1. English__________ from a Proto-Indo-European language about 5,000 years ago.

A. derives                                B. derived                   C. is deriving              D. has derived

2. Since 2005, India__________ the world’s largest English-speaking population.

A. has                                      B. is having                 C. had                         D. has had

3. The United Kingdom__________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  

A. consists                               B. is consisted C. has consisted                      D. consisted

4. English__________ around the world by children in school as a foreign language.

A. has learned             B. is learning   C. is learned                            D. learned

5. You’d better go to bed early tonight. The plane__________ at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning so we’ll have to be up by 4.30!

A. will leave                            B. leaves                      C. leave                                   D. is leaving

6. Over the past five years, Australia’s population__________ by 1.86 million people.

A. increases                             B. is increasing            C. has increased                      D. is increased