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A suffix is...
A morpheme at the beginning of a word.
A bound morpheme.
A morpheme placed at the end of a word.
2
What were the names of the 3 tribes that invaded England?
Angles, Saxons, Jutes
Celts, Fresians, Danes
Angles, Scots, Celts
Saxons, Fresians, Italians
3
What letters are interchangeable?
t + s, eth + th
e + s
i + y, u + v
l + p, m + y
4
True or False? Late Modern period is from 1800 - modern day.
False
True
5
1066 is linked to...
Beginning of Latin speech
End of the world
End of Anglo Saxon period
Battle of Hastings
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The Education Act on 1867 was important because...
Kids could learn to not
Longer holidays!
<p>Compulsory schooling = universal literacy </p>
It encouraged people to become teachers
7
What is the name of early magical writing, used by Tolkien?
Hanji
Runes
Hieroglyphics
Scrawls
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The word 'mug' used to just mean a utensil. Now it means more, meaning it has undergone...
Broadening
Diachronic
Pejoration
Specialisation
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The word 'Apple' used to mean any kind of fruit. It has undergone...
Shift
Broadening
Narrowing
10
Which is the earliest English tribe?
Kentonians
Cornish
Scots
Celts
11
French, Spanish and Italian are ................ languages
Slavic
Romantic
Western
Norse
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Syntax is...
The order of words in a sentence.
Words joined together in a paragraph.
The placcement of words in a text.
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Two words that are joined together is a... (e.g. laptop)
Coinage
Blend
Compound
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The purpose of original texts were..
Religious, recipes, text books
<p>Manuals, instructions, leaflets</p>
<p>Religious, stories, scripts </p>
Religious, legal and stories/events
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The Great Vowel Shift was...
<p>The change of vowels into consonants</p>
<p>Vowels being invented</p>
Vowels becoming longer
<p>Long vowel sounds becoming shorter</p>
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The name of the language brought over by tribes is...
Danish
Latin
Germanic
German
17
What are the three main stages of English language?
Germanic, Middle, Modern
Old, Middle, Modern
Old Modern, Middle, Late Modern
18
When did William Caxton bring the printing press to England?
1746
1647
1476
647
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<p>Why is the Renaissance period so important? </p>
New stuff, new animals, new everything
New inventions, new words and new influences
New Look
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Most English words come from...
Latin and French
Dutch and Latin
Greek and Germanic
Old Norse
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Lexicographers began 'attempting' to standardise the English language in...
<p>500AD</p>
<p>At the end of the early modern period</p>
1950
1755
22
Who brought the Printing Press to England?
Will.I.AM.
William Caxton
William Forde
Prince William
23
What is a scriptorium?
Where Danny from the script writes his songs
Where people wrote scripts for books - often taking years
A place where people are inspired to write plays
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What events took place in Early Modern English?
GVS, French King, Chaucer's writings
GVS, JLS, 1D
GVS, Printing Press, people became more literate
