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Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Late Modern English
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100
Name an Old English poem.
What is Beowulf.
100
What language did William the Conqueror bring when he invaded England in 1066?
What is French
100
What caused the distinct change in pronounciation at the end of Middle English?
What is the Great Vowel Shift.
100
What is the biggest difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English?
What is vocabulary.
100
Name the three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th Century?
What are the Angles, Saxons, Jutes.
200
When reading Old English, is it very similar or very different from Modern English?
What is very different.
200
What two languages were spoken in England during the Middle English period?
What is French and English
200
What great invention helped to create a common language in print?
What is the printing press.
200
Name a reason how Late Modern English acquired new words.
What is technology, adopting foreign words from travel and conquers.
200
The language spoken in Britain when the Germanic tribes invaded.
What is Celtic.
300
Who is the author of the Old English poem Beowulf?
What is the author is unknown.
300
Which language did the royalty or upper class speak?
What is French.
300
Name a famous poet and play write from the Early Modern English period.
Who is Shakespeare.
300
How did Late Modern English acquire words from French?
What is from Louisiana
300
From where did the Angles come?
What is Englaland
400
Beowulf is what type of a poem?
What is heroic poem.
400
Name a Middle English poet.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer.
400
When was the first dictionary printed?
What is 1604.
400
Why is AMerican English influential in the rest of the world?
What is because of America's dominance of cinema, television, popular music, trade...
400
What form of English do we speak today?
What is Late Modern English
500
Name one type of monster that Beowulf kills.
What is Grendel, Grendel's mother, a dragon.
500
At the end of the Middle English time period, what language became dominant in Britain?
What is English
500
What is the name of a person who writes or edits dictionaries?
What is a lexicographer.
500
Name one other varieties of English spoken around the world.
What is Canadian English, South African English, Australian English, Carribean English, Indian English.
500
English is a member of what family of languages?
What is the Germanic Family.