UNIT 4: LANGUAGE PRACTICE

First conditionals, language learning vocabulary and phrasal verbs

1 Fill the gaps using the words in the box. The words may be used more than once.
Some words may not be used.
Part A
if when unless as soon as let accent(s) bilingual dialect catch on get by
fall behind keep up with pick up
1 This job requires absolute fluency in both Arabic and English. Therefore, unless1 you
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are , there will be no point applying.
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2 Most large cities in the UK have a local .A is a version of
English that is used in that particular area or city. It can usually be explained by the
history of the area and has a name. For example, in Liverpool there is Scouse, in
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London there is Cockney and in Newcastle the local is Geordie. Scouse,
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Cockney and Geordie are also .
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3 you spend time in Newcastle, you will soon the Geordie
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dialect. It can be difficult to the local people at first but listening to a dialect
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in context makes it easier to to what people are saying.
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4 you arrive in a new city in the UK, one of the first things you will notice will
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be the local . Usually, spoken words will sound different to the way you
remember from your English lessons.
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5 you yourself in your language classes, you may
have real problems trying to catch up with the other students.
6 I can speak excellent French and Spanish and I can 14
in Japanese. I’ve
only studied Japanese for two months but I’d like to learn more.
Part B
if when as soon as bilingual dialect foreign grammar native slang take up
7 Speaking a 15
language is an excellent skill to have. You don’t need to be
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to be a good communicator in the language. In fact, you can give the
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impression that you are a speaker by concentrating on developing your
spoken, communicative language.
8 Can you recommend any good self-study language books? I’m a little bored with only
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studying Italian, I want to a new language.
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9 you are with speakers who are using a lot of ,
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you have to ask them to explain it to you. It is not always a good idea for non-
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speakers to use but you need to be able to understand it.
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10 you get the new self-study CD, the first thing you should do is transfer it
onto your mobile phone. Then you can listen to it on the bus.
11 I don’t have any problems with learning vocabulary but I just don’t seem to be able to
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remember the , particularly verb tenses. you have any good
tips that may help, can you pass them on to me?
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, the word ‘yem’ means ‘home’. 28
you go to
Denmark, you will find that the Danish word for ‘home’ is ‘yem’. This is because
Newcastle is in the north-east of England where many Scandinavians landed in the
7th and 8th centuries.

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