Why is English so popular 8 класс

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The Anglo-Saxons contributed to the formation of English most of

all. The English alphabet came from Latin. Christian monks, who spoke Latin, brought it to England from Ireland.It is very strange, but the Celtic language didn't contribute many words to modern English. We can only find Celtic words in the names of places and rivers such as: Dover, Kent, Avon and the Thames, for example.

have a big empire. The British had colonies all over

the world, and all the people in the colonies had to speak English.

can learn it easily.

neun Jahre alt.(German) - My friend is nine years old.

(English)
Wir gehen in die Schule. (German) — We go to school. (English)
Sie ist interessant. (German) — She is interesting. (English)

in the end. Compare: Tables, books, trees.— Столы, книги, деревья.

Genders are simpler. In English you use "she" for women, "he" for men and all other words are "it". In Russian we have tree (it), table (he), book (she), room (she). It's very difficult.
English words don't change so much. I read this book. — Я читаю эту книгу. We read this book. — Мы читаем эту книгу. You read this book. — Ты читаешь эту книгу. They read this book. — Они читают эту книгу. Не (She) reads this book.— Он (Она) читает эту книгу. You read this book. — Вы читаете эту книгу.

Let's compare English with Russian

That’s 20% of the world population

450 million people, the native language of 12 nations and

the official or semiofficial language of 33 more nations. That means one in every seven people in the world speaks English.

in the computers’ world is in English.75% of all international

letters and telexes are in English.

another in English

English

century, such as the problems of war and peace,ecology,demographics, democracy

and many others can not be solved if people do not speak the same language.

the world!

a lot of money!