Activities ubiquity of english activity 1

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ACTIVITIES 
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UBIQUITY OF ENGLISH 
Activity 1. 
Look through the following questions. Listen and according to the record choose the right 
answers.(More than one answer is possible). 
1.What makes communication easier? 
a) language learningb) wordsc) knowledge of English 
2. What languages were offered as an alternative international language? 
a) Chinese, Russianb) Mandarin, Frenchc) Esperanto 
3. In what areas of Tashkent city English signs are less popular? 
a) Chorsu,Chopon otab) Kukchac) all areas 
4. According to the speaker’s opinion, what place can be good to enlarge one’s vocabulary? 
a) city centerb) language centers 
c) Chopon ota street 
Activity 2
Complete the sentences using the expressions from the box. Explain their meaning. 
is inevitable; tonal nature; constructed rationally; in the foreseeable future; much less so
the case; to say nothing of; inveterate homemakers; 
1. In order to make it neutral and easily absorbed Esperanto w as 
____________________________ 
2. I t ______________ that English becomes a single international language. 
3. A specific ______________ of the Chinese language hampers its spreading. 
4. Popularity of French as a language of diplomacy and exchange is 
___________________________ 
5. English is unlikely to be replaced by any other language
_________________________________ 
6. Common words and expressions like ‘open’, ‘close’, ‘enter’, ‘shop’, ‘happy’ are
popular even a m o n g _________________________________ 
7. English words are popular enough in all cities and towns _______________ tourist centers. 
Activity 3 
Match the labels in the box and the sentences 1-12 below. 
1. Present Simple 2. Present Perfect 3. Present Perfect Continuous 4. Past Perfect
Continuous 5. Past Simple 6. Present Continuous 7. Past
Perfect 8. Future Simple 9. Future Perfect 10. Future with 'going to' 11. Future Continuous
12. Past Continuous 

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1.Students are spending so much time on learning new words by
heart.________________________ 
2.Sailors in the Mediterranean Sea used ‘lingua franca’ for 
interaction._____________________ 
3.They had researched the market carefully before they decided to open a new 
branch.____________ 
4.Diamonds don’t have much intrinsic value and their price mostly depends on their 
scarcity._____ 
5.I think they will explain everything precisely._____ 
6.Saodat was reading her favorite ‘Harry Potter’ when her brother 
interrupted.________________ 
7.I have figured out 51 English words while coming to the 
university.___________________________ 
8.The number of English speakers has been increasing 
recently.________________________ 
9.Consequently, Umar will be lying on the beach with his family next 
week.___________________ 
10. We had been confusing things for two days when they finally illuminated the 
difference._________ 
11. In my article I ’m going to run through some of the main points of the 
matter.____________________ 
12. Experts will surely have finished their work by the end of the next month