PEOPLE & INSTITUTIONS
Who established a committee concerned with appropriate and correct language in 1664?
A) The Court of Chancery
B)The printing press
C) The British Parliament
D) The Royal Society
D)The Royal Society
Which word order had become normal in English by 1776?
A) Verb–Subject–Object
B) Object–Verb–Subject
C) Subject–Verb–Object
D) Subject–Object–Verb
C) Subject–Verb–Object
Which group of people/institutions does the article connect with the development or maintenance of Standard English?
A) Printers, teachers, dictionary makers, and grammarians
B) Kings, soldiers, and musicians
C) Farmers, merchants, and sailors
D) Poets, actors, and painters
A) Printers, teachers, dictionary makers, and grammarians
What term does the article use for English as a global/international language?
A) International English
B)Global standart
C) World English
D) Modern World Language
C)WORLD ENGLISH
What was the committee established by the Royal Society concerned with?
A) Foreign languages
B) The pronunciation of Latin
C) Using appropriate and correct language
D) The history of Old English
C) Using appropriate and correct language
According to the article, what happened to English during the 15th century?
A) It stopped changing
B) It experienced major changes in pronunciation, spelling, grammar and vocabulary
C) It completely disappeared
D) It became a global lingua franca
B) It experienced major changes in pronunciation, spelling, grammar and vocabulary
Which institution is connected with the early development of Standard English?
A) The Royal Society
B) The Court of Chancery
C) The British Museum
D) The University of Oxford
B) The Court of Chancery
Which statement best summarizes the overall development described in the article?
A) English remained basically unchanged while other languages developed
B) English changed linguistically, became increasingly standardized, and eventually gained international importance
C) English became a world language before developing any standardized forms
D) English became standardized because its grammar stopped changing
B) English changed linguistically, became increasingly standardized, and eventually gained international importance
Put these people in connection with the idea they represent in the article:
1)Chaucer 2) Shakespeare3)John H. Fisher 4)Jacob Grimm.
Standard English and the Court of Chancery
Early Modern English
Middle English
English as a “language of the world”
Why would Shakespeare have found Chaucer’s English difficult to read?
Because English had undergone a huge amount of change in pronunciation, spelling, grammar, and vocabulary during the 15th century.
Why did the central government need a more regular form of English?
A) To write poetry
B) To communicate, conduct business, and keep records
C) To teach Latin
D) To create new dialects
B) To communicate, conduct business, and keep records
What does Jacob Grimm’s description of English as a “language of the world” tell us about the status of English in the 19th century?
It shows that English was already being recognized as a language with worldwide importance.