. With the development of water transport there was a necessity to introduce understandable road signs.

5. Pictorial signs use words to give information.

6. Modern signs were made retroreflective for them to be well seen in the day-time.

7. There are eight common categories of road signs.

8. Meter is used all over the world as the measurement of distance on road signs.

9. Each country uses its national language to give information on road signs.

10. Road signs provide safety on roads.

11. Most US road signs use miles or feet as a measurement system.

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