English Language History

English belongs to which language family?

• Indo-European

• Uralic

• Dravidian

• Altaic

English belongs to which linguistic subfamily?

• Slavic

• Germanic

• Romance

• Celtic

Prior to the arrival of "English", what language was most prevalent in post-Roman Briton?

• Slavic

• Norse

• Latin

• Celtic

Which group(s) first brought Germanic languages to Briton?

• Visigoths

• Romans

• Vikings

• Anglo-Saxons

Where were the Anglo-Saxons from?

• North Sea Coast of Germany, Netherlands, and Demark

• North Sea Coast of Norway

• Baltic Sea Coast of Sweden and Finland

• Atlantic Coast of France, Spain, and Portugal.

Which of these famous stories was originally written in Old English?

• The Canterbury Tales

• Beowulf

• Faust

• Romeo and Juliet

"Geþeode" is a word in Old English. What does it mean?

• house

• war

• religion

• language

What does the Anglo-Saxon word "sweostor" mean?

• sweeter

• soul

• savior

• sister

What percentage of the most commonly spoken modern English words are of Anglo-Saxon origin?

• 12%

• 26%

• 50%

• 83%

Where did the Anglo-Saxons first settle in the British Isles?

• Ireland and Wales

• West and South

• North and South

• East and South