THEORY ❤️

A living language cannot be …

• Static

• stable

• developing

• undeveloped

• changing

What is the origin of the word “window”?

• German

• French

• Scandinavian

• Latin

• Celtic

What way of word formation was such word as “writer” built with?

• Suffixation

• Conversion

• Composition

• derivation

What way of word formation was such word as “rider” built with?

• Prefix

• Composition

• derivation

• Suffixation

• Conversion

What did the Old English period begin with?

• the Roman invasion

• the Scandinavian invasion

• the Teutonic invasion

• the Celtic invasion

• the Saxon invasion

What language did King Henry IV use in his speech when accepting the throne (in 1399)?

• Latin

• English

• German

• Scandinavian

• French

What dialect are the best known runic inscriptions written in?

• Kentish

• Oxford

• Northumbrian

• Mercian

• London

How long did the Roman occupation of Britain last?

• nearly 10 years

• nearly 400 years

• nearly 40 years

• nearly 100 years

• nearly 5 years

Why were the 2-3 centuries a turning point of the history of the Germanic tribes and their dialect?

• it was a period of Christianity

• It was a period of “great migrations”

• It was a period of the consolidation of the dialects

• It was a period of earliest written records

• it was a period of destruction

Which of the following tribes belongs to East Germanic subgroup?

• Saxons

• Angles

• Teutons

• Goths

• Jutes