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