Ubiquity of English

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
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