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11A1 test number 1 (Answer key)

 

COMPREHENSION

I   1.1. convergence / the first movement       1.2. speakers     1.3.  speakers of a common language … in due course a separate language / the previuous paragraph       1.4. leading to significant convergence on English as a second language.

II   1F   2E     3D    4C     5B     6A

III 3.1. English will go on b eing…

    3.2. We can identify two movements…

    3.3. It means that English will have many different forms and dialects…

IV   1C    2D    3A      4B

V   5.1. Several options can suit

           Suggestion: … the USA, English’s main speakers, lose their political and economical power and dominance.

     5.2. Suggestion: … several external influences take place in the short run, not to mention any bigger catastrophe like the onethat is mentioned in the text: the decline of the “English Empire”, as it happened to the Roman one.

     5.3. Suggestion: … the future of English as a universal communication language.

STRUCTURE

VI    6.1. They don’t know       6.2.  She didn’t learn    6.3. He doesn’t love   

       6.4. He isn’t as intelligent as       6.5. It didn’t start

VII   7.1. Do they know…?         7.2. Did she learn…?   7.3.  Does he love…?

       7.4. Is he …?       7.5. Did it start…?

VIII   8.1. My father left…     8.2. He went to work…     8.3. The bus stopped

        8.4. He had dinner…

IX     9.1. was repairing               9.2. was running          9.3. were working

X     10.1. … interrupted …. was speaking

       10.2. … was doing  ….    was listening

       10.3. … didn’t come … wasn’t feeling 

       10.4. … was cooking  … arrived

XI    11.1.  graduated       11.2.  has lived / has been living (present perfect cont.)

XII   a cloud     a strange accent    an umbrella    an open university               a window      an heritage     a uniform    a home    a young girl    a yoghurt

C PRODUCTION

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