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Nowadays, English is widely spoken by more and more people all over the world. _________(actual), English has changed and developed over time. Between AD 450 and 1150, English was based more
____ German than English we speak now. Then between about AD 800 and 1150, the new settlers enriched English and especially its
_______. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare used a
_______(wide) vocabulary than ever before. After that, English began
___________(speak) in both British and Australia. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. Two big changes in English spelling happened. Now English is spoken
a foreign or second language in South Africa. For example, many people in India speak English
_______(fluent). English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries such
_____South Africa. Today the number of people learning English in China
____(be) increasing rapidly. Because of that, there are different Englishes in the world, the native English speakers can understand each other even
___they don’t speak the same kind of English.