Escuela Municipal

Gustavo Bisquertt
Popeta – Rengo

ENGLISH WORK
“IS ENGLISH AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE”

NAME: …………………………………… DATE: …………………. GRADE: ….....

Objetivo: Comprensión de Lectura.

I.- Read the text.

Nowadays, more than 300,000,000 people speak English. People speak English as their
first or native language, in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States,
Australia or New Zealand. In other countries like Pakistan, India, Guyana or South
Africa, English is not the mother tongue but people speak it as a second language. In
Canada they have two official languages: English and French.

Since the beginning of the XX century, English There are of course, various small
has became the main language of international differences between the English that
communication. Although Mandarin Chinese people use in different parts of the
and Spanish both have more native speakers, world. There are also numerous
English is certainly the world’s most popular accents, none of which is “better”
languages in the World. than the others.

English is today an “open” language. It has The most common differences in

incorporated words from Latin, Greek and many English are between American and
modern languages. For example, many words British English, but in Australia,
derive from Hindi, such as “pajamas” and Scotland and Ireland there are also
“bungalow”. differences in vocabulary.

In Latin America and European Countries For a long time, people around the
English is a very important foreign language and world have considered English as the
people usually learn it at school. world’s most important language.
Has this process finished? ... Only
English importance has grown since the World time will answer this question ...
Wars of the last century. The cinema, music and
television have helped to take American culture
into many countries that listen to American
music and watch American film, sit-com and
cartoons.

I.- ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1.- Is Spanish your first or second language?

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2.- Can you notice any differences between the way you and your parents speak
Spanish?
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3.- Apart from English are you learning any other foreign languages?

a.- Italian/French b.- Portuguese/German c.- Others: .....................

4.- Tick the statements that you think are True.

a.- ............. More than 300 million people speak English around the world.
b.- ............. English has more native speakers than Chinese and Spanish.
c.- ............ All English words come from the same origin.
d.- ............. All people speak English in the same way.

5.- Decide if the following sentences are True or False. CORRECT THE FALSE .

a.- ............ In India, people speak English as their first language.

b.- ............ Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world.
c.- ............ People do not learn English at school in Latin America.
d.- ............ English is very popular all over the world thanks to the cinema.
e.- ............ In Canada, people speak English and Spanish.

II.- CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR THESE QUESTIONS.

A.- How many people speak English?

i.- 350/400 million ii.- 900 million/ 1 billion iii.- 1.5 / 1.6 billion

B.- Which two languages have more native speakers than English?

i.- Spanish/French ii.- Spanish/Chinese iii.- Russian/French

C.- What languages do the English words “pyjamas” and “bungalow” originally come
from?

i.- Italian ii.- German iii.- Hindi

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