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Name: …………………………………….. Date: ……/……/…… Class: ………… Number: ……….. Evaluation: …………. 1. What contact do you have with English in your everyday life? Example: pop songs 2. Read the text and answer the questions: a) How did these groups of people help to form the English language? The Anglo-Saxons The Vikings The Normans b) How did English become an international language? he story of English began in the fifth century when tribes from north!western Europe invaded "ritain. We call these people #nglo!$axons. hey spo%e a language that was similar to modern &erman. 'ver the next thousand years( however( this language changed( because other groups of people came to live in "ritain. he first change started in about # *++ when England was invaded by the ,i%ings from -orway and enmar%. hey brought words li%e s%y( get and husband into English. he !th sound in words li%e the( thick ( and brother also comes from ,i%ings languages. n 1+//( the -ormans from northern 0rance conuered England. he -ormans spo%e 0rench. 0or the next three hundred years there were two languages in England. he ordinary people spo%e English( but the aristocracy spo%e 0rench. he two groups didn2t understand each other( so the grammar that they used became much simpler. # lot of words( li%e parliament ( language and beef ( came into English from 0rench( too. $lowly the modern language of English was born. 0rom the 13 th century( English spread to many other parts of the world. 4ost of the early European settlers in -orth #merica came from "ritain( so English became the language of the 5nited $tates and 6anada. 7ater( the "ritish Empire too% English to #ustralia( -ew 8ealand( $outh #frica( ndia and several other countries in #frica( #sia and 6aribbean. oday( over 9+ million people spea% English as their first language( and billions of people use it as a second language. English has become the international language of business( entertainment( sport( transport and the nternet. English has borrowed a lot of words from other languages. Here are some examples: Word 7anguage "an% talian ea 6hinese ;oghurt ur%ish &uitar $panish 7anguages change all time( so English isn2t the same all over the world. Here are some differences between "ritish and #merican English: Different spellings "ritish #merican 6entre center 6olour color Different words "ritish #merican 7ift elevator 6risps chips #utumn fall

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