Complete sentences with the correct variant English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom. When you 1____ speakers of English from around the world, you 2____ notice that they do not all speak in the same way. There are also some 3____ in the words they use, including the names of 4____ objects that are part of everyone's daily life. But although pronunciation and 5____ are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English speakers 6____ opposite sides of the world can understand 7____ other easily. It does not seem to 8____ where they learnt the language. And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen 9____ learning English too. If you know English, you are more 10____ to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia. 1. a) recognize b) meet c) find 2. a) originally b) curiously c) immediately 3. a) mistakes b) changes c) differences 4. a) common b) popular c) favourite 5. a) composition b) dictation c) vocabulary 6. a) of b) from c) at 7. a) each b) one c) some 8. a) care b) matter c) worry 9. a) by b) on c) to 10. a) likely b) probably c) possibly