WorksheetsThe History of English
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three types of English?
a)
Open English, Closed English and Half-open English
b)
Old English, Middle English and Modern English
c)
Past English, Present English and Future English
2.
Old English and Modern English are similar to each other.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Which languages have influenced English?
a)
Hindi, Farsi, Urdu and Thai
b)
Swedish, Dutch, German and Icelandic
c)
Spanish, Italian, Latin and Greek
4.
What is a major difference between Old English and Modern English?
a)
Word order
b)
Word lines
c)
Word sentences
5.
When was Middle English spoken?
a)
Between 400 - 1100 A.D
b)
Between 1100 - 1500 A.D
c)
Between 1500 - 2000 A.D
6.
Which words were used in the upper class?
a)
Beef and mutton
b)
Pig and sheep
c)
Ox and calf
7.
Which words were used in the lower class?
a)
Help and deep
b)
Aid and conceal
c)
Commence and profound
8.
Which language influenced the language of the upper class?
a)
German
b)
French
c)
Latin
9.
When did people start speaking Modern English?
a)
Around 1500 AD
b)
Around 1600 AD
c)
Around 1400 AD
10.
Modern English has many borrowed words due to...
a)
traveling, trade and colonization
b)
reading, writing and singing
c)
traveling, buying and selling
11.
There are Chinese words in Modern English.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
There are no borrowed words from Arabic in Modern English
a)
True
b)
False
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