WorksheetsOld English
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the time range of Old English Period?
600-1100 AD
500- 1000 AD
600-1200 AD
600-1120 AD
Which among the following belong to Germanic tribes? Click all that apply.
Angles
Celts
Saxons
Jutes
Where was Mercian spoken?
in Kent and Surrey
between the Humber and the Thames
between the Firth or Forth and the Humber River.
in Kent and Surrey
Suffixes of place names like –by (Rugby, Whitby), -toft (Lowestoft), -thwaite( Gunthwaite) and –thorpe (Mablethorpe, Goldthorpe) signify the influence of
Romans
Scandinavians
Anglo-Saxons
Normans
Scandinavia was a geographical area of Northern Europe composed by...
The Kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
The Kingdoms of France, Denmark and Norway.
The Kingdoms of Sweden, France and Germany.
Inflections indicated the relationship of words in sentences.
True
False
The main dialects in OE period were:
Northumbrian, East Saxon, South Mercian and West Kentish.
West Saxon, Mercian, Kentish and Nordic.
South Mercian, Northumbrian and West Saxon.
West Saxon, Northumbrian, Mercian and Kentish.
The gender in OE grammar was:
Masculine
Neuter
Dative
Feminine
Which of the following belong to Indo-European vocabulary?
Place names like Kent, London
Military and administrative terms like weall (wall)
Nouns like anger, bank, boon
cardinal numbers up to ten
Who contributed days of the week –Tuesday to Friday?
Anglo- Saxons
Romans
Celts
Scandinavians
Which of the following is not an Anglo-Saxon element?
parts of the body like leg, skull, skin
weapons such as sword, bow, arrow
alternative phrases like kith and kin, might and main, fair or foul
suffixes –down, -ship, -ness and –hood
The following are examples for a semantic change in vocabulary.
Lord and lady originally meant bread-keeper and bread-kneader; steward meant-one who attended on pigs and cattle. What is the semantic change?
(a)
Point out the words that are not examples for association of ideas.
uncouth
Hide
bead
raise
Write down the processes with examples that brought about a change of meaning in vocabulary in the Old English Period.
The Norse word for OE shirt is ---------------------------------.
(a)
The Old English period ended with what event?
Norman Conquest
Crusades
Black Death
Peasant's Revolt
establishment of Parliament
This pause in the middle of a line of poetry is called a
Caesura
rhyme
space
kennings
alliterative breather
During which period were riddles most popular?
Old English
Anglo Norman (Anglo Saxon)
Middle English
Renaissance
Restoration
The Anglo Norman (Saxon) period brought all of the following literature EXCEPT
folk ballads
alliterative verse
epic poems
riddles
interludes
The Anglo Norman (Saxon) period brought all of the following literature EXCEPT
folk ballads
alliterative verse
epic poems
riddles
novels
When did the Christian monks begin using Old English?
500s
600s
700s
800s
9002
Who was the first English poet?
Caedmon
Beowulf
Danta
Geoggrey of Monmouth
Judith
The most important prose work of the Middle English period was
The Ecclesiastical History
the Anglo Saxon Chronicle
Feats of Corpus Christi
Le Morte D'arthur
the Seafarer
Which of the following tribes did NOT invade the island of England during the Anglo Norman (Saxon) period?
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
Romans
Alfred the Great wrote which major historical text?
Beowulf
Anglo Saxon Chronicle
the Christ
Whitby
Whidspeth
Old English poetry reflecting pagan and Christian influences included all of the following EXCEPT
Beowulf
The Seafarer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Widsith
Deor's Lament
