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11B test nº1 (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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