History of English
Authored by Laura K
English
4th - 6th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which group gave us the words like "to be", Monday, or Tuesday?
Anglo Saxons
Normans (French)
Vikings
Germans
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which group gave us words like 'judge', 'jury', or 'evidence'?
Anglo Saxons
Shakesepeare
Normans (French)
Vikings
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which famous author gave us 2,000 words like 'puppy dog', 'besmirch', and 'a wild goose chase'?
J.R.R. Tolkien
Langston Hughes
William Shakespeare
Jane Austen
Tags
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which group brought us words like 'to die', 'take', or 'ransack'?
Normans
Vikings
Romans
Anglo Saxons
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
From what language did English borrow/use the words 'canyon', 'ranch', or 'stampede'?
Chinese
French
Italian
Spanish
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
From what language did English borrow words like 'futon', 'ramen', and 'sushi'?
Chinese
Spanish
Japanese
Italian
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
About how many words were added to the first English dictionaries?
20,001
1 million
410,000
42,000
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CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
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