Late Modern English Quiz!

Late Modern English accumulated many more words as a result of two main historical factors:

• The Industrial Revolution and the rise of the British Empire

• The Battle of Hastings and William the Conqueror became the king of England

• Invasion of the Vikings and English becomes the language of education

During the Late Modern English period:

• It is less spoken, as it is the language of the poor.

• It starts to be used more by the British in a formal way

• It starts to be recognized all over the world, with different pronunciations and slangs.

Which sentence is in standard English?

• He should of took more care

• That boy done good

• I am not going out

Choose the best option to complete the sentence below.

The developments in ________ and ________________ in the 20th century have resulted in the appearance of thousands of other new words.

• Communication and grammar

• Science and technology

• Pronunciation and science

Late Modern English is marked by a new informal way of communication, that is called idioms, which is basically formed by expressions, abbreviations, smileys, numbers, capital letters, punctuation, etc. This language is normally used on chat room and on message boards. About it choose the best sentence below:

• Duz ne1 know 2 make carrot cake? (Does anyone know how to make carrot cake?)

• Im fine. c u @ work ( I'm fine. Can you see me at work.)

• R u alryt? ( Are you right?)

Complete the sentence below:

_________________ has given us a lot of information about the history of words an expressions and has helped us understand how languages changes over time.

• Radios

• Dictionaries

• Newspapers