Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
English shares many words with _____ because of borrowing.
Punjabi
Khmer
French
Navajo
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
English is a member of the _____ language group.
Germanic
Finno-Ugric
Viking
Latin
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
We can tell that languages are related to one another because _____.
...scribes recorded when the languages split.
...the language was written down.
...they have some similar grammar.
...they show regular, consistent changes.
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CCSS.RL.9-10.7
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Words that start with a "pf" sound in German start with _____ in English.
"pf"
"p"
"b"
"f"
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CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Proto-Indo-European was most likely spoken in _____.
India
Australia
America and Mexico
Russia and Ukraine
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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?
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CCSS.RL.9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.7
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