1. petrol voyage gradually frequently identity the latter actually fluent
Match the new words and expressions with their meanings
petrol
voyage
gradually
frequently
identity
the latter
actually
fluent
who or what somebody or something is
a word for gas in British English
not sudden
in fact
the second of two things or people already mentioned
often
long trip by sea or in space
able to speak or write a language well

2. The road to modern English
It was based more on ______
than the English we speak at present. AD
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 _________.
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
America
Australia
government
settled
Noah Webster
American
Singapore
Malaysia
China
South Africa

3. Pay attention to the following time expressions
在16世纪末
大约在公元450年到1150年间
到17世纪
在18世纪
在1620年
从1765年到1949年
在1949年10月1日
在去年10月
在星期三
at the end of the 16th century
between about AD 450 and 1150
by the 17th century/ by the 1600s/ 1600’s
in the 18th century
in 1620
from 1765 to 1947
on October 1st of 1949
last October
on Wednesday

4. More people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.
Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English .
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.

5. 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.

6. Fill in the blanks to complete each sentence.
1. Later in the next century, people from England 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 American English spelling.
4. Only time will_____.
voyages
conquer
enriched
specially a
wider
over
separate
tell

7. 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
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 in Africa ___________ South Africa.
A. such as B. for example c. that is

8. Passive or active voice?(5)
1. Nearly all of them ______ in England.
A. lived B. was lived C. were lived
2. Later in the 18th century some British people _______ to Australia too.
A. taken B. took
C. was taken D. were taken
3. English began __________ in both countries.
A. speak B. be spoken
C. to spoke D. to be spoken
4. Finally by the 19th century the language _______.
A. settled B. was settled C. to be settled
5. At that time two big changes in English spelling _________.
A. happened B. was happened C. were happened