A)dumbB)proficiency
C) adequately
D) downturn
E) capability
F) stationery
G) distinguish
H) competent
I) vital
J) deficits
K) recognize
L) ambitious
M) proclaim
N) fundamental
O) effectively
In the United States, there are many different stories about the (1) _______ in the proper use of English. Surely, students should be able to (2) _______ between their, there and they’re or the distinctive difference between complimentary and complementary. However, they unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these knowledge (3) _______ just because there is a public opinion that they should know better.
Students are not (4) _____, but they are being misled. For example, signs in grocery stores point them to the stationary, even though the actual (5) _______ items — pads, albums, and notebooks — are not nailed down. Friends and loved ones often (6) ______ they’ve just ate when, if fact, they’ve just eaten. Therefore, it doesn’t make any sense to criticize our students.
In a sense, schools should be blamed for the scandal of this language deficit because they should have set high standards of English language (7) __________. Instead, they only teach a little grammar and even less advanced vocabulary. Moreover, some teachers don’t pay much attention to these (8) _____ structures of language because they also went without exposure to them. Schools fail to (9) _______ teach the essential framework of language, accurate grammar and proper vocabulary, while they should take the responsibility of pushing the young onto the path of (10) ______ communication.