Appear, appearance, apparent(ly)

1. There is an____ disagreement among English linguists as to the ways

English is to be protected.

2. He was_______ satisfied with what he heard.

3. The most_____ difference lies in the pronunciation.

4. The language______ to have been changing for centuries.

5. English_____ in many countries as an official language.

6. The English saying goes, " ____ are deceptive".

7. The origin of some gestures does not_____ certain.

8. A vertical head nod, always a 'yes' sign, ___ almost everywhere in

the world.

Communicate, communication, community,

Communicative, common (ly)

1. _____ people are nice to deal with.

2. The present tenseis more____ in a summary.

3. ________among people becomes easier if they can_______ in a. lan­
guage.

4. There are quite a number of English words which are____ confused by English learners.

5. One of the founding Treaties is the Treaty Establishing the European Economic.

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6. Many ethnic__ in the USA try to keep their language and traditions and them to their children.

7. Many First Certificate tests aim to examine the applicant's abili­ties as well.

8. If a Norwegian, a Korean and a Masai were on a desert island,

would still be possible.

Consider, considered, consideration(s),

Considerable(ly), considerate

1. The next point______ is the role English plays in the Internet.

2. It was very_______ of him to have offered help.

3. A_____ part of Little Britain was destroyed during Nazi raids.

4. The status of spoken English has been upgraded__.

5. The conflict______ must be settled as soon as possible.

6. The issue under____ now is how to protect the English language.

7.. What_____ did you have when you rejected the offer?

8. No______ differences exist between British English and American

English.

9. The English vocabulary has grown___ for the last hundred years.

Contribute, contribution, contributor(s), contributory

1. Queen Victoria was the greatest__ to the expansion of the borders

of the British Empire.

2. Japanese can hardly be called a__ language.

3. For Churchill's great____ to Britain a monument was erected to him

in Parliament.

4. All_____ will be much appreciated by the church.

5. Each member of this community is to pay__.

6. The greatest____ to the English language appear to be German and

French.

7. What could be most___ to your enlarging the vocabulary?

8. Church has always lived on____.

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expand, expansion

1. ______ of the British Empire fell on the 19th century:

2. TheEU_______ its borders to the East.

3. The English vocabulary_____ due to borrowings and productive

word-building.

4. There are opponents to the _____ of the free-trading regime.

5. The speaker_____ on the subject of free market.