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10. I am afraid I am.....with flu too. Half of the students are already absent today.
VIII. Fill each gap with a suitable word
Linguists believe that early men used many gestures to communicate with (..1..) another. This, it is thought, was man's first form
of (..2..) and the only one he had (..3..) a long period of time. Even today we use some sign language: for example, we shake our
(..4..) to indicate yes or no, we point or we wave... The first spoken words may have been early man's attempt to (..5..) the sounds
made by animals. Then he may have developed sounds of his (..6..). Gradually man may have repeated certain sounds so (..7..)
that they became familiar and understandable to others. Once spoken language had begun, perhaps man invented new (..8..) as
he needed them to express himself verbally (..9..) to name new objects. (..10..) this way we can imagine language growing. (..11..)
using words, parents were able to teach them to their children. The children in turn probably made (..12..) new words. Each
generation, therefore, in the development of language, knew more words than the generation (..13..) it. Language is still growing
and changing. Can you think of some words you use today (..14..) were not used by your grandparents (..15..) they were children?
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