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EFL: Origins of the English Language
EFL: Origins of the English Language
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Quiz based on powerpoint of the development of the English language.
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1
Lower class Anglo-Saxons called the
meat
'swine'.
What did the upper class Normans call it?
piggy
pink
beef
pork
2
What country did the English
'loan words'
of
pygamas, jungle and shampoo
come from?
Never Never Land
France
Amazon
India
3
There was the
'great _____ shift'
in the English language around the 15th-17th century.
bowel
volcano
great
vowel
4
What's the missing word in the phrase ' lord and _______'?
master
god
bored
silent
5
How many '
parts of speech'
are there in the English language?
eight or nine
s-p-e-e-c-h
noun
2 (good and bad)
6
How many
human
languages are there in the world?
263
6 or 7
Latin, Greek, French and German.
5,000 - 7,000
7
Which of the following is not one of the 12 tenses in the English language?
present continuous
future simple
passed but continuous
past perfect
8
The Latin word 'lingua' means?
tung
buffalo monkey
monkey
tongue
9
Which country does not speak English as its
first
language?
England
America
Thailand
Canada
10
What did William Claxton
invent
that had a big influence on the English language?
pencil
pen
printing press
words
11
Which word rhymes with
dough
?
go
money
fought
bread
12
What word does
'bite'
rhyme with (sound like)?
whistle
fight
bit
teeth
13
Which of the following is a Thai 'loan word' from English?
catastrophe
arachnophobia
computer
rice
14
What
compound word
did William Shakespeare invent?
tea
back
football
leapfrog
15
English mainly comes from 4 other languages. French, German, Latin and _______?
Greek
Swedish
Chinese
Russian
16
What is the name of the modern day
country
from which the Latin language comes from?
Latvia
Bhutan
Rome
Italy
17
Who wrote the first American-English dictionary? (be careful).
Noah's Ark
Noah Webster
Homer Simpson
Dick Story
18
The
Normans
came from which country?
France
Italy
Russia
Norway
19
What are the 3 countries in Great Britain (GB)?
Whales, Scotland and England.
London, England and Scotland
land, land and land.
Wales, Scotland and England.
20
Who
wrote 36 famous plays and introduced 2,000 new words into the English language?
William Shatner
Cristiano Ronaldo
William Shakespeare
William Caxton
