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MODERN ENGLISH

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Modern English is consist of two eras, it includes?

a)

Early and Late English

b)

Old and Late English

c)

No, it does not consist of two eras

2.

Is conventionally defined as the English language since about 1500.

a)

Late English

b)

Old English

c)

Modern English

3.

The latter period starts with the Augustan Age – called after the reign Augustus (63 BC - AD 14), a period of peace and imperial grandeur – which begins after the Restoration period (1660-1690) and ends in the middle of the 18th century.

a)

Early Modern English

b)

Late Modern English

c)

English Modern Period

4.

Ssometimes abbreviated EModE, EMnE, or EME. Is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition.

a)

Late Modern English

b)

Old Modern English

c)

Early Modern English

5.

A series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place primarily between 1400 and 1700, beginning in southern England and today having influenced effectively all dialects of English

a)

Great Vowel Shift

b)

Rise of the British Empire

c)

Printing Press

6.

Such effect brought in new words, hence expanding the language lexicon.

a)

Great Vowel Shift

b)

Rise of the British Empire

c)

Printing Press

7.

One of the consequences of printing press.

a)

Great Vowel Shift

b)

Produced a new breed of scholar-writers who wanted to create a new writing style, providing English with new words.

c)

There was no consequences.

8.

Composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

a)

British Empire

b)

Spanish Empire

c)

American Empire

9.

The word "dictionary" was invented by an Englishman, who was it?

a)

Einstein

b)

Garland

c)

John of Garland

10.

An early non-alphabetical list of 8000 English words was the ________, created by Richard Mulcaster in 1582.

a)

Elementarie

b)

Beowulf

c)

Vocabolario

11.

William Shakespeare, Shakespeare also spelled Shakspere is also called as?

a)

Avon

b)

Swan of Avon

c)

Bard of garden

12.

The following are Shakespeare's works, except:

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Coriolanus

c)

Midsummer Night's Dream

d)

Invictus

13.

Was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.

a)

William Einstein

b)

William Roberts

c)

William Shakespeare

14.

I do believe her, though I know _____ ________

(a)  

15.

If you don't know (a)   , then you don't know anything.