Упр.9 Юнит 1.4 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 11 класс
- Word formation 9 RNE
Read the text given below. Form derivatives from the words in brackets to make them match the contents of the text grammatically and lexically. Complete the gaps with transformed words. Each gap corresponds with a separate task from group 1–6.
A Global Language
Many languages are spoken throughout the world, yet according to the myth of the Tower of Babel, there was a time in the past when all people spoke a 1) ______ language. Although this doesn’t seem a very 2) ______ story if you consider how many languages are spoken in the world today, what is true is that all through history people have always searched for the ideal language of 3) ______ between different 4) ______. Historically, languages have risen and fallen in popularity. Both Latin and Greek were once the world’s most 5) ______ languages. At the moment, English is the nearest we have to a common language but the 6) ______ is that this will change in the future. Some claim that Chinese will become a global language one day.
1) universal
2) unbelievable
3) communication
4) nationalities
5) influential
6) likelihood
1) universal — прилагательное от universe / universal по смыслу текста.
2) unbelievable — приставка un- образует отрицательное прилагательное.
3) communication — существительное после предлога of.
4) nationalities — множественное число, так как речь идёт о разных народах.
5) influential — прилагательное в превосходной конструкции по смыслу.
6) likelihood — существительное, подходящее по смыслу: «вероятность».
