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Language Change - British Empire and Borrowings

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of people who live together and share the same language, culture and history is called...

a)

a tribe

b)

a village

c)

a state

2.
--- controlled the island of Great Britain between AD 43 and AD 410.
a)
England 
b)
Rome
c)
Germany
d)
the U.S.
3.

Before the Germanic tribe invasions, the inhabitants of Britain spoke a --- language.

a)

modern

b)

Celtic

c)

Bostonian

d)

terrible

4.

Who invaded Britain in the 5th century?

a)

The Vikings

b)

The Normans

c)

The Anglo-Saxons

5.

The version of English that was spoken between 450 and 1100 AD was --

a)

modern English

b)

Old English

c)

futuristic English

d)

Late Modern English

6.
The most famous work of literature in Old English is --
a)
Romeo & Juliet
b)
the Bible
c)
The Canterbury Tales
d)
Beowulf
7.

Which of these do you think is the correct meaning of 'sūðfolc'?

a)

surf folk

b)

sun folk

c)

such folk

d)

south folk

8.

The Anglo-Saxons spoke a language similar to ...

a)

modern German

b)

modern French

c)

modern English

9.

When did the Normans conquer England?

a)

In 1000

b)

In 1010

c)

In 1066

10.

What language did the Normans speak?

a)

English

b)

French

c)

German

11.
Old English and Old French combined to become---.
a)
Middle English
b)
Portuguese
c)
Old English
d)
New World English
12.
From about 1100 to 1500, the lower classes spoke Old English, and the upper classes spoke --
a)
French
b)
Latin
c)
Scottish
d)
Spanish
13.
Which words were used in the upper class?
a)
Beef and mutton
b)
Pig and sheep
c)
Ox and calf
14.
The version of English spoken from about 1500 to 1800 was ---
a)
slang
b)
First English
c)
Early Modern English
d)
Middle English
15.
William Shakespeare spoke and wrote in ---
a)
Early Modern English
b)
Old English
c)
Late Modern English
d)
Middle English
16.
Early Modern English became the common language due, in part, to the invention of the ---.
a)
computer
b)
telephone
c)
printing press
d)
pencil
17.
Due to printing, what became cheaper, and allowed more people to learn to read?
a)
books
b)
English
c)
food
d)
ink
18.
The first --- was published in 1604.
a)
autobiography
b)
Bible
c)
English dictionary
d)
German poem
19.
Modern English has many borrowed words due to...
a)
traveling, trade and colonization
b)
reading, writing and singing
c)
traveling, buying and selling
20.

Geographical discoveries were important for English language because

a)

All countries learned English

b)

New words were introduced from other languages

c)

People learned about new places

21.

What is a colony?

a)

Part of the human body

b)

A group of countries controlled and ruled by a more powerful country

c)

Countries that make an alliance during the war

d)

An invaded country

22.
What was the name of the company which first started the British Empire in India? 
a)
The India Company
b)
The West India Company
c)
The East India Company
23.

What did the British gain from India?

a)

Tea, bananas, curry

b)

Silk, coffee, spices

c)

Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity

24.

What is an empire?

a)

a collection of countries that are controlled by one ruler

b)

when a country is free

c)

when one country is taken over by another

d)

a chunk of land that is connected

25.

...... was adopted in regions around the world through the colonization by the British Empire.

a)

Old English

b)

Middle English

c)

Early Modern English

d)

Modern English

26.

Which of the following began as a "penal" colony?

a)

Australia

b)

India

c)

Canada

d)

France

27.

Internet changed English because

a)

People can communicate faster with everybody in the world

b)

You can buy goods on the web

c)

you can share your pictures easily

28.

What was the Great Vowel Shift?

a)

vowels became shorter

b)

vowels became longer

c)

standardisation of spelling

d)

standardisation of punctuation

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