Task 2. Try the quiz about the world's major languages.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 433.
Task 1. Complete the following sentence. Use the words in the box if you like.
Discussion. International English
Task 2. Use the following sentences to make questions, begin them with the words in brackets.
1. A lawyer provides some kind of service. (What kind of service?) ___________________________________________
2. I get paid for my job very well (How much)? ________________________________________________
3. Tom works. (Where?) ______________________________
4. We face many economic problems nowadays (Why?) ___________________________________________
5. I don't go to my part-time job every day. (How often?) _____________________________________________
6. They produce goods. (What goods?) ___________________
7. I need some money. (How much money?) _______________________________________
“There has never been a language spoken by so many people in so many places.” Professor David Crystal, the Cambridge Encyclopedia of language.
1. For me, learning English is ___________________.
| a pleasure a hobby an opportunity an investment a necessity an effort a problem a pain a nightmare |
2. Why are you learning English?
In general I want to:
| learn write read improve feel make |
a. __________ more confident when I speak
b. __________improve my listening skills
c. _________ lots of new vocabulary
d. _________ fewer grammar mistakes
e. _________ better, clearer English
f. __________ read without using a dictionary.
3. In particular, I need English for:
| taking travelling socializing doing giving writing |
g. ________ on business
h. _______ business on the phone
i. _______ emails, faxes and letters
j. _______with clients and colleagues
k. _______ part in meetings
l. _______ short presentations.
1. Approximately how many languages are there in the world?
a. 650 b. 6 500 c. 65 000 d. 650 000
2. Order the world's top ten languages according to the number of native speakers.
Porte __
Chinese __
Russian __
English __
Hindi __
Arabic __
Japanese __
German __
Spanish __
Bengali __
3. How many people speak English as a first, second, or a third language?
a. 0,5 billion b.1 billion c. 1.5 billion d. 2 billion
4. In a recent survey, how many Europeans said everyone should speak English?
a. 49% b. 69% c. 89% d. 99%
5. How much of the world's mail is written in English?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 90%
6. How much of the world's email is written in English?
a. 50% b. 60% c. 70% d. 80%
7. How many languages ‘disappear' every year?
a. 2 b. 5 c. 10 d. 20
8. What is the world's record for the most foreign languages spoken by one person?
a. 14 b. 24 c. 44 d. 64
9. Where is the record holder from?
a. the USA b. Singapore c. Holland d. Nigeria
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