Listening - Topic: English language

What major event in 1066 significantly influenced the English language?

• The introduction of the printing press

• The Norman invasion

• The signing of the Magna Carta

• The establishment of the British Empire

Which language family does Old English belong to?

• Romance

• Germanic

• Slavic

• Celtic

What is the name of the common ancestor of many European languages?

• Proto-Indo-European

• Proto-Germanic

• Old Norse

• Latin

Which languages are considered distant relatives of English?

• Hindi and Persian

• Spanish and Italian

• Chinese and Japanese

• Arabic and Hebrew

How many people around the world speak languages shaped by 6,000 years of history?

• About 1 billion

• Nearly 3 billion

• Over 5 billion

• Less than 1 billion