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The History of the English Language
The History of the English Language
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What are the new soursces of the vocabulary enriching in the Modern Language?
Scientific sphere
Literature
Conversion
Suffixation
2
What influenced greatly the development of the English Language?
Invasions
Inventions
Religion
All 3
3
The English word "Very" comes from
French
Latin
Spanish
German
4
Shakespeare invented and enriched the English Language by
5000 words
1500 words
1000 words
2000 words
5
Which answer shows the invasions in the correct order?
Roman Invasion, Scandinavian Invasion, Norman Invasion
Scandinavian Invasion, Norman Invasion, Roman Invasion
Roman Invasion, Norman Invasion, Scandinavian Invasion
Norman Invasion, Roman Invasion, Scandinavian Invasion
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What Germanic tribes brought their language to the British Isles?
The Angles
All of them
The Jutes
The Saxons
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How many big periods do the scientists recognize in the history of the English Language?
3
4
5
2
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Who was the first English speaking king after the Norman Dynasty?
Henry IV
Henry II
Henry I
Henry III
9
What Language Group does the English Language belong to?
The Iranian Languages
The Germanic Languages
The Romance Languages
None
10
__________ thousand French words had been taken into English by 1500.
3000
15000
20000
10000
11
When was the English Language influenced by Latin much?
in 1066
in 6th century
in 55 BC
in all these periods
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How long did the Norman Dynasty reign?
3 centuries
1 century
2 centuries
4 centuries
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Shakespeare worked and created his poetry and plays in
The Era of Old English
The Era of Early Modern English
None
The Era of Middle English
