Speech is one of the most important (1).................................. of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to (2)................................... by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3)................................. that everyone agrees stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very (4)............................. The basic (5).............................. of English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to speak it quite (6)................................ But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7)............................. and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the (8).............................. thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we (9)............................. the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (10)........................... whether we are pleased of angry, for instance.