HISTORY OF ENGLISH

1. 1. The language has existed for a little over one and a half thousand years.

• English

• England

• Anglo-Saxons

• Celtic language

1. 2. A place that plays a central role in the history of the English language, as it is the birthplace and primary geographical center of the language's development.

• English

• England

• Anglo-Saxons

• Celtic language

1. 3. The ______, in their many kingdoms, spoke  a language we now call Old English.

• English

• England

• Anglo-Saxons

• Celtic language

1. 4. A group of Germanic tribes who settled in England beginning in the 5th century AD, after the decline of Roman control over Britain. Their arrival marked the beginning of the early medieval period in England and had a profound influence on the development of the English language and culture.

• English

• England

• Anglo-Saxons

• Celtic language

1. 5. It is the language that Britain spoke and inhabited.

• English

• England

• Anglo-Saxons

• Celtic language

1. 6. He was the first king of England to speak  English as his native language

• English

• Indo-European Language

• 20th century

• King Henry IV

1. 7. The _____ language family. It  stretches from the north of India all the way to western Europe. Almost half of the global  population speaks an _____ language and that includes you and me.

• English language

• Indo-European Language

• 20th century

• King Henry IV

1. 8. In the ____century, it continued to spread

   through the entertainment industry,  politics, the media, and technology,

   so that today it's a truly global language.

• English language

• 18th century

• 20th century

• King Henry IV

1. 9. The Anglo-Saxons, in their many kingdoms, spoke  a language we now call _____. It really sounds nothing like our modern language and  is largely incomprehensible to us modern speakers.  It's considered an old language.

• English language

• 18th century

• 20th century

• Old English

1. 10. After the Norman Conquest in 1066, ______ became the language of the ruling class, law, and culture in England

• English language

• French

• 20th century

• Old English