Unit 4

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LESSON FOUR (P6)
P32 -UNDERSTANDING IDEAS
UNDERSTANDING IDEAS
Exercise 5: In what order do you think the five sentences below should be put according to the reading passage ? (number them from 1 to 5).


- It is the written English, which is not systematically phonetic, that causes difficulties to foreigners.
- As a mother tongue, English ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China.
- It is the English language that is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music.
- In the world today, there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is by far the most widely used.
- Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language.
UNDERSTANDING IDEAS
Exercise 5: Keys



5/ It is the written English, which is not systematically phonetic, that causes difficulties to foreigners.
2/ As a mother tongue, English ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China.
4/ It is the English language that is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music.
1/ In the world today, there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is by far the most widely used.
3/ Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language.
UNDERSTANDING IDEAS
Exercise 6: Which of these sentences about the reading passage are true (T) and which are false (F) ?
1/ In the world today, there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is by far the most widely used.
2/ As a mother tongue, English ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China.
3/ It is the English language that is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music.
4/ It is the spoken English, which is not systematically phonetic, that causes difficulties to foreigners.
5/ A number of world varieties of English exist: British, American, Caribbean, West African, East African, Indian, South-East Asian, Australasian among others, having distinctive aspects of pronunciation and usage, by which they are recognized.
UNDERSTANDING IDEAS
Exercise 6: Which of these sentences about the reading passage are true (T) and which are false (F) ?
Keys:
1/F (there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages)
2/ F (English ranks second only to Chinese)
3/ T.
4/ F (…It is the written English)
5/ T.
Further exercise.
Answer these questions:

1. Does English ranks second?
2. Does English ranks third only to Chinese?
3. How many people use English as a second language?
4. What causes difficulties to foreigners?


Further exercise.
Keys:

1. No, it doesn’t.
2. No, it doesn’t.
3. About 350 million people.
4. It is the written English, which is not systematically phonetic.




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