English 11

Chech the old lesson:
True or False qestions
1. British Isles were inhabited by speakers of English two thousand years ago.
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2. Latin was the first language spoken in British Isles.
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3. From 43 BC. To about AD.410 People spoke Celtic in England and Wales.
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4.The basis of modern English is formed by the Germanic language
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1. British Isles were inhabited by speakers of Celtic two thousand
years ago
2. Latin was the second language spoken in British Isles.
3. From 43 BC.to about AD.410 People spoke Celtic in England and Wales.
4.The basis of modern English is formed by the Germanic language
Wednesday,November 7th 2007
Period: 27 – Lesson 4: Situations and practice
Text 1
2. Text 2
New words
Across(adv):……………………. - function(n):…………………..
Recognize (V):…………………. - assimilation(n):………..........
Although(conj):……………… - borrowings(n):…………………
hardly(adv):…………………… - spontaneous(adj):…………….
recognizable:………………… - creation(n):………………………
- Flexibility(n):……………… - effective(n):………………………
- medium(n):…………………… - communication(n):………………
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Across(adv):…………………….
Recognize (V):………………….
Although(conj):………………
hardly(adv):……………………
recognizable:…………………
Flexibility(n):………………
medium(n):……………………
function(n):…………………..
assimilation(n):……….........
borrowings(n):……………..
spontaneous(adj):…………..
creation(n):…………………………
effective(n):………………………
communication(n):………………
Text questions:
Is the modern English diferrent from the old English?
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Yes,it is
2. What is hardly recognizable to Anglo-Saxons ?
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It’s the way in which those words are put together to make senteces.
3. What has made English an effective medium of international communication ?
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It’s the flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation of borrowings and the spontaneous creation of new words.
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English is much different from the language which was once brought across the North Sea by the Anglo-Saxons.
Although the Anglo-Saxons would be able to recognize many individual words, it’s the way in which those words are put together to make sentences that would be hardly recognizale to them.
Many people say it’s the flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation of borrowings and the spontaneous creation of new words that have made English an effective medium of international communication.



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True or questions:
1. Is English the same as the language which was brought by the Anglo-Saxons?
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2. The Anglo-Saxons recognize their individual words easily
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3. The flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation of borrowings and the spontaneous creation of new words have made English an effective medium of international communication.
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(F) It’s different from the language which was brought by the Anglo-Saxons
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(T)