Language Expansion: Compound Adjectives

(Mở rộng ngôn ngữ: Tính từ Ghép)

A. Read the news report. In 2018, which country was the happiest in the world? 

(Đọc báo cáo sau. Năm 2018, quốc gia nào hạnh phúc nhất thế giới?)

read the following passage .use the sugested words to make questions and answer them

there are about 5000 living languages in the world today,but only about six of them are major languages of the world.Two thirds of the world's population speak those languages .More than350 million people speak English as their firrst language .Nobody knows exactly how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English . This is because of the huge population of china.It is true that English is the most widespread language of Earth.It is the language of business ,technology,sports and aviation

1 how many/living languages/there world/today ?

2how many/there/speak/English/first language ?

3anyone /know/exact/many people/English/foreign language?

4which/language/have/speaker/English?

5chinese/be/most widespread/language/Earth

English is an important language in the world. More than 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the language with more speakers than English, but it is only the language for more than one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on 20% of the land area in the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In South Africa and India, it is one of the official languages. In many countries, the textbooks in universities are written in English. More than 75% of the world’s mail is composed in English. More than 60% of the radio stations broadcast programs in English. English is the language of international communication.

1. We  know exactly how many people speak English as a foreign language.                               

2. English is not spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

3. People in South Africa and India never speak English as the official language.

4. More than half of the radio stations broadcast programs in English.

Read the passage again and choose the best answer.

5. The passage is about..................

A. English Language is only a second language in the world

B. English is the official language in the world      

C. Hundreds of books are written in English everyday .

D. The importance of the English Language in  the world today

6. The word “mother tongue” in line 1 means:

  A.  body  language B. first language

  C.  native language              D. foreign language

English is the most important language in the world. More than 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the language with more speakers than English, but it is only the language for more than one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on 20% of the land area in the world. It is spoken in North American, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In South Africa and India, it is also one of the official languages. In many countries, the textbooks in universities are written in English. More than 75% of the world’s mai is composed in English. More than 60% of the radio stations broadcast programs in English. English is the language of international communication

A. Decide whether the statements that follow are TRUE or FALSE.
1. China is the most important language.
2. We don’t know how many people speak English as a foreign language.
3. English has more speakers than Chinese.
4. English is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
B. Circle the best answer to each question.
5. Many people in the world use English as an important ________
A. subject B. language C. country D. source of power
6. In many countries, people use English to _______ textbooks in universities.
A. read B. make C. write D. advertise

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate that underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

16. People often ask how many words are there in the English language.

                A                            B                        C                            D

17. If you don’t know what that word means, try to look it on in the dictionary.

                                      A                        B               C          D

18. The small town where I was born in has changed greatly over the last fifty years.

        A                         B                                  C                       D

19. In order to mastering English, you should communicate with foreigners more regularly.

                    A               B                                                  C                                             D

20. Traveling through a foreign country becomes much more easier if you can speak the language of that

            A                           B                                          C                                    D

country.

1. Read the email. How many students are there in Danny's school? Is Danny's school very different from your school?

(Đọc thư điện tử. Có bao nhiêu học sinh trong trường của Danny? Trường của Danny có khác nhiều so với trường của em không?)

Hi Ela,

I'm happy that you can study here next month. Here's some information for you.

Clonakilty Community College is a medium-sized school with about 500 students. It's in Clonakilty, Ireland. Classes are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some subjects are compulsory like maths and English. Others are optional. I like languages, so I study French.

Here's a photo of my classmates. Send me a photo of yours.

Write soon,

Danny

đọc đoạn văn , sau đó trả lời các câu hỏi :

My name is Nam. I'm twelve years old. There are four people in my family. We are in the living room now. There is a table, a couch, a television, a bookshelf and there are two armchairs, three stools in the living room.

1. What's his name ?

2. How old is he ?

3. How many people are there in Nam's family ?

4. Where are they now ?

5. How many televisions are there in the living room ?

6.How many stools are there in the living room ?

D) Answer the questions.

1) How many people are there in the garden? ( a dozen of people )

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2) How much money do you need to buy that cat? (not – so much)

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3) Are there many building in your neighborhood? ( - )

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4) How many tables are there in your restaurant? ( twenty )

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5) Do you need much time to plan your birthday party? ( + )

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6) Are there many cups on the shelves? (-)

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7) Is there much rice in the bottle? ( + )

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8) How many books have you read so far? ( eleven )

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Exercise 4. Look at the words in blue in the text. How do you say also in your language? Then choose the correct words.

(Nhìn từ màu xanh trong bài đọc. Trong ngôn ngữ của bạn nó có nghĩa là gì? Sau đó chọn từ đúng.)

1. We buy presents. We have also / We also have a family meal.

2. There are fireworks. There's also / There also is a concert.

3. I like school, but I also like /I like also the holidays.

4. My birthday is in April. My sister's birthday also is / is also in April.