Read this extract from a magazine article. Answer the questions beside

Read this extract from a magazine article. Answer the questions beside the text. See Grammar reference if necessary. 1 Is it still the official language? 2 Which closed first the newspaper or the radio station? How do you know? 3 Is this a decision or a prediction? 4 Is the author certain about it? 5 Is this a plan for the future or a tendency? 6 How many schools were there ten years ago? 7 Does continuesquot; refer to the present or the future? The Bongou people are an ethnic minority in a former British colony in Africa. They have their own language, culture and traditions, all of which are under pressure from the governments policies and the movement of the population from the countryside to cities. For decades now English has been the official language of the country and the medium of instruction in schools and in higher education. Young Bongous are moving to cities to seek their fortune and, once they do this, they leave their identity behind. Fifty years ago, there were over 50,000 native speakers of Bongou. Today there are fewer than 10,000. There are only two Bongou primary schools left; four have closed in the last decade. The only Bongou-language newspaper went bankrupt in 1995. The radio station had been shut down five years earlier. The prospects for the Bongou language are not good. If the present trend continues, it will probably die out by about 2025. Even though there is now a determined campaign to keep it alive, it won39;t survive without commitment by the younger generation, most of whom seem to be opting for English.