- •A change of vowel caused by partial assimilation to the following vowel is: Mutation
- •By whom was printing invented?: Johann Gutenberg
- •In which country did not English entirely supersede French?: Canada
- •In which country is English a state language alongside the Hindi and Urdu?: India
- •The author of “Beowulf” is: Unknown
- •The greatest poet of 18 century who edited Shakespeare’s works in 1725: Alexander Pope
- •The Scots led by whom rebelled against English rule in 14th century?: Robert Bruce
- •When did the English language penetrate into America?: In the early 17th century
- •When was Ireland conquered by the English?: In the early 17th century
- •When was printing invented?: In 1438
- •Where was printing invented?: Mayence
- •Which alphabets were used in Old English?: Runic and Latin
- •Which event of 15th century did greatly help for the normalization of spelling?: Introduction of printing
The Scots led by whom rebelled against English rule in 14th century?: Robert Bruce
The spread of public libraries was in the: 19 century
The use of the verb “be” in the Middle English: for the passive voice and continuous tense
The word ye meant the pronoun: you
The word “banana” was taken from: Africa
The word “Caravan” was taken from: Persia
The word “coffee” was taken from: Turkish
The words “chocolate” and “tomatoes” were taken from: Mexico
The words chocolate and tomato came from: Mexico
This dialect had developed from OE Northumbrian: Northern
This group included the Kentish dialect: Southern
Three main dialects of an Old English period: Northambria, Mercia, West-Saxon
To what branch of the Indo-European family of languages does the English language belong?: West Germanic
To what dialects did Midland (Central) dialect divide?: West Midland and East Midland
To what does standardization of printing refer?: to English
To what family of languages does English enter?: West Germanic
To what group did the Kentish and the South-Western dialects refer?: The Southern
To what group does English belong?: Germanic languages
To what group of languages does English belong?: Germanic
To what literary genre does “Beowulf” belong: Epic poem
To what period does Early Modern English belong?: 1500 – 1800
To what period does Late Modern English belong?: 1800-present
To what years does Early Modern English belong?: 1500-1800
To which group of Germanic languages does English belong?: West Germanic
To which group of languages is the English referred?: West Germanic languages
To which language family does the Germanic language belong?: Indo – European
To which language family does the Germanic language belong?: Indo-European
Until what century the English Language was only spoken in The British Isles?: 17th century
Until what period was Old English spoken?: 1100 AD
Well-known poem which was recorded in Late West Saxon language is: Judith
Well-known poet of the 14 century is: John Gower
West Saxon and Kentish dialects are now called: Southern
What are the centuries of the Great Vowel Shift?: 15-18th centuries
What are the most widely spoken Germanic languages?: English and German
What are the most widely spoken Germanic languages?: English and German
What are the three main dialects of Old English?: Mercian, Northumbrian and West Saxon
What are the years of Early Modern English?: 1500-1800
What are the years of Late Modern English?: 1800-Present
What are the years of Middle English?: 1100-1500 AD
What are the years of Middle English?: 1400-1500 AD
What author did suggest division of the history of English according to the state of unstressed endings?: Henry Sweet
What categories does the OE have?: Grammatical
What caused English to become mixed to some degree?: two invasions
What caused to bring more Latin words into the English language in the 7th century?: the introduction of Christianity
What caused to bring more Latin words into the English language in the 7th century?: the introduction of Christianity
What caused to bring more Latin words into the English language in the 7th century?: the introduction of Christianity
What caused to bring more Latin words into the English language in the 7th century?: the introduction of Christianity
What church was persecuting the Puritans in 17th century?: Anglican
What dialect was represented by Geoffrey Chaucer’s work?: London
What dialect was spoken by Saxons south of Themes?: West-Saxons
What dialect was the basis of Scots language?: The Northern dialect
What did change in 16th and 17th centuries?: English pronunciation
What did happen in the end of the 11th century?: Old English referred to Anglo-Saxon
What did William Caxton found in London in 1476, returning to England?: The founded the first English printing office
What does “the apple of somebody’s eyes” mean?: A person who is loved very much by somebody
What does “The salt of the earth” mean?: a very honest person
What does Old English word “sceacan” mean?: Shake
What does the following expression mean?“By the skin of your teeth”: you only just manage to do smth
What does the process of mutation mean?: A change of vowel caused by partial assimilation to the following vowel
What ending was used by the 1700 instead of “s” for the 3rd person singular in the Present Tense?: -th
What English period the words be, strong, water had been derived from?: Old English
What Germanic group does English language belong to?: West
What grammatical (morphological) categories did the noun have in Old English?: Number and case
What group of dialects does include the Kentish and the South – Western dialects?: Southern
What ideology did the literatury language of the 16th centuries bear?: A strong impirint of purian ideology
What impact did Christianity have on English?: It introduced new words
What is the “description of internal linguistic history”?: Division of language into linguistic levels
What is the base of division of the history of English according to Henry Sweet?: The state of unstressed endings
What is the genre of “The Canterbury Tales” composition?: a collection of stories
What is the greatest writer and dramatist in the Modern English period?: William Shakespeare
What is the main difference between Early Modern and Late Modern English Period?: Vocabulary
What is the main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English?: Vocabulary
What is the main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English?: Vocabulary
What is the main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English?: Vocabulary
What is the main event of Early Modern English?: The Great Vowel Shift
What is the most famous example of Middle English (composition)?: “The Canterbury Tales”
What is the most famous example of Middle English?: The Canterbury Tales
What is the most famous work from the Old English period?: “Beowulf”
What is the most popular poem of Old English?: “Beowulf”
What kind of poem was the “Ruthwell Cross”?: religious
What language did give to English these words: camp, cheese, wall?: Latin
What language was an international language of the church science in OE period?: Latin
What language was mostly used for written language, especially that of the Church?: Latin
What language was mostly used in written language in the Middle period for the history of English?: Latin
What language was spoken by English people first?: Celtic
What language was spoken by English people first?: Celtic
What language was the language of the “ruling class” in Middle English period?: French
What language was used by the Norman Kings in 1166?: Anglo-Norman
What meanings do the Genitives have?: The complex meanings
What period did the king Oswine live?: 642- 670
What process did characterise the 16th century?: The growth of a national literature
What religious poem was written in Old English?: Ruthwell Cross
What vowel is often represented by the letter O?: U
What was the “Runic Casket” made of?: Whalebone
What was the aim of borrowing the words from other languages?: to describe new things and ideas
What was the aim of English people in the poetry?: to make the language sound
What was the great event in Modern English?: The introduction of printing
What was the most significant event of Modern English period in 1455-1485?: The War of the Roses
What was the most significant event of the Modern English period, which marked the decay of feudalism and the birth of a new social order?: Wars of the Roses
What was the name of Mercian dialect in Middle English?: Midland
What was the name of Northumbrian dialect in Middle English?: Northern
What was the period of the language when England was ruled by Anglo-Saxon kings?: Old English
What was the second name of West Saxon dialect?: The language of King Alfred
What was the territory of distribution of Northumbrian dialect?: Humber
What was the time of 1400?: The Great Value Shift
What words were there during the English Renaissance that most entered English?: Greek and Latin
When and where was the Proto-Germanic language spoken?: mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe
When approximately did Old English exist?: 450-1100 AD
When did “Winchester standard” gradually fall out of use after the Norman Conquest?: 1066
When did Anglo – Saxons come to the British Isles?: During the 5th century
When did Chaucer start writing the “Canterbury Tales”?: 1388
When did Geoffrey Chaucer start writing the Canterbury Tales?: 1388
When did Geoffrey Chaucer write “The Canterbury tales”: In the 1390s
When did Late Modern English exist?: 1800 – Present
When did Modern English develop?: 1476
When did Old English exist?: 450-1100
When did Old English period formally end?: With the Norman Conquest
When did Roman invasion of Britain begin?: In 43 BC
When did Samuel Johnson publish his “Dictionary of the English language”?: 1755
When did Samuel Johnson publish the first significant English dictionary?: In 1755
When did Shakespeare die?: 1562
When did speakers of the Scandinavian branch conquer and colonize parts of Britain?: 8 – 9 c
When did St. Augustine arrive at Saxon England?: in 597
When did the American English appear?: 1920
When did the Early Modern English period end?: 1800
When did the East Saxon dialect become more important?: Early Middle English
When did the English conquer Canada which before had been a French colony?: 1756-1763