CEIL English Language Training – Level B1 Date: 03/01/2023

Student’s Name: By: Dr. BELARBI

English, the Global Language

English is a Germanic language that originates from England. It is also a native language in the
other home countries of the United Kingdom, in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
Republic of Ireland South Africa, and numerous other countries. 380 million people speak English as
their first language.
English has “lingua franca’’ status in many parts of the world, because of the military,
economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the “British Empire” in the 18th and 19th
centuries and that of the “United States” from the mid-20th century to the present. The global influence
of English comes from cinema, music, airlines, broadcasting, science, and the
Internet in recent decades. English is now the most widely learned second
language in the world.
Many students worldwide need to learn some English and business
English is required in many fields and occupations. Because people speak and
learn English everywhere, the language is considered a “global language.” It is also,
by international treaty, the official language for aircraft/airport communication. Its
acceptance as a first or second language is the main indication of its global status.

Comprehension: Answer the following questions from the text.

1. Where does the English Language come from?

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2. Where do people speak this language as their mother language?
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3. Why is English considered the “lingua franca”?
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4. Why do people need English?
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5. And you? Why do you need this language?
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Vocabulary: Fill in the table with 3 nouns, 3 verbs, 3 adjctives, and 3 pronouns.
Nouns Verbs Adjectives Pronouns

Grammar: The verbs in the text are in the simple present. Sort them out and put them in the
present continuous, simple past, past continuous, present perfect and simple future.

Verb (simple Present

Simple Past Past continuous Present Perfect Future Simple
present) Continuous
is Is being Was Was being Has been Will be
CEIL English Language Training – Level B1 Date: 03/01/2023
Student’s Name: By: Dr. BELARBI

A S IG H TS EEING H OL ID AY
Each of the sentences below has a missing word.
Choose the correct word from the box to complete the sentences.

• W h en di d you ______ o n h o li d ay l ast year? go

1 • E very y ear I ___ __ _ o n h ol i d ay in Ju n e o r Ju l y,
b u t l ast year I ______ o n h o l id ay i n M ay. w ent

• S o , di d you ______ a n i ce t i me i n L on d on ?
hav e
2 • O h , I _ _ _ _ _ _ a l o v e l y t i m e i n L o n d o n , b u t th a t w a s t w o
year s ag o . L ast year I ____ ___ a g re at ti me i n Pari s.
had

• Di d yo u ______ an y si g h tseei n g ? do
3 • Yes, I ______ a l o t o f si g h tseei n g th at ti me.
I al w ays _____ _ so me si g h t seei n g w h en in P ari s. did

• Di d yo u ______ L o u vre Mu seu m i n Pari s? s ee

4 • Un f o rt u n at el y, I d i dn ’ t ______ L o u vre M u seu m,
b u t I ______ Ei ffel T o w er an d No tre Dame. s aw

• Di d yo u ______ an y p i ctu res th ere? take

5 • I ’ ve g o t a p ro fessi o n al camera an d al w ays __ ___ _ p i ctu res.
I ______ h u n d red s o f p i ctu res i n Pari s. took

• P ari s i s a h u g e ci t y. Did n ’ t yo u ______ l o st t h ere? get

6 • I ’ m very g o o d at d i recti o n s so I n ever ____ __ l o st,
b u t so meh o w I ______ l o st o n my w ay t o t h e ho t el in P ari s. got

• Di d yo u ______ an y n i ce sh o p s i n Pari s? find

7 • Yo u can al w ays _____ _ a n u mb er o f g reat sh o p s th ere.
L ast ti me I al so ______ a r eal l y g o o d market. found

• S o , di d you ______ an y so u ven i rs? buy

8 • O f co u rse I di d ! I ______ man y l o vel y so u ven i rs i n P ari s.
I al w ays _____ _ so me so u ven i rs w h en o n ho l id ay. bought

• I b et yo u ______ a l o t o f mo n ey, di d n’ t yo u? s pend

9 • W el l , I p rob ab l y ______ t o o mu ch t h at t i me.
I can ’ t h elp i t – I alw ays ____ __ a f o rt u n e o n so u ven i rs. s pent

Writing: Write an email to an employement agency where you (1) introduce yourself, (2) explain
what job you would like, (3) and, say what experience, skills and interests you have. (You can use
the sentences you learnt in class).

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CEIL English Language Training – Level B1 Date: 03/01/2023
Student’s Name: By: Dr. BELARBI

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present tense: simple or continuous.
[Focus on the meaning to figure out which verb is put in the simple or continuous tenses]

1. Example: Jeremy usually goes to school by bus but today his dad is driving him. (GO, DRIVE)

2. How often ____________________ to the park for a picnic? (YOU GO)

3. Northern California _________________ a lot of rain during the wintertime but this

winter it _________________ at all. (GET, NOT RAIN)

4. My sister often _________________ in bed but today she is so tired that she

___________________ anything at all. (READ, NOT READ)

5. Look to your right! Mary _________________ her little sister to school. How sweet! (BRING)

6. Mom can't help you right now because she _________________ dinner. (PREPARE)

7. The neighbors’ boys always _________________ to school late. (COME)

8. My parents never _________________ cigarettes in front of us. (SMOKE)

9. I can't understand him because I _________________ any French. (NOT KNOW)

10. Mary _________________ eating sweets. Every morning she _________________ coffee with

lots of sweets. (LIKE, HAVE)

2. Fill in the correct form of the past tense: simple or continuous. [Focus on the meaning]

1. Example: While the policeman was looking out of the window, he noticed that a

blue SUV was parking down the road. (LOOK, NOTICE, PARK)

2. I __________________ on my report when the phone __________________. My wife

____________to know when I __________________ home. (WORK, RING, WANT, COME)

3. He __________________ down the street when he __________________ his old schoolteacher

on the other side. (WALK, SEE)

4. During the time I __________________ in South Africa I never __________________ a serious

crime. (SPEND, SEE)

5. While they __________________ lunch at the new restaurant, a journalist __________________

CEIL English Language Training – Level B1 Date: 03/01/2023
Student’s Name: By: Dr. BELARBI

up to them and __________________ to ask a few questions. (HAVE, COME, WANT)

6. The farmer __________________ the whole neighborhood with fruit and vegetables. (SUPPLY)

7. The hairdresser __________________ up her shop, __________________ into the car and

__________________ home. (LOCK, GET, DRIVE)

8. My brother __________________ to contact me at the office, but he __________________ me

because I __________________ lunch with a customer. (TRY, CANNOT REACH, HAVE)

9. Jack __________________ over the carpet because he __________________ attention to where

he __________________. (TRIP, NOT PAY, GO)

10. Where __________________ when I __________________ across you yesterday? (YOU GO,
COME)