History of English

Old English Period

• From 1066 to 1450

• From 750 to 1500

• From 450 to 1066

• From 1050 to 1550

The Angles, Saxons and (a)   invaded Britain during the Old English Period

The Canterbury Tales is a colection of poem related to the (a)   English Period

The Middle English period is marked by____

• Norman's invasion

• The Great Vowel Shift

• The Anglosaxon's invasion

• The industrial revolution

Early modern English is also known as:

• Chaucer's language

• Elizabethan English

• Shakespeare's language

• The language of the royalty

This is one of the factors that lead to the Late Modern English period:

• The Great Vowel Shift

• Independence of Britain

• Roman's invasion

• Collonialism by Britian's kingdom

This is the language spoken in Britain in the Pre-English period:

• Celtic language

• Welsh

• Common Britonic

• Latin

In order to keep the Celtic tribes away the Romans built:

• The great wall

• The Celtic Wall

• Hadrian's wall

• The emperor's wall

One of the most important events of the Early Modern English was:

• The Great Vowel Shift

• Norma's invasion

• Vikings invasion

• Collonialism

Middle English period was:

• From 1066 to 1450

• From 1450 to 1750

• From 750 to 1200

• From 550 to 1500