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The evolution of English language
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Modern English is traditionally divided…
Into 4 stages but they have no “names”
Into 3 stages: ancient Modern English, early Modern English, Modern English
There’s no subdivision: it’s just Modern English
Into 2 stages: Early Modern English and Modern English
2
Beowulf is the first poem in…
Runic alphabet
Old English
Half in Latin half in Anglo-Norman
Middle English
3
Shakespeare gave a great contribution to the Modern English language
True
False
4
The suffix -Chester derives from…
Gaelic
Anglo-Norman
Latin
Scandinavian language
5
The first Britain’s invaders were Romans
False
True
6
In its transition to Middle English, the English language…
Mantained all the inflections
The stress shifted to the last syllable
The inflections were replaced by the use of Latin words
The stress shifted to the first syllable
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Who was the man who fixed the English spelling in a vocabulary?
Lemuel Gulliver
Lemuel Johnson
Samuel Gulliver
Samuel Johnson
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The Author Who introduced Middle English in literature was Chaucer
True
False
9
In how many periods has the English language been divided?
2
4
5
3
10
Old English was characterized by…
A simple vocabulary
The introduction of the article “the”
Inflections and cases for nouns and adjectives
The loss of the -an form for expressing the infinitives
11
English belongs to…:
English branch of the West Germanic sub-group of indo-european languages
Germanic branch of West-Germanic sub-group of indo-european languages
Romance languages
Slavic languages
12
Which of the following literary works is an important one in old English literature?
The Battle of York
The Battle of Lancaster
The battle of Maldon
The battle of Hastings
13
Today, English is one of the most widespread language
False
True
14
What are the 3 periods of English through the ages?
Old English, Middle English, Modern English
Ancient English, modern English, contemporary English
None of the above
First English, Second English, Third English
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At its beginnig, Middle English…
…was the language spoken by Londoners
…was the language spoken by Celts
…was the language spoken by Romans
…was a literary language
