1 4 Vocabulary Speaking English The world speaks English Language in use: Talking about your own language experience Read the text about Nelson, a 16-year-old teenager from Norway. Some words are missing. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–10). Put a cross () in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. My name is Nelson and I’m from Norway. My first … 0 is Norwegian, but I can speak English … 1 as well because in Norway all … 2 films on TV are in the original language. Some people might think that I am a … 3 speaker of Swedish as well because my mother is from Sweden. My … 4 of Swedish, however, is rather basic. At home we speak Norwegian. Only when we visit my grandmother in Örebro in Sweden, my mother speaks Swedish because this is the language she would speak with her mother. I can understand simple … 5 but I can only speak very little Swedish. I can talk about familiar topics, but I cannot answer questions spontaneously because I am so embarrassed when I … 6 mistakes. I have been learning English for almost six years now – in school I mean. Most of the things we learn there I know from the internet or from television anyway. On top of that I have just started learning Spanish, but I find it very difficult because it is so … 7 from the languages I know. My aim is to speak it fluently and to be able to … 8 with everyday situations. We’ll see how … 9 I can get. At the moment I can only talk about my personal details. And I can follow recordings of simple dialogues but only if they are spoken very … 10 Unfortunately, I don’t speak French or Italian, which makes everything harder for me. 0 A speech B speak C language ✘ D conversation 1 A fluently B fluent C flowing D followed 2 A strange B foreign C outlandish D peculiar 3 A naive B national C indigenous D native 4 A wisdom B knowledge C ability D domination 5 A speaking B converse C speak D conversations 6 A make B do C undergo D avoid 7 A other B various C altered D different 8 A coup B cope C coupe D cop 9 A far B farther C further D forth 10 A slow B slower C slowed D slowly Tip T See units in the coursebooks • Prime Time Transition 5: Unit 1 page 6 • Prime Time 5: Unit 1 page 6 1 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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