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1. Today they are there are it is millions of people who speak English.
2. Some people study studies is studying English for special reasons.
3. They may need English for the job their job job .
4. Some of them need need to are needing speak to English people.
5. The majority of learners of English got have are having other needs.
6. Most users of English use it for talk to talk that they can talk to people who aren't English.
7. Most of The most Most people in the world have heard some English.
8. It is There is There are hardly any countries where English is never spoken.
9. Very few people haven't heard some the any English at all.
10. English is now the most the more a most widely used language in the world.
11. For some 40 years the Guinness Book of Records has been one of the most popular books of in under the UK.
12. It has been was is first published in 1954.
13. Since then it is was has been a regular bestseller.
14. Most of the records in it changed change have changed many times in recent years.
15. In 1954, while the first Guinness Book of Records was being compiled, the world mile record could be had was broken.
16. The year before that, in 1953, it had stood is standing used to stand at over four minutes.
17. But in 1954 the four-minute barrier could was to should be broken on several occasions.
18. Dr Roger Bannister's famous run was the first time anyone has had would run so fast.
19. If Dr Bannister have not had not would have not broken the record that day in Oxford, it would soon have been broken by someone else.
20. The record has since been held by a great deal number many of runners.
As the captain's voice came over the loudspeaker, announcing that the plane was just about to begin its her his descent onto into on Heathrow Airport, Maria looked around there it her . Taken Taking Took off from Rio, the plane, a the one 747, had been very tightly almost nearly full, but a quite quite quite a few passengers have got had got getting off in Lisbon, so with luck it didn't wouldn't won't take her too long to get her luggage and get through customs. Looking by away from out of the window, she was catching would catch caught a first gaze glance glimpse of London through the clouds and felt a sudden shiver of excitement. She was so far distant away removed from home and on her own for the first time of in for her life. She reflected briefly that it was only the second time that she has been was had been outside her own country, the other being had would be a short holiday she had had with her parents in the U.S.A. for 2 years 2 years earlier 2 years ago . Now she was on her way to start a university course in the North of England. She was really looking forward to become be being a student there, though she was also quite nervous at the prospect of no longer not longer no more being able to depend of from on her family's close support. She was so lost in her own thoughts that she didn’t notice the plane landing. Suddenly everyone on the plane was getting were getting would get off. Maria realised that she would really have to hurry if she had was were able to catch the train from King's Cross that would get her to her destination to by on time. She had less fewer lower than 2 hours to get to the station and it was so crowded it would obviously take no some any time to get out of the airport. Arriving Arrived To arrive at the baggage hall, she looked for the right carousel to collect her luggage. It was They were There were so many people peoples persons there she had great difficulty to find difficulty in finding difficulties to find a place to stand where she could see the luggage arriving. She had been waiting for about five minutes when she suddenly reminded was reminded remembered that she needed to get getting get to a bank for so as to get some any few of her travellers' cheques change to change changed . She only had little a few a little English money and this which what she had certainly wasn't enough to buy her ticket in for to the train. Another 10 minutes past were passing passed and there was still no sign of her case. She started to wish she had would have should have changed more money at home. She knew it was no use point sense worrying about what she hadn't done, but she couldn't help feeling to feel it feeling cross with herself. After half an hour with no sign of her case she had just about resigned herself not only to miss have miss missing the bank, but also her train. 'By the time I I'll I'd get my case and get out of here', she thought to herself, ' I I'll I'd probably have missed the last train and have to spend the night in London'. She was just on the point of going to look for someone who could give her an information some informations some information about where to find lost property when her case appeared. 'I'd still had needn't better try to get there tonight', she said to herself as she made her way through passport control and customs. Suddenly she spotted an open bank and just beyond it a 'standby' ticket office. 'Well, I might could can as well give it a try,' she muttered (to her surprise in English). An hour later she was in the air on her way north, with an air ticket that had cost less than that as she'd thought the train will would does . As she settled back to enjoy the rest of the flight, she wondered if the remainder of her time in England can will would be as eventful as her first hour or so. She hoped not, but she decided she was going to enjoy herself, come what may.
Most people have heard of acupuncture and know that it has something to do with sticking needles into people. But what about iridology (assessing your general state of health by looking at your eyes)?
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Your job is to identify all the errors. If a line has an error, write the corrected word, the missing word or the word which should not be there. If a line is correct, leave the answer as 'correct'. The real questions start here:
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Your local English language newspaper is starting a series entitled ARENA, in which readers are asked to contribute articles on local issues about which they have strong feelings. The best five each month will be published.
Write your article for this series, expressing your views on an issue which affects people in your area.
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