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Language and Communication

The document consists of language exercises focusing on communication, relative clauses, and the evolution of the English language. It includes tasks for completing sentences, choosing correct answers, and combining sentences using relative clauses. Additionally, it discusses the impact of globalization on English, the emergence of International English, and the influence of slang and digital technology on language change.

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Language and Communication

The document consists of language exercises focusing on communication, relative clauses, and the evolution of the English language. It includes tasks for completing sentences, choosing correct answers, and combining sentences using relative clauses. Additionally, it discusses the impact of globalization on English, the emergence of International English, and the influence of slang and digital technology on language change.

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Language and Communication

Task 1. Complete the sentences with the noun form of the verbs in brackets.

1. People from different cultures use different forms of non-


verbal ____communication_______ (COMMUNICATE).

2. Fiona sometimes finds it difficult to read people’s facial ___________ (EXPRESS).

3. We had an interesting ___________ (DISCUSS) in class today about different cultures.

4. For homework, I want you to write a ___________ (DESCRIBE) of your last holiday.

5. I use a great app to help me with my ___________ (PRONOUNCE) of new words in


English.

6. Check in the dictionary for the correct ___________ (DEFINE) of this word.

7. What shall we get Janine for her birthday? Do you have any ___________ (SUGGEST)?

8. Do you have any ___________ (EXPLAIN) for the way you behaved?

9. This book has lots of useful ___________ (INFORM) about how to communicate.

Task 2. Read the text and choose the correct answer.


Getting by in a foreign country
When I travel to another country, I always try to learn the language so I can
(1) communicate with local people. I don’t just study words and grammar but
(2) ___________ too, so people can understand me. However, this isn’t always possible,
especially if you’re just going somewhere for a short holiday. It’s amazing how much you can
express with gestures and facial (3) ___________.
Looking somebody in the (4) ___________ and (5) ___________ your head is important
because it shows you’re paying attention to what they say. If you don’t understand
someone, stay calm and don’t raise your (6) ___________. There are better ways to show
you don’t understand. One (7) ___________ is to simply (8) ___________ your shoulders in a
friendly way and smile.

Be careful with some gestures, though, as they can mean different things around the world.
If you (9) ___________ your head in Bulgaria, it actually means ‘yes’. And in some countries,
it’s rude to point a (10) ___________ at anything, especially other people.
1. A. say B. repeat C. translate D. communicate
2. A. speak B. pronounce C. pronunciation D. repetition
3. A. information B. descriptions C. definitions D. expressions
4. A. mouth B. eye C. face D. head
5. A. nodding B. raising C. pointing D. moving
6. A. head B. gestures C. body D. voice
7. A. suggest B. suggestion C. definition D. define
8. A. shake B. lower C. shrug D. bow
9. A. shake B. point C. shrug D. lower
10. A. body B. hand C. head D. finger

Defining Relative Clauses

Task 1. Complete the sentences with which, that, who.

1. I don’t know anyone ______ enjoys birdwatching. __

2. There’s usually a teacher in the library ______ we can talk to. __

3. Is there a café in town ______ serves vegetarian food? __

4. Betty likes teachers ______ are nice and friendly. __

5. Does Leo borrow books ______ he reads for fun? __

Task 2. Combine the two sentences using relative clauses.

1. The waitress served us. She was very friendly.


_______________________________________________________________________
2. The bus goes into town. It stops at the school too.
_______________________________________________________________________
3. The woman lives next door. Is she a teacher?
_______________________________________________________________________
4. The hotel was beautiful. We stayed there last summer.
_______________________________________________________________________
5. I didn’t like the film. We saw it at the cinema yesterday.
_______________________________________________________________________
6. This week, I’ve visited the school. I studied there when I was a teenager.
Real friends?
Do you think of all the people (1) ___________ you know online as your friends? It seems
that a lot of the people (2) ___________ use social media sites, such as Facebook, have over
200 online friends, compared to around fifty ‘real’ friends, (3) ___________ they actually
meet in real life. Facebook, (4) ___________ was started in 2004, now has around 2.9 billion
users worldwide, and a lot of people see it as a place (5) ___________ they can meet new
friends as well as keep in touch with old ones. Studies (6) ___________ have looked at how
people behave on social media sites have found that people are sometimes more honest and
open online than they are in real life. But psychologists say, it is our ten or twelve closest
relationships (7) ___________ are the most important to us. So maybe it’s still better to and
meet your friends in the local park or café, (8) ___________ you can talk face to face.

1. A. which B. who C. where


2. A. that B. where C. what
3. A. which B. that C. who
4. A. what B. which C. who
5. A. where B. that C. which
6. A. that B. who C. where
7. A. who B. where C. which
8. A. which B. where C. that
Read the article and answer the questions.
English never stops changing
All languages are in flux. In other words, they are constantly changing. This is especially true
of English, which is a real global language. There are now three times more non-native
speakers of English than natives. About one billion people speak it as a foreign language,
while only 360 million speak it as a mother tongue. So why is English changing and is this a
good thing?

One reason is globalisation. Today business meetings can be held with people from all over
the world – for example, Brazil, Nigeria and Japan. Nearly always, the only common language
spoken will be English. This has led to the creation of a new language variety called
International English. It’s a kind of English which speakers from all countries can use to talk
to each other.

English plays a different role in different countries. In Singapore, Hong Kong and the
Philippines, English is spoken as a second language. In the Philippines, Tagalog (the country’s
main language) and English merge to create a variety called Taglish. But some local
languages don’t merge with official languages in this way, and they are in danger because
fewer people speak them.

The use of slang also changes a language. For example, colloquial terms such as innit? (isn’t
it?) and like are used so much in contemporary English that they are now a kind of
punctuation. But if people use these terms to communicate, maybe they should count as
real words.

The fact is that a language evolves because new words are constantly being added to it.
Nouns such as emoticon, spam or blog and verbs like google, photoshop or skype have all
been introduced into the English language thanks to digital technology, and they will be with
us for a long time. There is much discussion about whether these words should be in the
dictionary or not – and some new words never make it into dictionaries. But at the same
time, some words and languages that have been with us for a long time are disappearing.

Task 1. Answer the following questions.


1. Why is English considered to be a global language?

___________________________________________________________________________

2. How many people speak English as a second language?

3. What is International English?

___________________________________________________________________________

4. Why are some local languages in danger?

___________________________________________________________________________

5. How does slang change a language?

___________________________________________________________________________

6. Why are words like emoticon, spam or blog now part of the English language?

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