Exercise 1. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations:

доминировать; лингвисты; сместить с трона; склад ума; в высшей степени; взгляд меньшинства; радикально; на самом деле; ученые; укреплять; преобладание; в большей мере; взаимодействующий мир; рабочее место; распространяться; распадаться на части; полностью самостоятельные языки; широко распространяться; глубоко; укрепляться; выжить; упрощенный; отпрыск; возникать; разнообразные; двуязычный; общаться; помогать; последующий; быстро; доля; по самым общим подсчетам; свободный; футбол; происхождение; продвигать; лидирующее положение; научная фантастика; десятилетие; совершенствовать; автоматический перевод; решать.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions and make a short dialog:

1. Can English eventually die as a common language during the linguistic evolution?

2. How many people can communicate to some degree in English in the world now?

3. How has English consolidated its dominance?

4. Has English become the second language of everybody?

5. Why might a native speaker of English become bilingual in his own language?

6. How many people speak English as a first language?

7. How many people speak English as a fluent second language?

8. How many percent of the world's English speakers does the USA have?

9. Why could the advance of technology pull English down?

Exercise 3. Finish the following sentences and give a brief summary of the text:

1. Some linguists are now saying that English …

2. Experts on the English language say the world …

3. Scholars say that about one-fourth of the world's population …

4. At telephone call centers around the world …

5. English has become …

6. In some places English has invaded the workplace …

7. The linguists say, English is fragmenting, as Latin did…

8. It is likely to survive in some simplified international form …

9. A native speaker of English might need to become …

10. Thus the English language no longer belongs …

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Simple (Indefinite) Tenses

Tense	Affirmative/Negative/ Question	Use	Signal Words
Present Simple	A: He speaks. N: He does not speak. Q: Does he speak? A: You speak. N: You do not speak. Q: Do you speak?	-action in the present taking place once, never or several times -facts -actions taking place one after another -action set by a timetable or schedule	always, every, never, normally, often, seldom, sometimes, usually
Past Simple	A: He spoke. N: He did not speak. Q: Did he speak? A: He opened. N: He did not open. Q: Did he open?	-action in the past taking place once, never or several times -actions taking place one after another -action taking place in the middle of another action	yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday
Future Simple	A: He will speak. N: He will not speak. Q: Will he speak? A: I shall speak. N: I shall not speak. Q: Shall I speak?	-action in the future that cannot be influenced -spontaneous decision -assumption with regard to the future	in a year, next …, tomorrow