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Put the sentences in the correct order to show the sequence of the
paragraphs in the text.
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A. Article 21 was followed by a series of decrees on the development
of our language.
B. Together with closely associated Turkish, Turkmen and Gagauz
languages, it forms the southwestern group of Turkic languages.
C. August 1 is celebrated in Azerbaijan as a day of the Azerbaijani
alphabet and the Azerbaijani language.
D. About 45 million Azerbaijanis, who live in different countries, use
this language as their mother tongue.
E. Every nation maintains and develops its language after it has
established its own language for communication.
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Match the boldfaced words in the text with their definitions.
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a) to approve someone or something officially by formal agreement
b) to continue to have/to keep in existence
c) the process of growing or changing and becoming more advanced
d) the state of being real, or of being known
e) an official statement that something must happen
f) connected with language or the study of language
g) to make certain or prove that something is true or accurate
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Complete the sentences by choosing the most suitable word from
each of the 3 possible options.
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0. The report could not immediately be verified.
1. Only a minority of people support the military xxx.
2. Flights should be xxx 48 hours before
departure.
3. I’m particularly interested in the xxx
development of young children.
4. A large house costs a lot to xxx .
5. The theatre company that they started is still in xxx today.
6. The early learning years are significant to a child's educational xxx .
0. a) verified
1. a) development
2. a) realized
3. a) amazing
4. a) maintain
5. a) attendance
6. a) development
b) planned
b) attendance
b) confirmed
b) linguistic
b) practise
b) conference
b) decree
c) asked
c) decree
c) put
c) attentive
c) become
c) existence
c) existence