S2 ENG2603 DEC5B DEC5AB

The Runic system was an alphabetic system used for carving in wood

or stone and widely used throughout the Germanic world.

• True

• False

The Germanic invaders, known as the Anglo-Saxons were made up of three different groups and known as Saxons, Jutes, and Vikings.

• True

• False

The Scandinavian invaders or commonly known as the Vikings, were originally from Denmark, Norway, and Germany.

• True

• False

According to Danelaw Agreement that had divided Britain into two parts, the Anglo- Saxons ruled the __________________ while the Danes ruled the _______________.

• south and east; north and west

• south and west; north and east

• north and west; south and east

• north and east; south and west

What was the unique element of pronunciation that can be found in Old English?

• OE had ‘silent’ letters and the initial consonants of words in OE were pronounced.

• OE had no ‘silent’ letters and the initial consonants of words in OE were pronounced.

• OE had ‘silent’ letters and the initial consonants of words in OE were not pronounced.

• OE had no ‘silent’ letters and the initial consonants of words in OE were not pronounced.

OE was a synthetic or inflectional language.

• True

• False

OE was influenced by the French grammatical system.

• True

• False

In OE, the relationships between words were expressed by word order.

• True

• False

Middle English was characterised by language contact and acquired a high number of borrowing words mainly from French and Danish.

• True

• False

When was the word order of subject-verb-object established?

• Old English

• Middle English

• Early Modern English

• Late Modern English