Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

Vocabulary Speaking English The world speaks English 1 Language in use: Talking about your own language experience You are going to read a text about Nelson, a 16-year-old teenager from Norway. Some words are missing from the text. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–10) in the text. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. My name is Nelson and I’m from Norway. My mother … (0) is Norwegian, but I can speak English … (Q1) as well because all … (Q2) films on TV are in the original language. Some people might think that I am a … (Q3) speaker of Swedish as well because my mother is from Sweden. My … (Q4) 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 … (Q5) but I can only speak a little. I can talk about familiar topics but I cannot answer questions spontaneously because I am so embarrassed when I … (Q6) mistakes. I have been learning English for almost six years now – in school I mean. Most of the things we learn at school 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 … (Q7) from the languages I know. My aim is to speak Spanish fluently and to be able to … (Q8) with everyday situations. We’ll see how… (Q9) 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 very … (Q10) . 0 A speech B speak C / tongue D language Q1 A fluently B fluent C flowing D followed Q2 A strange B foreign C outlandish D peculiar Q3 A naive B national C indigenous D native Q4 A wisdom B knowledge C ability D domination Q5 A speaking B converse C speak D conversations Q6 A make B do C undergo D avoid Q7 A other B various C altered D different Q8 A coup B cope C coupe D cop Q9 A far B farther C further D forth Q10 A slowly B slower C slowed D slow 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 C ✔ TIP • Prime Time Transition 5: Unit 1  S. 6 • Prime Time 5: Unit 1  S. 6 4 Speaking English • The world speaks English 1 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv