C2010 English in the world 13/3

Computers offer a much greater degree of __________ in the way work can be organised.

• flexible            

• flexibility                  

• flexibly      

• inflexible

She spoke English with a(n) _________ that I couldn't understand.

• accent

• stress

• intonation

• tone

Louis is virtually bilingual_________ Dutch and German.

• on

• in

• for

• with

She _______ up some Spanish when she was living in Mexico.

• took

• looked

• picked

• learnt

Teachers provide a model for children to _________.

• allow

• behave

• change

• imitate

Peter can just about get ____________ in German.

• up

• down

• out

• by

Sound symbolism means that we often _________ the meaning of a word from its sound.

• guess

• judge

• imagine

• expect

I can have a conversation in Italian, but I'm a _______ rusty.

• bit

• lot

• very

• too

Is English a(n) ______ language in your country?

• mother

• official

• living

• old

He spoke a ________ of French the we found hard to understand.

• slang

• jargon

• dialect

• languge