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a Read the conversation again and nd the 2 Match the words/phrases in column A with
nouns of the adjectives simple and exible. the de nitions in column B.

REMEMBER! A B
Nouns are often formed by adding su xes to a. a way of pronouncing the words of a
adjectives. Two su xes which are often added to 1. rst language language that shows which country or
adjectives to form nouns are -ness and -ity. area a person comes from
b. this language is generally used in the
Example: 2. second language government, public administration,
open → openness law and the education system
similar → similarity c. the language that you learn to speak
3. o cial language from birth
d. a regional form of a language in which
Adjective Noun 4. accent some words and grammar di er
slightly from the standard form of the
simple same language
5. dialect e. a language that you learn to speak
exible well and that you use for work or at
school, but that is not the language
b Convert these adjectives into nouns. You may you learned rst at home
use a dictionary.
3 Match the beginning of each sentence (1-6) to
its ending (a-f).
Adjective Noun
A B
sad sadness
1. English is a. learning English
dark worldwide.
stupid 2. The British Council estimates b. all contributed to the
that about 375 million people growth of English.
popular speak
happy 3. At present, over a billion c. English regularly as a second
punctual people are language.
4. Immigration, new d. though all can be
technologies, popular understood, more or less, by
c Read the conversation again and choose the culture and even war have speakers of other varieties.
correct answers.
5. Nowadays, there are many e. British English, American
1. Which language is most spoken as a rst varieties of English all over English, Australian English,
language in the world? the world such as Indian English, etc.
A. English B. Chinese C. Vietnamese 6. There are many di erences in f. used as a rst language in
2. English has about ______ words and technical accents and dialects between at least 75 countries around
terms. varieties of English the world.
A. 500,000 B. 300,000 C. 800,000
3. The ______ of form makes English easy to learn. 4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about
A. simplicity B. exibility C. openness the English language using the information
from 3.

4. One of the reasons why the vocabulary of How many
English is open is that it has ______. Example: countries around the At least 75
A. a lot of words B. many varieties world use English as their countries.
C. borrowed many words rst language?
5. Some English verbs are ______ their nouns or
adjectives.
A. very di erent from B. the same as
C. changed according to

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