4 CHALLENGE! Circle the correct answers. The hyperpolyglot A lot of people wish they 1) speak / spoke different foreign languages. That’s because they’d like 2) to get / getting to know people from different countries and cultures. However, not many people are as multilingual 3) as / that Timothy Doner, a seventeen-year-old American schoolboy who 4) already has learnt / has already learnt twenty-three languages. Timothy became famous when he posted a video of himself on YouTube speaking in twenty different languages. He 5) has been studying / was studying languages since he was a small child, and has become fluent in African languages such as Wolof and Swahili, and Native American languages such as Ojibwe, as well as Mandarin Chinese and almost every European language. Timothy is a ‘hyperpolyglot’ – an unusual person 6) whose / who can learn a language in only 7) a little / a few days. If he continues to learn languages this quickly, one day he 8) speaks / ’ll speak every language in the world!

Правильные ответы:

1. spoke

2. to get

3. as

4. has already learnt

5. has been studying

6. who

7. a few

8. ’ll speak

Полностью предложение будет выглядеть так:

A lot of people wish they spoke different foreign languages. That’s because they’d like to get to know people from different countries and cultures. However, not many people are as multilingual as Timothy Doner, a seventeen-year-old American schoolboy who has already learnt twenty-three languages. Timothy became famous when he posted a video of himself on YouTube speaking in twenty different languages. He has been studying languages since he was a small child, and has become fluent in African languages such as Wolof and Swahili, and Native American languages such as Ojibwe, as well as Mandarin Chinese and almost every European language. Timothy is a ‘hyperpolyglot’ – an unusual person who can learn a language in only a few days. If he continues to learn languages this quickly, one day he ’ll speak every language in the world!

Краткое объяснение:

• wish + Past Simple → wish they spoke (желание о нереальной ситуации сейчас).

• would like + to + verb → would like to get.

• Сравнение → as multilingual as.

• Present Perfect → has already learnt (результат: уже выучил).

• Present Perfect Continuous → has been studying since (действие началось в прошлом и продолжается).

• who используется для людей.

• a few days — несколько дней (дни можно посчитать).

• If + Present Simple, will + verb → If he continues..., he’ll speak....