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Questions L - b
4 C, 
5 B, 
6 A
Questions 7 -1 0
7 subsidiary, 
8 employees, 
9 10% /10 per ce nt/ 
ten per cent/ten percent, 
10 relocation package
11 
Local languages
P a r t i :
V ocabulary
Exercise 1
1 b , 
2 g, 
3 e, 
4 i, 
5 h, 
6 a, 
7 d, 
8 j. 
9 c. 
10 f 
Exercise 2
1 c . 
2 b, 
3 f, 
4 a, 
5 d, 
6 e
Exercise 3
1 dialect, 
2 sign language, 
3 Rhetoric,
4 connotations, 
5 tra n s c rip tio n , 
6 b ilin g u a l
Exercise U
Angela: 
I th ou gh t the lecture on UK regional 
accents had some credible points about the 
ways in w hich English is changing.
Kevin: 
To be honest, I'm a little bit sceptical 
of some of the evidence. It seem ed to me that 
th e ir predictions w ere in s u ffic ie n tly detailed.
Angela: 
Really? I th ou gh t the research 
m ethodology appeared to be lo g ic a l.
Maybe the researchers w ere ju s t cautious w ith
th e ir predictions fo r the fu tu re of English.
1 No
2 Positive: Angela, 
Negative: Kevin
Answer key 
1 4 3

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3 Angela: credible, logical, cautious (They are positive 
and show Angela thought the lecture was good.) 
Kevin: sceptical, insu fficien tly (They are negative 
and show that Kevin disagrees w ith Angela.)
Exercise 5
1 P, 2 N, 3 P, 4 P, 5 N, 6 P, 7 N, 8 P, 9 N, 10 P
P art 2: 
Practice exercises
Exercise 1
1 (Many) of the (dialects) in the (world) are (gradually 
dying out.)
2 Can you [recom m end ways) in (which I) 
can (improve) my (listening skills?)
3 I’m (researching m in ority languages) 
fo r my (essay) so (I went) to the (British 
library) to (find out more inform ation.)
Exercise 2
1 It sounds more n atu ra l the second tim e.
2 T h e r e ^ a r e many S o u th ^ A m e ric a n ^ ln d ia n
languages, nonew of w h ic h ^ a r e related to Spanish.
3 S t u d y in g ^ a c c e n ts ^ is ^ a good way to 
u n d e r s ta n d ^ if^ a languagew is c h a n g in g ^ o r not.
Exercise 3
1 stopped taking Greek lesson^ soon a fte r I left school.
2 How wiK loca/ language^ stay in use 
\f
few er people learn them ?
Exercise 4
1 It shows the percentage.
2 None - Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish and Irish are a ll 
languages.
3 It refers to the recent past.
4 a iv, 
b iii, 
c i, 
d ii