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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Germanic
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Indo-European
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The Old English vocabulary was mainly
Celtic
Germanic
Nordic
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The most significant effect on the English vocabulary comes from
Old Danish
Middle French
Latin
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The Oxford English dictionary currently lists
20,000-30,000 English words
ca. 170,000 English words
close to a million English words
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Today English is used by
4-5 mln people
400 mln people
a third of all the people in the world
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
10 sec • 5 pts
English is more than 1,500 years old.
YES
NO
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The story of English is divided into 3 major historical periods.
YES
NO
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