HISTORY
GRAMMAR
OTHER FACTS
100

IS ENGLISH OLDER THAN RUSSIAN?

NO, IT IS NOT.

100

SAY WHICH WORDS ARE FRENCH: RESTAURANT, RED, CURIOUS, BROTHER, BUREAU.

RESTAURANT, CURIOUS, BUREAU.

100

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR WAS THE KING OF...

ENGLAND.

200

WHERE WAS WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR BORN?

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR WAS BORN IN NORMANDY, FRANCE.

200

WHICH WORD WAS USED INSTEAD OF YOU IN OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH?

THOU WAS USED INSTEAD OF YOU.

200

FROM WHICH SUBGROUP DOES ENGLISH COME FROM?

ENGLISH COMES FROM THE WEST-GERMANIC SUBGROUP.

300

FOR HOW MANY YEARS WAS ENGLAND UNDER THE REIGN OF FRANCE?

ENGLAND WAS UNDER THE REIGN OF FRANCE FOR OVER 300 YEARS.


300

WHAT WAS CHANGED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FRENCH?

SPELLING AND READING, GRAMMAR, WORDS.

300

GERMAN AND ENGLISH ARE ... DIFFERENT.

GERMAN AND ENGLISH ARE PHONETICALLY/GRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.

400

WHO ENVADED ENGLAND?

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ENVADED ENGLAND.

400

NAME 3 FRENCH SUFFIXES!

-OUS, -OUR, -MENT, - ANCE, -TION.

400

IF YOU SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, WHICH LANGUAGES WILL YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND?

YOU WILL ALSO UNDERSTAND GERMAN, DUTCH, FRISIAN, AFRIKAANS, YEDDISH.

500

NAME ALL VERSIONS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE!

OLD ENGLISH, MIDDLE ENGLISH, MODERN ENGLISH
500
WHY DOES -S FOLLOW VERBS IN PRESENT SIMPLE?

-S FOLLOWS VERB IN PRESENT SIMPLE BECAUSE HISTORICALLY IT HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE VERBS AND HAVEN'S STOPPED.

500

NAME 5 DESCENDANTS OF PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE!

RUSSIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, LATIN, HINDI.