I.       In a court of law , the secretary has to note the exact words that are spoken. Based on these notes, complete the newspaper extracts making standard changes in the tenses. Use each reporting verb once.

Female Witness 1:         I saw the suspect stealing my car.

Female Judge:                The witness is making a serious accusation. What do you have to say?

Male Suspect 1: That’s not true.

Female Judge 1: Speak a bit louder.

Male Suspect:                It’s not true. I’ve never stolen a car.

The witness claimed that she had seen the suspect stealing (6) …… car. The judge (7) …… that the witness (8) …… a serious accusation and (9) …… the suspect what he (10) …… to say. The suspect (11) …… that it (12) …… true. At this point, the judge (13) …… the suspect (14) …… a bit louder. The suspect went on to (15)…… that he (16)…… ever stolen a car.

I.       Based on the following conversation, complete the newspaper extracts making standard changes in the tenses. Use each reporting verb once.

Court official:     Ladies and gentlemen, the judge has been delayed so the trial cannot begin until 11 o’ clock.

Judge 2:              The case is complicated and will probably last two or three weeks.

Suspect 2:          But I am totally innocent, your honour, so the case is very simple.

Judge 2:              That is for the court to decide. Now, jury, you must not come to a conclusion until you have heard all the evidence.

At 10 o’ clock, a court official (6) ............................... that the judge (7) ............................... been delayed so the trial (8) ............................... not begin before 11. When the trial started, the judge (9) .............................. to the jury that the case (10) ............................... complicated and (11) ............................... probably last two or three weeks. The suspect then stood up and (12) ............................... that he (13) ............................... innocent and said that the case (14) ............................ very simple. The judge (15) ............................... that that (16) ............................... for the court to decide. He went on to (17) ............................... the jury (18) .............................. to a conclusion until they (19) .............................. heard all the evidence.

III.      Read the article about the Mandarin Chinese language and complete the notes below. Use a maximum of TWO words or a number in each gap.

The World’s Most Spoken Language

There are about 6,900 languages spoken in the world. The number of speakers of these languages goes from tiny to very large. One of those languages which have a very large number of speakers is Mandarin Chinese with nearly 1 billion speakers! It’s only one of 297 languages that people speak in China, but it’s by far the biggest. About 70% of the population speak it, compared to the 6.5% that speak the next biggest language, Wu.

Language experts think that it spread to so many people in China because it’s a language from the north of the country. There aren’t as many mountains in the north so it was easier for people to travel and for the language to travel too.

The Chinese government uses Mandarin in most of the country, especially in the capital city, Beijing. In Hong Kong and Macau, however, government officials can also use Cantonese. No other languages are used by the government.

The Mandarin vocabulary is quite large. It has more words than French, for example (370,000 words compared to around 350,000), but fewer than English, which has around 470,000 words.

Many students of Mandarin find the grammar quite easy, but the pronunciation is more of a problem.

The Mandarin Language

Almost ¹________________ people have Mandarin as a native language.

There are ²________________ languages spoken in China.

Around ³________________% of Chinese people speak Mandarin Chinese.

Geography of China: The south of China has more ⁴________________ than the north.

The Government uses ⁵________________ official languages.

The vocabulary of Mandarin contains around ⁶________________ words

Read the following passage, and complete the passage with the given words.

Population      students      official      Many      began

English is the _________ (1) language of the Philippines. English-medium education _________ (2) in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media, and literary writing.

The latest results from a recent survey suggest that about 65% of the _________ (3) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and written English with 48 person stating that they can write standard English. The economy is based on English, and successful workers and managers are fluent in English. _________ (4) schools know that their _________ (5) must be fluent in English to be successful.

Question 3:

Read the following passage, and complete the passage with the given words.

Population      students      official      Many      began

English is the _________ (1) language of the Philippines. English-medium education _________ (2) in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media, and literary writing.

The latest results from a recent survey suggest that about 65% of the _________ (3) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and written English with 48 person stating that they can write standard English. The economy is based on English, and successful workers and managers are fluent in English. _________ (4) schools know that their _________ (5) must be fluent in English to be successful.

Question 2:

Read the following passage, and complete the passage with the given words.

Population      students      official      Many      began

English is the _________ (1) language of the Philippines. English-medium education _________ (2) in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media, and literary writing.

The latest results from a recent survey suggest that about 65% of the _________ (3) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and written English with 48 person stating that they can write standard English. The economy is based on English, and successful workers and managers are fluent in English. _________ (4) schools know that their _________ (5) must be fluent in English to be successful.

Question 4:

Read the following passage, and complete the passage with the given words.

Population      students      official      Many      began

English is the _________ (1) language of the Philippines. English-medium education _________ (2) in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media, and literary writing.

The latest results from a recent survey suggest that about 65% of the _________ (3) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and written English with 48 person stating that they can write standard English. The economy is based on English, and successful workers and managers are fluent in English. _________ (4) schools know that their _________ (5) must be fluent in English to be successful.

Question 5:

Read the following passage, and complete the passage with the given words.

Population      students      official      Many      began

English is the _________ (1) language of the Philippines. English-medium education _________ (2) in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media, and literary writing.

The latest results from a recent survey suggest that about 65% of the _________ (3) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and written English with 48 person stating that they can write standard English. The economy is based on English, and successful workers and managers are fluent in English. _________ (4) schools know that their _________ (5) must be fluent in English to be successful.

Question 1:

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

English is the _________ (6) language of the Philippines. English-medium education _________ (7) in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media, and literary writing.

The latest results from a recent survey suggest that about 65% of the _________ (8) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and written English with 48 person stating that they can write standard English. The economy is based on English, and successful workers and managers are fluent in English. _________ (9) schools know that their _________ (10) must be fluent in English to be successful.

Question 6:

A. interesting

B. official

C. popular

D. polluted