A History Of The English Language

The Latin vocabulary was much more useful.

• True

• False

Around 85% of … words are no longer in use?

• Middle English

• Old English

• Modern English

• Early Modern English

Do you remember the meaning of the word “sūðfolc”?

• sun folk

• such folk

• surf folk

• south folk

Which language does the following statement describe? “Collectively varieties of English language spoken after Norman conquest?”

• Pre-Old English

• Old English

• Middle English

• Early Modern English

Dramatic changes in grammar, pronunciation and orthography have taken place in Pre-Old English.

• True

• False

Early Modern English was a stage of the English language between the … and … .

• Pre-Old English & Middle English

• Old English & Middle English

• Middle English & Modern English

How many words and phrases were invented by William Shakespeare?

• 500

• 2000

• 3000

• 4000

... was adopted in regions around the world through the colonization by the British Empire.

• Old English

• Middle English

• Early Modern English

• Modern English

Since when do we speak Modern English?

• 1600

• 1700

• 1750

• 1800

The colonization by the British Empire caused that the English language has the most native speakers in the world.

• True

• False