Name: .. Date: // Class: Number: .. Evaluation: .

1. What contact do you have with English in your everyday life? Example: pop songs

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 0ootball soccer

hetext story of English began in the fifth century 2. Read the and answer the questions: when tribes from north!western Europe a) How did these groups of people help to form invaded "ritain. We call these people #nglo!$axons. the English language? hey spo%e a language that was similar to The Anglo-Saxons modern &erman. 'ver the next thousand The Vikings years( however( this language changed( The Normans because other groups of people came to live in "ritain. b) How did English become an international language? he first change started in about #) *++ English has borrowed a lot by of words when England was invaded the ,i%ings from from other languages. Here are some -orway and )enmar%. hey brought words li%e examples: s%y( get and husband into English. he !th sound in words li%e the( thick( and brother also Word from ,i%ings 7anguage comes languages. .n 1+//( the -ormans from northern 0rance "an% .talian con1uered England. he -ormans spo%e ea 0or the 6hinese 0rench. next three hundred years there ;oghurt ur%ish in England. he ordinary were two languages &uitarspo%e English( $panishbut the aristocracy spo%e people <obot he two 6=ech 0rench. 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 13th 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.