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SOCIAL IMPACT

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many people speak English according to the document?

a)

1.75 million people

b)

1.75 billion people

c)

12 million people

2.

Originally provided by the political, military, religious and

merchant classes. This quality has impacted the rise of English.

a)

Its flexibility

b)

Colonization

c)

The momentum

3.

To google is a great word to represent _______________ in the evolution of the English language.

a)

The Industrial Revolution.

b)

The constant change

c)

The bureaucracy

4.

Dialects are currently developing by:

a)

region

b)

place

c)

social media

5.

In the past the spread of a language dependeded, at first,:

a)

of physical encounters,

b)

of printed materials

c)

of social media.

6.

How did the author called English for the web?

(a)  

7.

What is one of the main characteristics of a language with a great momentum?

(a)  

8.

What are the characteristics of English 2.0?

a)

grammar

b)

structural purity

c)

flexibility

d)

openness

9.

Global English, or access to one of the many global ‘Englishes’ is considered:

a)

unnecessary

b)

a technical skill.

c)

an opportunity

10.

In terms of academia, English has become (a)   .