1. Match the words to compete the collocation Mulled
charity
Contentious
wine
Accept
fun
Promote
issue
Make
pity
Take
beauty products
2. Complete the sentences with the correct word.
a) I know him. He is too proud and arrogant to a_c.
b) Religion and race are such c
issues nowadays.
c) The research project e from a concept first proposed in 1995.
d) A generous relative t_p_on me and let me stay at his house.
e) The seeds will s in a few days.
f) COVID-19 has s__a__ the world rapidly.
g) These products are aggressively p___ and marketed.
h) The other children m_f_of her because she was always so serious.
1. Learning a foreign language isn’t an easy thing.
2. Some people learn languages because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying foreign languages is a hobby.
3. Yes, I do. I study English.
4. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand.
5. English is very popular now. Over 300 million people speak it as a mother tongue. It’s the language of computers, science, business, sport, politics, literature and glamour. English is the official voice of the air and the sea, and Christianity. English language is a wonderful language.