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An #EnglishLanguage #LanguageVariationOverTime #quiz #Edexcel
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1
What does narrowing refer to?
When words become longer.
When words become less specific.
When words become smaller.
When words become more specific.
2
What is the earliest date a text could be in the exam?
1530
1540
1550
1520
3
Which of the following is an accurate description of sentences in the 1550s-1600s?
Complex and confusing.
Descriptive and dull.
Subordinated and soporific.
Loose and linear.
4
What types of convergence are there?
Upward and downward.
Forward and backward.
Inward and outward.
Port and starboard.
5
In the 1900s, what was seen as the desired accent of the English Language?
PR
RP
VIP
VP
6
What is blending or a portmanteau word?
Joining parts of words to make new ones.
A neologism.
Mixing the letters up.
Carrying words around.
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What does convergence mean?
Changing your speech to be more individual.
Changing your speech to be more like others.
8
What are you being asked to do in this paper?
Compare two texts.
Write as much as you can about what you know.
Compare two texts to show how specific language has changed.
Analyse the language.
9
What had all but finished by the 1700s?
The Great Vowel Divide.
The Great Vowel Change.
The Great Vowel Shift.
The Great Vowel Decline.
10
How does the French name for / link to its purpose?
Full-stop.
Comma.
Colon.
Semi-colon.
11
What did Lowth publish in 1762?
The first text book.
The first dictionary.
The first grammar book.
The first newspaper.
12
How would 'sheep' have been pronounced in Chaucer's time?
Shop
Shope
Shape
Shep
13
Who produced the first printing press in England in 1476?
William Caxton
William Shakespeare
Serena Williams
Robbie Williams
14
The long s ʃ was still in use in the 1700s.
False.
True.
15
What range in years is covered in the exam?
432
475
459
468
16
How did Johnson's dictionary influence English spelling?
It led to better definitions.
It led to a better understanding of the alphabet.
It led to standardisation.
It led to greater levels of discombobulation.
17
Spelling is completely standardised now.
False.
True.
18
What does divergence mean?
Changing your speech to be more like others.
Changing your speech to be more individual.
19
What are new words known as?
Neolexemes.
Neowords.
Neolexis.
Neologisms.
20
What was the original name for this symbol: / ?
Virgule.
Vigil.
Virtue.
Virile.
21
What replaced RP?
Inlet English.
River English.
Estuary English.
Stream English.
22
What is it called when you speak like Yoda?
Converse syntax.
Inverse syntax.
Stupid.
Funny.
23
What does compounding mean?
Joining parts of words to make new ones.
Using a hypen.
Adding a prefix.
Joining whole words to come up with new ones.
24
In what year did Samuel Johnson produce the first recognised English dictionary?
1782
1749
1755
1763
25
What is meant by borrowing?
Taking words from other languages following invasions etc.
Using something and then giving it back.
Taking something that isn't yours.
What you need to do when you forget your resources.
26
The use of semi-colons and colons as punctuation marks was known as...
Punctuation.
Profiling.
Proliferation.
Pointing.
27
Which of the following are features of Estuary English?
L-vocalisation.
Yod Coalescence.
Glottal stops.
28
What is it called when words' meanings change from positive to negative?
Amelioration
Proportion
Pejoration
Amplification
29
Which rules did Swift and Dryden put in place in the 1770s?
Capitalisation.
Pre-modification.
Grammar.
Pronouns.
30
What had a strong influence on neologisms in the 1700s?
The Workers Revolution.
The Industrial Revolution.
The French Revolution.
The Factory Revolution.
