Questions 1-7
Complete the text with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS in each blank
Words with Latin origins came into English with an invasion of England happening in 1 . Thanks to this invasion and the new words a new language evolved known as 2 .
Other languages also added to language mix and it is possible to trace them thanks to 3 . Which studies sound patterns and specific vocabulary. Studies in the area have shown that English , brother languages like 4 and 5 , descend from Proto Germanic spoken centuries before Christ. This in turn has its 6 in an older language spoken in today Ukraine and Russia. However, historical and 7 won’t allow us to go deeper in the study.
Questions 8-12
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Listening Passage?
In boxes 8-12 on your answer sheet, write
| TRUE | if the statement agrees with the information |
| FALSE | if the statement contradicts the information |
| NOT GIVEN | if there is no information on this |
8 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN English shares many words with Italian
9 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN Beowulf is an example of Old English
10 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN Words that start with a “pf” sound in German start with “p” in English.
11 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN The Indo European family compresses all the languages spoken round the world.
12 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN More than 3 billion people around the world are studying English
