Контрольна робота "Корективний курс" (1 курс)

Контрольна робота

          "Корективний курс"

Task 1. Fill in the blanks 

 Заповніть пропуски. Запишіть відповідь таким чином: 1a) 2b) 3c... 

1. Foreign language            a) the way of writing the word 

2. Mother tongue                 b) all the words someone knows or all the words in a language 3.Pronunciation                   c) one`s native language 

4.Vocabulary                       d) the language that is spoken in another country 5. Grammar                         e) the rules of a language 

6. Spelling                           f) the way you pronounce the words of a language 

Task 2.Write the definition "an international language" 

 Напишіть визначення, що таке "міжнародна мова" 

Task 3.Translate into Ukrainian or into English 

 Перекласти українською та англійською 

1) У мене був англомовний друг 

2) Вони були у Великобританії 

3) Він відповідальна людина 

4) English has become a world language 

5) I think he is talkative and friendly 

6) I am sure she was in London 

Task 4. Read the text and try to understand what the text is about. Answer the question.  Прочитайте текст, дайте відповіді на питання 

Nowadays English has become the world's most important language in politics and science. It is the  official language of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the United States of  America, of Australia and New Zealand. English is used as one of the official languages in Canada, the  Republic of South Africa and the Irish Republic. 

It is also spoken as a second language by many people in India, Pakistan. The number of second language speakers may soon exceed the number of native speakers, if it has not done so already. The working  languages of the United Nations are English and French. All documents are written only in the working  languages. English has become now the language of international communication. At present no other language  on Earth is better suited to play the role of world language. 

People who speak English fall into one of three groups: those who have learnt it as their native  language, those who have learnt it as a second language in a society which is mainly bilingual and those who  are force to use it for a practical purpose - professional or educational. Nowadays when science and technology  are progressing so fast all kind of specialists need English in their work. 

Questions for detail reading: 
 

1. What countries have English as an official language?

2. What countries have English as a second language?

3. Divide speakers into 3 groups, according to the text. 
 

Task 5. Write a letter to friend: why it is important to know English – “English is a language of the world”  Напишіть лист своєму другу: чому важливо знати англійську - «Англійська - це мова світу»