Curso: Segundo Nivel

Fecha: 27-05-2020

1-READ THE TEXT " PLACES AND LANGUAGES"

-Read the article. What is it about? Choose the correct answer (a–c).
(a) The languages people speak in different places

2-Read the article again. What do these numbers refer to?

- Over 190: countries in the world
- About 7,000: languages
- Over 1 billion: people speak Mandarin and first language
- 380 million: people are native English speakers
- 400 million: Spanish speakers
- 80%: speak them
- 65: islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean
- 109: different languages
- 1: only one speaker

3-Find these words in the article and match them with the definitions (1–4).
- The language you learn after your first language: second
- The main language that people in a place speak: first
- The language of the government: official
- A very old language: ancient

4-Read the article again. Add these sentences (a–d) to the end of each
paragraph.

- Paragraph 1: (d) Many people there speak Spanish as their first language.
- Paragraph 2: (a) English is the world’s biggest second language.
- Paragraph 3: (b) That’s one point five languages for every island.
- Paragraph 4: (c) When he dies, his language dies.

5-Work in pairs. Complete the sequence of numbers. Then tell your partner the
numbers. Check your answers with your instructor.
- 1 3 5 7 9 11 13
- 11 21 31 41 51 61 71
- 21st 31st 41st 51st 61st 71st 81st
- 1th 2th 3th 4th 5th 6th 7th

6-WRITE A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY IN YOUR COUNTRY(ECUADOR,

COLOMBIA, ETC)

-USE THE DESCRIPTION OF MOSCOW AS AN EXAMPLE.

My favorite city in Ecuador is Tulcán because there are beautiful parks and touristic
places. The people of Tulcán are very friendly and the touristic places like Tulcán
cementary has a figures are of cypresses and represent the pasto culture and are of
great attraction for people and it is considered the heritage of Tulcán, Tulcán also
has an interesting theater because that is considerate an icon of this city.