3. Write the correct form of the adjective or adverb of the word in capitals. For questions 5-8 you will need to make two changes to the stem word.

1. Be sure to contact him if you need advice. He's a very (HELP) .......... person.

2. It was a really (ENJOY) .......... party. Thanks for inviting me.

3. He has just taken out a (MONTH) .......... subscription to the magazine.

4. She smiled (HAPPY) .......... when they offered her the new job.

5. (HOPE) .......... we'll have enough money saved to get married next year. (2 changes required)

6. In order for the medicine to work (EFFECT) .......... you must take the correct amount. (2 changes required)

7. Although our teacher is very strict in class, she is (FRIEND) .......... than you would expect. (2 changes required)

8. What a beautiful vase! That's the (LOVE) .......... present I've ever had. (2 changes required)

4. Complete the following sentences by adapting the word given in brackets.

Exercise 1

1) We need to find a __________ to the problem as soon as possible. (solve)

2) Juan speaks English fluently and makes very few __________ mistakes. (grammar)

3) The teacher keeps a record of every student's __________ . (attend)

4) Air-conditioning is a ___________ if you live somewhere like the south of Spain. (necessary)

5) Don't be afraid of the dog. He's absolutely __________ . (harm)

6) The company is trying hard to improve customer __________ . (satisfy)

7) Measures were taken around the world to __________ airport security after the 11 September attacks. (tight)

8) We're going to change our suppliers as they have become very __________ in the last year. (rely)

9) Patricia's very __________ . She writes short stories, paints and makes mosaics. (create)

10) We need your __________ at the bottom of the page. (sign)

Exercise 2

1) The index at the back of the book is in __________ order. (alphabet)

2) The fans waved __________ as the film star stepped out of the limousine. (excite)

3) Chickenpox is a highly __________ disease which many people catch as a child. (infect)

4) Matt is very __________ . He wants to be number one at everything. (compete)

5) Harry loves cars and he's so __________ about them. (knowledge)

6) There is little __________ of the president being re-elected. (likely)

7) The prime minister thinks there may be a __________ to overthrow him. (conspire)

8) In __________ with Tokyo, London and Paris are relatively cheap. (compare)

9) The police were unable to __________ that she had committed the crime. (proof)

10) The president's speech went on for so long that I almost died of __________ ! (bore)

Unit 8 history of english language

The English language came to British Isles from northern Europe in the fifth century. From the fifteenth century, the British began to sail all over the world and became explorers, colonists and imperialists. They took the English language to North America, Canada and the Caribbean, to South Africa, to Australia and New Zealand, to South Asia (especially India), to the British colonies in Africa, to South East Asia and the South Pacific. English is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo – European family of languages. It is spoken as a native language by around 377 million and as a second language by around 375 million speakers in the world. Around 750 million people are believed to speak English as a foreign language. English has an official or a special status in 75 countries with a total population of over 2 billion.

-The language we are learning -Why we learn it -Where we use it -Where and by whom it is spoken

English as a global language

Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences (1-6) with a number, a word or a word combination.

1. There are _____________languages spoken throughout the world.

2. The latest statistics show that about ________ of spoken English is spoken between non native English speakers.

3. Nearly two thousand years ago Julius Caesar landed_________.

4. Through the centuries English spread throughout the world as a result of various__________.

5. Nowadays English is used by at least 750 million people; some estimates have put that figure closer to_______.

6. English is the medium for 80 per cent of all information stored_______.