Alex who won a language competition. Look carefully at each sentence. Some of the sentences are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a sentences is correct, put a tick (У) on the line. If a sentences has a word which shouldn't be there, cross the word out and write it on the line. There are examples at the beginning (0 and 00).
I had never spoken any of the languages I was tested on before.
First I heed learnt Italian — it was not very hard because it was a bit like English except for a few things.
The Russian was the most difficult to learn because lots of words aren't like English. But Zulu1 was my favourite because the language sounded nice.
My mum was helped me to prepare for the competition with a stopwatch to time my quick answers. I learnt Zulu for half an hour every day for a month, but when I was ill my mum made me to learn it for an hour which was really unfair.
At the competition I was nervous about not answering quickly enough and making silly mistakes. They had asked me questions like how to tell the time in each language.
The competition was difficult, but I would beat about thirty-six other people in the final to win. As well as my awards, I also won a trip to the South Africa where I will open a language school. I will have to keep off practising Zulu so I can speak to the children I will meet there in their own language.
The next language what I am learning is Japanese and I hope to visit Japan soon too.