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WorksheetsWhere did English come from? - Claire Bowern
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
English shares many words with _____ because of borrowing.
a)
Punjabi
b)
Khmer
c)
French
d)
Navajo
2.
English is a member of the _____ language group.
a)
Germanic
b)
Finno-Ugric
c)
Viking
d)
Latin
3.
We can tell that languages are related to one another because _____.
a)
...scribes recorded when the languages split.
b)
...the language was written down.
c)
...they have some similar grammar.
d)
...they show regular, consistent changes.
4.
Words that start with a "pf" sound in German start with _____ in English.
a)
"pf"
b)
"p"
c)
"b"
d)
"f"
5.
Proto-Indo-European was most likely spoken in _____.
a)
India
b)
Australia
c)
America and Mexico
d)
Russia and Ukraine
6.
There are about 7000 languages in the world. What is the main (or traditional) language of the area you come from?
Which family does it belong to?
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