Which family of languages does English belong to?

Quiz on the History and Origin of the English Language

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11th Grade
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Ashleigh Santos
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
Uralic
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the parent tongue of English called?
Proto-Germanic
Middle English
Proto-Indo-European
Old English
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which language is most closely related to Modern English?
Dutch
Icelandic
German
Frisian
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of language is Modern English considered?
Isolating
Synthetic
Analytic
Agglutinative
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of English inflections?
Complex inflectional system
Simplicity of inflections
Openness of vocabulary
Flexibility of function
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is British Received Pronunciation (RP) primarily associated with?
Northern England
Wales
London and southeastern England
Scotland
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a type of consonant based on manner of articulation?
Syllable
Nasal
Vowel
Diphthong
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