Use of English

TOPIC: FOREIGN LANGUAGES
ENGLISH– COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SPEAKERS OF DIFFERENT NATIVE LANGUAGES
During the Middle Ages, Latin and Greek were widely used in Europe. French was the language of diplomacy in Europe from the 17th century until its recent replacement by English. Anyway, it is still a working language of international institutions. French was the language of Russian aristocracy in the 18th-19th centuries. French was also the language used among the educated in many cosmopolitan cities across the Middle East and North Africa. Today, several countries throughout the world are members of Francophonie.
English is the current lingua franca of international business, science, technology. It has displaced French as the lingua franca of diplomacy when the role of English-speaking countries, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the United States increased after World War II, particularly in the organization of the United Nations.
English remains the lingua franca of former British Empire nations. In this case the use of English helps to avoid the political difficulties if some individual indigenous language becomes more important than languages of other tribes.
The modern trend to use English outside of English-speaking countries has a number of sources. Firstly, it is mostly a result of the spread of English with cultural and technological exports from the United States.
English is also regarded as the global lingua franca because of the dominant positions of the developed Western nations in world financial and business institutions. As a result, English has been carried over globally. English is also dominant in scientific and technological communications, and all of the world's major scientific journals are published in English.
Moreover, just have a look at web forums! Their language, or slang, is based on English. It is accepted and used by the widest range of members of the internet community. Consider some abbreviations in text messages:
u - you
r - are, our
ur - your, you're
lol - laugh out loud
i - I
2 - to, too
4 - for; used in words such as 'before'/'b4'
y - yes
y? - why?
omg - oh my god
g2g- got to go
rofl- rolling on the floor laughing
tmrw - tomorrow
gl - good luck
hf- have fun
gg - good game
8 - the sound "ate" ex. l8 (late) or sk8r (skater)
we - weekend
idc - I don't care
brb - be right back
tbh - to be honest
atm - at the moment
btw - by the way
cbb - can't be bothered
jk - just kidding or joking
idk - i don't know
LEARNING ENGLISH

THE 7-TH FORM
PROGRESS CHECK 1
PART 1: USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)
Task 1. Fill in the blanks with the following words. Use only one word in each space (12 points).
participants, competition, news, chance, won, tour, wood, chance in a million, lucky, luck, prize, world
Mr. Green: Hello!
Jack: Good evening. This is Jack. Can I speak to Bob, please?
Mr. Green: Hang on a moment, Jack. I’ll get him.
Bob: Hi, Jack! What’s up?
Jack: Hi, Bob! Good 1) … . Did you answer the questions for the World Teenagers’ 2) …?
Bob: Yes, I did. And you helped me. We both tried our 3) … .
Jack: We have 4)… it! We are 5)…!
Bob: That’s great! It was a 6) … . There were many 7) … . But we were in 8) ... and we won a 9) … .
Jack: So get ready for the 10) … round the 11) … .
Bob: Touch 12) … .
Jack: OK. Bye!
Task 2. The word in capitals in the right column can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space of the following sentences. Fill each blank in this way (5 points).
Mark Twain was a … writer.
SUCCESS
He wrote many … stories.
FUN
His books read in … .
RUSSIA
Tom was a very … boy.
CREATE
He was very … .
HELP
Task 3. Choose the correct answer (5 points).
They didn’t understand (each other/ one another).
Did you enjoy (to travel/travel/ travelling)?
Would you mind (closing/ to close/ close) the window?
Can I (speak/ speaking/ to speak) to Paul?
Classmates helped (each other/ one another) in that difficult situation.
PART 2: WRITING
Answer any three questions from the advertisement (3 points).
Can you describe yourself in five words?
What would you most like to change in yourself?
What’s you motto?
How do you see yourself in 10 years time?
How do you see our planet in 10 years?
PART 3: SPEAKING
Act out with your partner (5 points).
Pupil 1: You call your friend and you would like to invite him/ her to the cinema. But your friend is not at home. Ask his/ her sister/ brother to take a message for your friend.
Pupil 2: Your brother / sister is not at home. But his/ her friend phones him/ her. Take a phone message for your brother/ sister from his/ her friend.
TOTAL 30 POINTS

PART 1: USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)

Task
1. Complete each sentence with one of the words below (10 points).

bad,
tongue, ill, nose, temperature, medicine, cough, runny, flu, bed

Doctor: Well, what’s the matter with you?

John: Oh, doctor. I’m very 1) … .

Doctor: Then show me your 2) … . Have you taken your 3) … ? What is it?

John: Doctor! It’s 38.3, and I feel 4) …, I have got a 5) … and a 6) … 7)
… .

Doctor: Well, I think you have got 8) … . Take 9) … and stay in 10) … .

John: Goodbye, doctor. Thanks a lot.

Doctor: Be healthy.

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