Where did English come from?

English shares many words with _____ because of borrowing.

• Punjabi

• Celts

• French

• Navajo

English is a member of the _____ language group.

• Germanic.

• Viking

• Latin

• Indian

We can tell that languages are related to one another because _____.

• They have some similar grammar

• The language was written down

• They were formed by the same structure

• They show regular consistent changes

During the Renaissance, English speakers started borrowing ____and ____words to show their ancient heritage.

• Indo-European and greek

• Latín and roman

• Latin and Greek

• German and Greek

There are about 7000 languages in the world. What is the main (or traditional) language of the area you come from? Which family does it belong to?

• Romans/Romance

  Latin

• Indo/Europeans

  German

• Indigenous culture

  Latin

• Anglo/Saxon

  German

"Economy of effort" means

• A tool from the speaker to give better arguments

• A combination and reduction of sounds in a language.

• A lazy way to produce writen phrases

• A complex way to form sentences

which one of this is not part of English history?

• Celt migrations

  Roman

• Germanic

  viking invasions

• Norman invasions

  Renaissance mixing

  empire imports

• Romance tribes

  indigenous imports

How the English language became such a mess? means

• That English language was part of mixture

• That English is not well spoken

• That English has been difficult for many people

• That English is the most spoken language