History of the English Language - part 1

Modern English has similarities with some Romance languages.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Romans came to Britain AFTER the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and other Germanic tribes.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Where does the word ENGLISH come from?

• The word ANGLES

• The word ENGLAND

• A word from Latin origin

• A word from Asian origin

Tribes that came to Britain had languages with a common ancestor. What was this tongue called?

• Baltic

• Old English

• Proto-Germanic

• Gothic

What is the oldest language family mentioned in the text?

What were the three branches into which the Germanic group got divided?

• Norweigian, Danish, and Swedish.

• Gothic, Celtic, and Frisian.

• English, German, and Dutch.

• West Germanic, East Germanic, and North Germanic.

What are some examples of compound words?

Words formed by joining two existing words

• dawn and day

• daisy and holiday

• "unbroad"

The process of forming words by adding prefixes or suffixes is called:

The two types of verbs, according to the reading, that follow rules to make the past tense are called:

• regular and irregular

• dominant and passive

• weak and strong

Old English used a system of inflexional endings that distinguished number and four different cases, which were:

• gender, number, possessive, tense

• singular, plural, dual, neuter

• nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative