Unit 2 The World of Many Languages

4 Use of English
2.1 In English, please!
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Vocabulary

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Match the definitions to the words.
a. It is the common language between speakers
of different mother tongues; also known as
global language. 1. second language
b. It’s a variety of a language related to a region and 2. official language
/ or social class. 3. mother tongue
c. It’s a language learned and used after 4. lingua franca
one’s native language.
5. dialect
d. It’s a language from another country.
6. foreign language
e. It’s a person’s native language.
f. It’s the language that a government uses for
official business.
Complete the text with the words in the box. There is one extra word. / 12

accent * foreign * multilingual * English * dialect * native * second

When we arrived in the USA, it was very difficult for us to communicate with
a.__________ speakers. It took us a while before we could speak b.__________. We
were in a completely new country where my sister and I were going to attend school. In
the beginning, it was hard to get rid of our Polish c.__________ and so people easily
figured out we were foreigners. Learning English wasn’t easy, but with hard work,
watching films and listening to songs, we began to speak what would become our new
d.__________ language. After two years, I decided to study other e._________
languages, so I enrolled in a French course at my school and later took Spanish
classes. This is how I went from being monolingual to being f.__________, because
today I speak four languages. Isn’t that great?

Grammar
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Circle the correct answer.
a. It’s normal feeling / to feel apprehensive when you are learning a language.
b. Paul advised me to read / read English books so as to improve my vocabulary.
c. I can’t help think / thinking about that boy who speaks more than 20 languages!
d. Why should we learn / to learn a foreign language if the whole world speaks English?
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e. My new neighbours apologised for not speak / speaking Portuguese.

f. Sally said she didn’t mind to watch / watching the film with us again.
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2.1 In English, please!

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Complete the sentences with the Gerund or the Infinitive.
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a. You’d better (pay) more attention when your teacher is speaking.

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b. It’s no use (talk) to John’s cousin. He doesn’t speak English.
c. They say it’s harder for an adult (learn) a foreign language.
d. I can’t stand (listen to) people speaking with fake accents! It sounds
ridiculous!
e. He promised (teach) me the bird language this Summer.
f. Matt thinks Chinese is a very difficult language and he will never (be) able to
speak it.
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Tick the correct option to complete sentences a-d.
a. He had to continue doing his homework, so
1. he stopped talking to Ben and went back to work.
2. he stopped to talk to Ben and went back to work.
b. She needed a new dictionary so on her way home
1. she stopped buying one at the bookshop.
2. she stopped to buy one at the bookshop.
c. Did you see the sign at the door saying
1. “We regret to inform you that the shop is closed until further notice?”
2. “We regret informing you that the shop is closed until further notice?”
d. I have no memory of what I did when I arrived home after school.
1. I just remember to say hello to my mum and then I must have fallen asleep.
2. I just remember saying hello to my mum and then I must have fallen asleep.
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Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first.
a. I can’t wait to visit the Turkish village where they speak bird language.
I look forward to
b. He thinks that he will get a good mark on his English test.
He expects
c. Many students don’t speak in class because they’re afraid of making mistakes.
Many students avoid
d. Speaking Portuguese isn’t easy for English native speakers.
It’s difficult
e. Judy doesn’t go to her Italian classes anymore.
Judy has stopped
f. You have to be motivated if you want to learn the language.
You must