History of English Language Quiz

_____ are tribes invaded the territory of Great Britain in the 5th century AD

• the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes

• the Irish, the Scots

• Americans

• The Normans

• the Nomads

When was the Old English period?

• 450 - 1100

• 120 - 305

• 100 - 200

• 600-800

• 1500 - 1620

When was the Middle English period?

• 1100-1500

• 750-950

• 450 - 1200

• 1400 - 2000

• 1200 - 1300

William the Conqueror came to Britain___

• in 1066

• in 1000

• in 1200

• in 1700

• in 1033

Tribes the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes are___

• Germanic

• Irish

• Indian

• Celtic

• Frisian

The first ruler and the King of England was___

• King Alfred

• King Henry

• King Arthur

• King George

• King John

The great poet Geoffrey Chaucer live in ___

• 1340 - 1400

• 1460-1530

• 1350 - 1410

• 1200 - 1300

• 1250 - 1300

What are the East Germanic group of dialects?

• Burgundian, Vandalic, and Gothic

• Japanese, Chinese, Italian

• Icelandic, Faeroese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

• Greek, Latin, Russian

• German, Netherlandic, Frisian, English

What are the North Germanic group of dialects?

• Icelandic, Faeroese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

• Japanese, Chinese, Italian

• German, Netherlandic, Frisian, English

• Greek, Latin, Russian

• Burgundian, Vandal, and Gothic

What are the West Germanic group of dialects?

• German, Netherlandic, Frisian, English

• Japanese, Chinese, Italian

• Greek, Latin, Russian

• Burgundian, Vandal, and Gothic

• Icelandic, Faeroese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish