Quiz on the History and Origin of the English Language

Quiz on the History and Origin of the English Language

11th Grade

15 Qs

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Quiz on the History and Origin of the English Language

Quiz on the History and Origin of the English Language

Assessment

Quiz

Other

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Ashleigh Santos

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which family of languages does English belong to?

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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