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Activity A Listen to the text 2 700 languages spoken in the world and decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. (http://webenglish.moodlehub.com/mod/resource/view.php?id=937) 1. The invention of language is documented in History books. 2. The Sumerians of Mesopotamia invented the writing in the 4th millennium BC. 3. Today there are more than 2700 dialects in the world. 4. There are 365 different spoken languages in Indonesia alone. 5. Afrikaans has developed from Dutch and Spanish. 6. The internet and mobile phone texting are changing languages all over the world. _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________
Activity B Match the capital cities with the countries above using the vocabulary from the box below. Some cities do not match.
UNITED KINGDOM 1.
SOUTH AFRICA 3. 4.
CANADA
AUSTRALIA 5. 6.
NEW ZEALAND 7.
INDIA 8.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
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A. All these statements about the text youve just read are false. Correct them. 1. The number of people who speak English as a second language is lower than native language speakers. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. A minority of telex messages and telegrams are sent in English. ___________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Two thirds of the newspapers printed in the world are published in English. ___________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ B. Say who/what the words refer to in the text. 1. it (line 10) ____________________________ 2. they (line 23) __________________________
C. Match the words (in column A) with their equivalents (in column B). 1. widespread a) habitually 2. primarily b) information 3. commonly c) something advantageous 4. data d) essentially 5. benefit e) everywhere 6. frequently f) commonly found 7. throughout g) abridgement 8. abstracts h) often 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
D. Answer these questions on the text. Use your own words as much as possible. 1. How many people in the world speak English? _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why is English so important nowadays? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ E. Go back to the text and identify the parts of speech of these words. 1. foreign (line 7) ___________________________ 2. some (line 11) ___________________________ 3. carries (line 14) ___________________________ 4. diplomacy (line 24) ___________________________ 5. or (line 27) ___________________________ 6. often (31) ___________________________
F- Read the sentence below taken from the text and answer the questions. Even papers that are published in other languages often have abstracts in English. 1. Identify the underlined verb tense. ___________________________________________________ 2. Explain its use in this context. ______________________________________________________ 3. Refer to other uses of this verb tense. ________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Say how it is formed in the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. _____________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Mention the time expressions that can be used with this verb tense. ________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ G. Match the British words on the right with their American equivalents on the left. BRITISH ENGLISH chemist trousers lorry shop form inverted commas 1 2 3 AMERICAN ENGLISH store quotation marks grade druggist pants truck 5 6
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H. Which sentences would a Briton or an American say? Tick the appropriate box. Briton American 1. She began modeling at the age of 14. 2. We love to play in a team. 3. Has he heard the news yet?
Activity D English is also studied as a foreign language in countries where it is not generally used as a medium of communication. In China, English language lessons are popular TV programs. Two hundred and fifty million Chinese are learning English from TV. English is usually the most commonly taught foreign language in many countries, and people understand it a little at least. Write about the importance of learning English. (120-110 words)