The History of the English Language

The History of the English Language

12th Grade

12 Qs

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The History of the English Language

The History of the English Language

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Easy

CCSS
RL.11-12.9, RI.8.1, RI.9-10.7

+26

Standards-aligned

Created by

Dakota Moncrief

Used 4+ times

FREE Resource

12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who started the English language?

Anglos

Saxons

Anglo-Saxons

The Jutes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who did NOT contribute to the formation of the English language?

Anglo-Saxons

Romans

Vikings

The Jutes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who invaded England?

William the Nice

William the Kind

William the Handsome

William the Conqueror

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

English and England stole a lot of language from this country that they loved to fight with...

France

Spain

America

China

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This famous English playwright is often acknowledged for creating over 3000 new words...

Shakespeare

Marlow

Shake-Spear

Ol' Shakey

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This newly published book helped to spread the English language far and wide...

The Bible

The James Bible

The King James Bible

The Tao

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientists helped spread English by giving up...

Latin

Spanish

German

Chinese

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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