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Task I: Fill in the gaps with the following words. Remember to change the verbs into the correct form and add articles where necessary. (0,5 point for each answer)
A. to speak, to learn, fluent, to pick up
I thought that ___1____ other languages really difficult at school. But when I finished, I did a gap year in Venezuela and I ____2_____ Spanish quite easily. In fact, I'm ____3_____ now and work as a translator. Speaking the language really helped me to understand the people and their culture better. And people always seem happier to see you if you try ____4_____their language. I got to meet all kinds of people and was welcome into their homes wherever I went.
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B. lingua franca, to speak, economy, offensive, native, to learn.
I think it's important to be able _ __1_______ other languages today, especially as we all live and work in the global _ ___2_______. A lot of people say English is _____3______of the world, so we don't have _____4______ another language, but I think it's good manners to try to learn at least a few words in the language of the country you are living or working in, or just to be able to introduce yourself in the language of a customer or supplier abroad. Business partners find it ____5_____ if you can't even say hello in their _____6_______language.
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C. confusing, to move, native language, fluent, fluency.
I __________to the UK when I was 23 and have been here for over 10 years. People always look at me skeptically when I say I have lost my Dutch language. However, I often realise that I cannot remember how to say a certain thing in my _____2______ which I find both ____3____ and sad. I feel sort of a loss over a language I was once _____4______in, but luckily I have reached a level of _ _____5________in English that allows me to be fully myself.
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1. present continuous or will ? JIM: everybody / come / to the meeting on Friday afternoon?
Is everybody coming to the meeting on Friday? PAM: Most people.
JIM: it / be / a long meeting? 1)______________________________________________
PAM: I'm not sure. It / probably / be /about three hours. 2)________________________
____________________________________________________________Why?
JIM: I / go / to the dentist at 5.30. 3)______________________________________________ I made the appointment two weeks ago.
2 present simple or going to?
TOM: Great! That's the end of school for a few weeks.
LUCY: When / the next term / begin?_4) ____ ?
TOM: On the 3rd of September.
LUCY: What / you / do / during the holidays? 5) ____ ?
TOM: I don't know yet. What about you?
LUCY: My school / not / finish / until next week_6)____
Then I / look / for a job for the summer._7)___________________________________________
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VAL: Do you want to play tennis on Friday?
BEN: I can't. I / visit my grandmother. 8)_________________________________________
VAL: Does she live near?
BEN: Not really. About 100 kilometers away. I usually drive, but my car isn't working at the
moment. I / take / it to the garage tomorrow. 9)____
VAL: I / lend / you mine. I don't need it on Friday. 10)____
BEN: Oh thanks a lot.
A. to speak, to learn, fluent, to pick up
I thought that learning other languages really difficult at school. But when I finished, I did a gap year in Venezuela and I picked up Spanish quite easily. In fact, I'm fluent now and work as a translator. Speaking the language really helped me to understand the people and their culture better. And people always seem happier to see you if you try to speak their language. I got to meet all kinds of people and was welcome into their homes wherever I went.
B. lingua franca, to speak, economy, offensive, native, to learn.
I think it's important to be able to speak other languages today, especially as we all live and work in the global economy. A lot of people say English is lingua franca of the world, so we don't have to learn another language, but I think it's good manners to try to learn at least a few words in the language of the country you are living or working in, or just to be able to introduce yourself in the language of a customer or supplier abroad. Business partners find it offensive if you can't even say hello in their native language.
C. confusing, to move, native language, fluent, fluency.
I moved to the UK when I was 23 and have been here for over 10 years. People always look at me skeptically when I say I have lost my Dutch language. However, I often realise that I cannot remember how to say a certain thing in my native language which I find both confusing and sad. I feel sort of a loss over a language I was once fluent in, but luckily I have reached a level of fluency in English that allows me to be fully myself.
1. present continuous or will ?
JIM: Is everybody coming to the meeting on Friday? PAM: Most people.
JIM: Will it be a long meeting?
PAM: I'm not sure. It will probably be about three hours. Why?
JIM: I am going to the dentist at 5.30. I made the appointment two weeks ago.
2 present simple or going to?
TOM: Great! That's the end of school for a few weeks.
LUCY: When does the next term begin?
TOM: On the 3rd of September.
LUCY: What are you going to do during the holidays?
TOM: I don't know yet. What about you?
LUCY: My school does not finish until next week
Then I am going to look for a job for the summer.
3 will or going to?
VAL: Do you want to play tennis on Friday?
BEN: I can't. I am going to visit my grandmother.
VAL: Does she live near?
BEN: Not really. About 100 kilometers away. I usually drive, but my car isn't working at the
moment. I am going to take it to the garage tomorrow.
VAL: I 'll lend you mine. I don't need it on Friday.
BEN: Oh thanks a lot.