WorksheetsUnit 9: English in the world
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Did she gain ..................... to the university she chose?
status
admission
settlement
She spoke English with a(n) __________ that I couldn't understand.
accent
stress
intonation
tone
Teachers provide a model for children to __________.
allow
behave
change
imitate
computers offer a much greater degree of _________ in the way work can be organised.
flexible
flexibility
flexibly
inflexible
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
He spoke a __________ of French that we found hard to understand.
slang
jargon
dialect
language
Is English a(n) __________ language in your country?
mother
official
living
old
a word that has been developed or produced from another word
mistake
intonation
derivative
compound
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
A way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker.
intonation
accent
stress
dialect
existing in or involving many countries
international
national
multinational
domestic
I can speak two languages very well. I think I am a _____.
monolingual
bilingual
multilingual
I study in the US for four years, so I am a ______ English speaker.
fluent
poor
rusty
good
It’s a long time since I last used English. My English is a bit _____ now.
fluent
rusty
reasonable
forgettable
You shouldn’t ______ every new word in the dictionary. Try to guess the meaning first.
check up
look for
look up
look after
While on holiday in the UK, Michael could ______ a bit of British English.
take up
pick up
get up
get over
Find a word that means
(a) : able to speak two languages equally well because you learned them as a child.
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.
Find a word that means
(a) – to a degree that is fairly good, but not very good.
Noun of 'happy'
(a)
Noun of 'punctual'
(a)
The ______ of form makes English easy to learn
flexibility
simplicity
openness
Find a phrase that means
(a) : – learn a language by practicing it, rather than by learning it in a class.
