CEFR READING PART PRACTICE – TRUE OR FALSE
Read the text and find out whether the statements A-F is True or False.
Put
A
if the statement is True or put
B
if the statement is False.
TASK 1
A) There are quite a few borrowings in English.
B) Native Americans borrowed such words as
raccoon
and
wigwam.
C) The origin of the word
canyon
has been traced to Portuguese or Spanish.
D) Peru gave English such words as
quinine
and
cannibal.
E) The word
boomerang
came from Africa.
F) There are Greek or Latin roots in such words as
stethoscope
and
supersonic.
If you speak English, you have plenty of people to talk to. It is spoken in more parts
of the world than any other language. English is constantly borrowing. It started out
taking words from Latin, Greek, French, and German. Then English went on to
borrow words from more than 50 different languages. From Italian, it took
cameo, pizza,
and
violin,
for example. From Spanish and Portuguese, it borrowed the words
alligator,
canyon,
and
sombrero.
From Native Americans, it got
raccoon
and
wigwam.
Peru
contributed
llama
and
quinine.
The Caribbean islands gave English
barbecue
and
cannibal.
From Africa came
chimpanzee
and
zebra,
from India came
bandanna, curry,
and
punch,
and
from Australia came
kangaroo
and
boomerang.
Science caused an explosion in words. Some
words in science combine parts of Greek and Latin words. They include
penicillin,
stethoscope,
and
supersonic.
Others were borrowed from languages spoken today.
Robot
comes from a Czech word.
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