Give the correct forms of the words in brackets. The (31. SPREAD) use of English as a language of widercommunication will continue to exert pressure towards global (32. UNIFORM) as well as give rise to anxieties about “declining” standards, languagechange and the loss of geo-linguistic (33. DIVERSE) . But as Englishshifts from foreign language to second-language status for an (34.INCREASE) number of people, we can also expect to see Englishdevelop a larger number of local varieties. These (35. CONTRADICT) tensions arise because English hastwo main functions in the world: it provides a vehicular language forinternational (36. COMMUNICATE) and it forms the basis forconstructing cultural identities. The former function require mutual (37.INTELLIGIBLE) and common standards. The latter encourages thedevelopment of local forms and hybrid varieties. As English plays an evermore important role in the first of these functions, it (38. SIMULTANEOUS) finds itself acting as a language of identity for larger numbers of peoplearound the world. There is no need to fear, however, that trends towardsfragmentation will necessarily (39. THREAT) the role of English as alingua franca. There have, since the first records of the language, been major(40. DIFFER) between varieties of English.