Fill in the Blanks TA8. Fill-in-the-blankOnline version source: thuhue-test2-45p by Phan Phan 1 be English the are world first countries having with include population different has VI . Fill in each blank with a correct word from the box to finish the passage . The United Kingdom and the United States are the two largest English speaking ( 1 ) . There around 230 white native speakers in United States , making it the ( 2 ) largest English - speaking country , while native speakers , the United Kingdom ( 3 ) approximately 60 million native speakers . Despite two ( 4 ) official languages , Canada has the third largest English speaking ( 5 ) , somewhere in the region of 20 million native speakers , while Australia is next in the list , ( 6 ) around 17 million . Some of the other notable countries around the ( 7 ) where English is the primary language ( 8 ) the Republic of Ireland , South Africa and New Zealand . Combined , these three countries are believed to ( 9 ) home to around 13 million people who speak as their ( 10 ) language .