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David Cameron vows to get tough on freeloading foreigners


DAVID Cameron yesterday promised to crack down on the benefits free-for-all for migrants coming to Britain.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Express, the Prime Minister revealed that newcomers are to be banned from claiming legal aid in cases involving benefits, housing and other civil claims. And the measure – expected to save taxpayers millions of pounds – is the first step in wide-ranging regulations to curb immigrants from getting immediate access to public services and benefits.

David Cameron vows to get tough on freeloading foreigners


DAVID Cameron yesterday promised to crack down on the benefits free-for-all for migrants coming to Britain.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Express, the Prime Minister revealed that newcomers are to be banned from claiming legal aid in cases involving benefits, housing and other civil claims. And the measure – expected to save taxpayers millions of pounds – is the first step in wide-ranging regulations to curb immigrants from getting immediate access to public services and benefits.

Caesarean births ‘can raise risk of allergy’


MOTHERS who are “too posh to push” and opt for a Caesarean section birth are dramatically increasing their child’s chances of suffering allergies. Express



Caesarean births ‘can raise risk of allergy’


MOTHERS who are “too posh to push” and opt for a Caesarean section birth are dramatically increasing their child’s chances of suffering allergies. Express



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Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.


Second Language Learning

There has been much debate in recent times about when young people
should take up a second language. This has been especially fuelled
in recent times by the increasing  placed on the English
IMPORTANT
language. It is now commonplace to see parents providing a
substantial amount of on additional tuition on language
FUNDING
lessons to give their children every  edge. In the past
COMPETITION
decade, language institutes have sprung up inurban
NUMBER
centres, all claiming to provide rapid  in English.
ADVANCED
There has been a push by many parents to expose their children to
English in their years. This, many claim, will make the
FORMATION
language more and ensure that all pronunciation errors
INSTINCT
can be avoided. There is some evidence which points to youngsters
who have been raised in  families, where the language
LANGUAGE
spoken at home is different to the one that they with
CONVERSATION
in their external environment. While these children can switch between
two languages with greater , it remains to be seen
EASY
whether this is when learning additional languages.
ADVANTAGE

Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.


Second Language Learning

There has been much debate in recent times about when young people
should take up a second language. This has been especially fuelled
in recent times by the increasing  placed on the English
IMPORTANT
language. It is now commonplace to see parents providing a
substantial amount of on additional tuition on language
FUNDING
lessons to give their children every  edge. In the past
COMPETITION
decade, language institutes have sprung up inurban
NUMBER
centres, all claiming to provide rapid  in English.
ADVANCED
There has been a push by many parents to expose their children to
English in their years. This, many claim, will make the
FORMATION
language more and ensure that all pronunciation errors
INSTINCT
can be avoided. There is some evidence which points to youngsters
who have been raised in  families, where the language
LANGUAGE
spoken at home is different to the one that they with
CONVERSATION
in their external environment. While these children can switch between
two languages with greater , it remains to be seen
EASY
whether this is when learning additional languages.
ADVANTAGE

Second Language Learning: Answers

importance
funds
competitive
numerous
advancement
formative
instinctive
bilingual
converse
ease
advantageous