History of English

Which group of people did NOT invade England in 5 century AD?

• Angles

• Saxons

• Jutes

• Chinese

Which group of people conquered England in 1066 and thus more than 10,000 French words were introduced into the English language?

• Vikings

• Normans

• Romans

• Japanese

The English language is comprised of words from

• Anglo Saxon

• Latin

• Greek

• all of the answers are correct

Select the language the word originated from: spaghetti

• Old Norse

• French

• Italian

• Anglo Saxon

Select the language the word originated from: egg

• Old Norse

• Anglo Saxon

• Italian

• French

Select the language the word originated from: foot

• Anglo Saxon

• French

• Old Norse

• Italian

Select the language the word originated from: prison

• Anglo Saxon

• French

• Italian

• Old Norse

The printing press did NOT improve

• grammar

• spelling

• punctuation

• handwriting

Compared to other languages, English has the most words.

• True

• False

The development of the English language can be divided into periods. The correct order is:

• Old English

  Middle English

  Modern English

• Middle English

  Old English

  Modern English

• Modern English

  Middle English

  Old English

• Old English

  Modern English

  Middle English