GR9.U9. Skills 1

The United States has the most native speakers at 258 million. Additionally, there are 62 million native English _____________in the United Kingdom, 32 million in Canada, 20 million in Australia, and 4.5 million in New Zealand.

• talkers

• hearers

• speakers

• people

English is the largest language by number of ___________ speakers.

• foreign

• native

• first

• fluent

I went to Rome last summer and I ___________ the basics.

• picked up

• get by

• make a guess

• correct a mistake

My Spanish is not perfect but good enough to ________ everyday-life situations.

• correct

• translate

• pick up

• get by in

Don't be too critical about your                                 - it doesn't matter if you sound like a non-native speaker.

• word

• language

• accent

• mother tongue

Don’t worry about understanding every word, but read for the general meaning then go back and                                  new words.

• look at

• look for

• look up

• look after

I can speak basic French, so I can just about                         in French.

• pick up

• get by

• speak

• fluent

Don’t                           into English from your own language, but think in English to improve your fluency.

• translate

• break

• imitate

• guess

My father hasn’t used English for ages, so his English may be a little                         .

• bad

• good

• rusty

• fluent

Try to                          the meaning of a word from the context.

• guess

• remember

• correct

• get by in