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Unit 9: English in the world

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Did she gain ..................... to the university she chose?

a)

status

b)

admission

c)

settlement

2.

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

a)

accent

b)

stress

c)

intonation

d)

tone

3.

Teachers provide a model for children to __________.

a)

allow

b)

behave

c)

change

d)

imitate

4.

computers offer a much greater degree of _________ in the way work can be organised.

a)

flexible

b)

flexibility

c)

flexibly

d)

inflexible

5.

Louis is virtually bilingual __________ Dutch and German

a)

on

b)

in

c)

for

d)

with

6.

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

a)

took

b)

looked

c)

picked

d)

learnt

7.

He spoke a __________ of French that we found hard to understand.

a)

slang

b)

jargon

c)

dialect

d)

language

8.

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

a)

mother

b)

official

c)

living

d)

old

9.

a word that has been developed or produced from another word

a)

mistake

b)

intonation

c)

derivative

d)

compound

10.

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

a)

guess

b)

judge

c)

imagine

d)

expect

11.

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

a)

bit

b)

lot

c)

very

d)

too

12.

A way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker.

a)

intonation

b)

accent

c)

stress

d)

dialect

13.

existing in or involving many countries

a)

international

b)

national

c)

multinational

d)

domestic

14.

I can speak two languages very well. I think I am a _____.

a)

monolingual

b)

bilingual

c)

multilingual

15.

I study in the US for four years, so I am a ______ English speaker.

a)

fluent

b)

poor

c)

rusty

d)

good

16.

It’s a long time since I last used English. My English is a bit _____ now.

a)

fluent

b)

rusty

c)

reasonable

d)

forgettable

17.

You shouldn’t ______ every new word in the dictionary. Try to guess the meaning first.

a)

check up

b)

look for

c)

look up

d)

look after

18.

While on holiday in the UK, Michael could ______ a bit of British English.

a)

take up

b)

pick up

c)

get up

d)

get over

19.

Find a word that means


(a)   : able to speak two languages equally well because you learned them as a child.

20.

Find a word that means


(a)   – not as good at a language as you used to be because you have not used it for a long time.

21.

Find a word that means


(a)   – to a degree that is fairly good, but not very good.

22.

Noun of 'happy'

(a)  

23.

Noun of 'punctual'

(a)  

24.

The ______ of form makes English easy to learn

a)

flexibility

b)

simplicity

c)

openness

25.

Find a phrase that means


(a)   : – learn a language by practicing it, rather than by learning it in a class.