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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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