INDO-EUROPEAN
OLD ENGLISH
MIDDLE ENGLISH
EARLY MODERN
MODERN
100
In an area of modern Ukraine and Russia
Where did Indo-European languages originate (come from)?
100
The Germanic tribes who invaded Britain when the Romans left.
Who were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes?
100
The most famous text in middle English.
What is "The Canterbury Tales"?
100
The English Renaissance, the Elizabethan Era or the Age of Shakespeare.
What is the period often called?
200
About 3500BC
When did people start to speak Indo-European languages?
200
About 400 texts.
How many Old English texts survive today?
200
The year the Normans invaded England
What is 1066?
200

The author of the first modern dictionary.

Who is Dr Samuel Johnson?

300
The words for numbers, family members, cold weather and some animals and plants.
What words are similar in most Indo-European languages?
300
The names of rivers and places like the Thames, the Avon, Kent and Cumberland?
What Celtic words survive in the English language?
300
The verbal language of the court, administration and culture.
What is French?
300
The year that William Caxton set up his printing press in Westminster.
What is 1476?
300

A successor to Dr Johnson's book, first published in 1928.

What is the Oxford English Dictionary?

400
hungarian, Estonian, Finnish and Basque
Which four European languages are not Indo-European?
400
Words such as sky, egg, cake, window, die and them.
What words come from the Viking's (Scandinavian) language?
400
1400
When did Geoffrey Chaucer die?
400
38
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
500
Kurgan
What is the name of the Proto (first) Indo-European language?
500
3,183
How many lines does the poem Beowulf have?
500
The oldest known musical text in English?
What is "Sumer Is Icumen In"?
500
The two languages which had the biggest influence on the development of English in this period.
What are Latin and Ancient Greek?
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