Match the new words and expressions with their meanings

1.petrol

2.voyage

3.gradually

4. frequently

5. identity

6. the latter

7.actually

8. fluent

A.who or what somebody or something is

B.a word for gas in British English

C.not sudden

D. in fact

E. the second of two things or people already mentioned

F. often

G.long trip by sea or in space

H.able to speak or write a language well

The road to modern English

AD 450-1150 It was based more on ______than the English we speak at present.

AD 800-1150 They spoke first Danish and later French, because of the people who ________ England

By the 1600s ____________ made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.

In 1620 Some British settlers moved to ___________.In the18thcentury Some British people were taken to _________.1765-1947 It became the language for _______________ and

education in India.By the 19th century

The English language was________. ___________wrote The America Dictionary of the English Language and gave a separate identity to ____________ English spelling.

Now English is also spoken in __________, __________, __________ ________ and so on.

German

ruled Shakespeare

AmericaAustralia

government

American

Singapore MalaysiaChina South Africa

settledNoah Webster

1.在 16 世纪末2.大约在公元 450 年到 1150年间3.到 17 世纪4.在 18 世纪5.在 1620 年6.从 1765 年到 1949 年7.在 1949 年 10 月 1 日8.在去年 10 月9.在星期三

Pay attention to the following time expressionsat the end of the 16th century

between about AD 450 and 1150by the 17th century/ by the 1600s/ 1600’s

in the 18th century

in 1620

from 1765 to 1947on October 1st of 1949

last Octoberon Wednesday

1. More people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.

2. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English .

3. Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.

4. At first the English spoken in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.

5. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.

6. Then gradually between about AD800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.

7. … first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language.

1. More people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.

2. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English .

3. Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.

4. At first the English spoken in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.5. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.

6. Then gradually between about AD800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.7. … first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language.

Fill in the blanks to complete each sentence. • 1. Later in the next century, people from En

gland made _________ to _______ other parts of the world.

• 2. These new settlers _______ the English language and e_________ its vocabulary.

• 3. Shakespeare was able to make use of __ _____vocabulary than ever before

• 4. So why has English changed _____time?• The latter gave a ________identity to Ameri

can English spelling.• 4. Only time will_____.

voyages conquer enriched

specially

separate

tell

overwider

a

Which is the best ? (5)• 1. Do you know that there ____ more than one kind of

English?• A. are B. is C. be• 2. Why not _______ by Underground?• A. to go B. going C. go• 3. --- Would you like to see my flat?• --- Yes. I’d like to ________ to your apartment.• A. come up B. come out C. come about• 4. India has _____ very large number of fluent English

speakers .• A. / B. a C. the D. an• 5. English is also spoken in South Asia and countries i

n Africa ___________ South Africa.• A. such as B. for example c. that is

Passive or active voice?(5)1. Nearly all of them ______ in England. A. lived B. was lived C. were lived2. Later in the 18th century some British people _______ to Austra

lia too. A. taken B. took C. was taken D. were taken3. English began __________ in both countries. A. speak B. be spoken C. to spoke D. to be spoken4. Finally by the 19th century the language _______. A. settled B. was settled C. to be settled5. At that time two big changes in English spelling _________. A. happened B. was happened C. were happened