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Long ago,many British people(1) (force)to leave their country for some other places. These places(2) later (call)America,Canada and Australia. So the English language spoken in England(3) (bring)there.In the beginning,Americans spoke the same as they did in England. But now people in those countries(4) (speak)differently from one another.
Sometimes,Americans spoke the same as they did before in England, but the English people(5) (change)their language.Sometimes,Americans(6) (speak)in a different way,while the people in England spoke the same as before.So the language changed little by little from one part of the world to another.
The English language(7) (change)a lot in the past few centuries,people who moved to English-speaking countries from other countries(8) (bring)in many new words.For example,American borrowed “cent” from old French and “cookbook” from German.They also borrowed “tofu” and “kowtow” from Chinese.That is another reason why English has changed.English(9) (sound)a little different in each country in which it is spoken.Because of time passing and many other reasons,the English language has changed and continues(10)
(change).
1.were forced 2.were called 3.was brought 4.speak 5.changed
6.spoke 7.has changed 8.brought 9.sounds 10.to change