History of English

What are the three major influences on English?

• Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Spanish

• Klingon, Elvish, and Orcish

• Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek

• Spanish, Latin, and Greek

Which language has simple words but 75 sounds that can make English confusing?

• Anglo-Saxon

• Latin

• Greek

From which language do we get the most SCIENTIFIC words?

• Latin

• Greek

• Anglo-Saxon

• Spanish

Which language is the LEAST academic? (Example- and, are, is..)

• Latin

• Greek

• Anglo-Saxon

Which language has the most COGNATES in Spanish? (Which influenced Spanish the most?)

• Latin

• Anglo-Saxon

• Japanese

• Greek

From which language do we get the F sound from the PH spelling?

• Latin

• Greek

• Anglo-Saxon

• Hebrew

Why is it helpful to know the history of English?

• To do better in history class

• To speak Spanish better

• To know more science

• To understand how English works better

If you can add -tion or -sion to a word, that word must be from _______.

• Greek

• Latin

• Anglo-Saxon

• Italian

Which language is more formal?

• Latin

• Anglo-Saxon

The word "conversation" has a __________________ root.

• Latin

• Greek

• Germanic

• Sanskrit