Why English?

The Romans came to britain before the Celts.

• True

• False

Match the following

• People that came to Britain in the 400s

• Lindisfarne

• Land areas that Britain controlled

• The Celtic Fringe

• The language of the Vikings

• The British Empire

• Areas in Wales, Scotland and Ireland

• Old Norse

• Monastery attacked by the Vikings in 793

• Anglo-Saxons

Match the following

• Old English mixed with French

• Middle English

• The language of the Anglo-Saxons

• Scottish Gaelic

• A language that originates from Celtic

• Lingua franca

• Same as first language speakers

• Old English

• A common language

• Native speakers

The Normans came from France.

• True

• False

Which of these versions of English came first?

• Middle English

• Old English

• Early Modern English

• Present Modern English

English is the langyage with the highest number of native speakers in the world.

• True

• False