History of English

From 1800 to the present day, the version of English spoken is --.

• Late Modern

• Early Modern 

The English language has adopted many --- from many countries.

• accents

• words

It controlled the island of Great Britain between AD 43 and AD 410.

• Rome

• Germany

The Roman army left Britain in AD 407 to help defend --

• Great Britain

• Rome

The Germanic tribes, the ---, the Saxons, and the Jutes invaded Great Britain.

• Angles

• Americans

Before the Germanic tribe invasions, the inhabitants of Britain spoke a --- language.

• Celtic

• Bostonian

"England" and "English" come from the name of the tribe of ---

• the Angles

• the Saxons

The version of English that was spoken between 450 and 1100 AD was --

• Modern English

• Old English

TRUE OR FALSE: Old English sounded and looked like today's English.

• True

• 
  False

The most famous work of literature in Old English is --

• The Canterbury Tales

• Beowulf