HISTORY
IS ENGLISH OLDER THAN RUSSIAN?
NO, IT IS NOT.
SAY WHICH WORDS ARE FRENCH: RESTAURANT, RED, CURIOUS, BROTHER, BUREAU.
RESTAURANT, CURIOUS, BUREAU.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR WAS THE KING OF...
ENGLAND.
WHERE WAS WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR BORN?
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR WAS BORN IN NORMANDY, FRANCE.
WHICH WORD WAS USED INSTEAD OF YOU IN OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH?
THOU WAS USED INSTEAD OF YOU.
FROM WHICH SUBGROUP DOES ENGLISH COME FROM?
ENGLISH COMES FROM THE WEST-GERMANIC SUBGROUP.
FOR HOW MANY YEARS WAS ENGLAND UNDER THE REIGN OF FRANCE?
ENGLAND WAS UNDER THE REIGN OF FRANCE FOR OVER 300 YEARS.
WHAT WAS CHANGED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FRENCH?
SPELLING AND READING, GRAMMAR, WORDS.
GERMAN AND ENGLISH ARE ... DIFFERENT.
GERMAN AND ENGLISH ARE PHONETICALLY/GRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
WHO ENVADED ENGLAND?
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ENVADED ENGLAND.
NAME 3 FRENCH SUFFIXES!
-OUS, -OUR, -MENT, - ANCE, -TION.
IF YOU SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, WHICH LANGUAGES WILL YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND?
YOU WILL ALSO UNDERSTAND GERMAN, DUTCH, FRISIAN, AFRIKAANS, YEDDISH.
NAME ALL VERSIONS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE!
-S FOLLOWS VERB IN PRESENT SIMPLE BECAUSE HISTORICALLY IT HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE VERBS AND HAVEN'S STOPPED.
NAME 5 DESCENDANTS OF PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE!
RUSSIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, LATIN, HINDI.