History of English - Year 7

Why did the Romans leave England after 400 years of rule?

• They missed the Italian food.

• Their homes were being attacked and every soldier was needed back in Rome.

• They were fed up with the British.

• They knew the Anglo-Saxons were about to invade.

Who were the three Germanic peoples who invaded England in the 4th Century and established kingdoms?

• The French, The Italian, The Germans

• The Angles, The Saxons, and the Jutes.

Which language was developed after the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons through a combination of Celtic and Latin words?

• Old English

• New English

• Middle English

• Modern English

Which text is considered to be 'Old English'?

• The King James Bible

• Beowulf

• Shakespeare's Macbeth

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

What contributed most significantly to the transformation of Old English into Middle English?

• The rise of technology.

• The Industrial Revolution.

• The Viking invasions.

• The arrival of William the Conqueror from Normandy.

Why was the arrival of William the Conqueror so significant in the development of the English language?

• Around 10,000 French-Norman words eventually merged with English to create Middle English.

• Everyone in England learned to speak French.

• Everyone in England thought the French language was far more sophisticated than the Anglo-Saxon influenced Old English.

• William the Conqueror commanded that everyone speak French after he invaded England in 1066.

'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer is considered to be written in which type of English?

• Old English

• Middle English

• Modern English

The Early Modern English period includes the work of whom?

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• J.R.R Tolkien

• J.K. Rowling

• Shakespeare

Beowulf, the epic poem about am epic hero, is written in which type of English?

• Middle English

• Modern English

• Old English

What were the years of James I's reign? You should know this from History lessons.

• 1603-1649

• 1566-1603

• 1603-1625

• 1567-1625