English is a member of the ___________ family of languages.
Indo-European
Anglo-American
Indo-Arabic
English is a member of the ___________ family of languages.
Indo-European
Anglo-American
Indo-Arabic
What language does NOT belong to the Germanic languages?
English
German
Swedish
Polish
The word for father, for example, is vater in German, pater in Latin, and pitr in Sanskrit.
These words are all___________ , similar words in different languages that share the same root.
cognates
modern
official
different
English is an official language in England, Canada, Australia and _____________.
New Zealand
the USA
Austria
India
The period of Old English dates back to....
450-1100 AD
450-1100 BC
110-450 AD
110-450 BC
In 1066 William_________ , the Duke of Normandy (part of modern France), invaded and conquered England.
the Conqueror
the Greatest
the Richest
the Glorious
The new conquerors (called the Normans) brought with them a kind of French, which became the language of ______________.
the Upper classes
the Lower classes
What was the impact of the Great Vowel Shift?
vowels were pronounced shorter
vowels were pronounced longer
there were no changes in pronunciation
From the ________ the British have had contact with many peoples from around the world.
16th century
15th century
17th century
18th century
_____________ also brought standardization to English.
Printing
The Great Vowel Shift
the poet Chaucer
the Normans
In 1604 the first English_____________ was published.
dictionary
novel
magazine
comics
The main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is___ .
vocabulary
grammar
pronunciation
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