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Runic Casket” is made of: whalebone
A big development in the world at the beginning of Modern English is: the Renaissance
A change of vowel caused by partial assimilation to the following vowel is: Mutation
A dialect derived from the speech of southern Angles and spoken chiefly in the kingdom of Mercia is: Mercian
A dialect spoken from the Humber north to the river Forth is: Northumbrian
A dialect spoken in the area known now as Kent and Surrey and in the Isle of Wight is: Kentish
A Heroic epic poem “Beowulf” was written by: Unknown author
A phonetic change which consists in two sounds exchanging their places is: Metathesis
A religious poem engraved on a tall stone cross near the village of Ruthwell is: Ruthwell Cross
A religious poem engraved on a tall stone: Ruthwell Cross
A Runic document, made at whalebone and found in France is: Runic Casket
After the Anglo-Saxons came into contact with Roman culture by what language was the Runic alphabet replaced?: Latin
An Old English dialect spoken chiefly in the kingdom of Mercia is: Mercian
An Old English dialect spoken in the area Known as Kent and Surrey is: Kentish
Anglian dialect spoken from the Humber north to the river Forth is: Northumbrian
Another name of Early Modern English is: Elizabethan English
Are the English and German languages in the same group?: Yes
Author of the first dictionary, published in 1828 in America is: Noah Webster
By the time of which famous writer the English language had become clearly recognizable as Modern English?: William Shakespeare
By what language was the English language originated?:Anglo-Frisian
By what time England and France had split?: by about 1200
By what time had the language become clearly recognizable as Modern English?: By the time of William Shakespeare
By what year had the Old English been speaking?: Until around 1100 AD
By what year had the Old English been spoken?: Until around 1100 AD
By which word the pronoun “its” was replaced in the Modern English?: his
By whom the Anglo-Frisian dialects were brought to Britain?: By Germanic invaders
By whom was “The Pilgrim’s Progress” created?: John Bunyan
By whom was Middle English spelling influenced?: By Norman
By whom was Printing invented in 1438?: By Johann Gutenberg
By whom was printing invented?: Johann Gutenberg
By whom was printing invented?: Johann Gutenberg
By whom was the first English book printed?: William Caxton
By whom was the first English printing press established?: W. Caxton
By whom was the French language brought to England?: The Norman conquerors
By whom were the Puritans being persecuted?: Anglican church
Choose the amount of languages from which English writers borrowed 30000 words: 50
Choose the book from which the expression “the apple of somebody’s eyes” was borrowed: Bible
Choose the centuries when English writers took a lot of words from 50 languages: 16th - 17th
Choose the correct equivalent of the following expression:“The apple of somebody’s eyes”: who is loved by somebody
Choose the time of an Old English Period?: 450-1100 AD
Choose the time when King James Babel existed: 1611
Choose the word which came from Latin into English in Modern English period: expensive
Choose the word which came from Latin into English in Modern English period: explain
Choose the word which entered from Latin?: pillow
Chose the language which is considered as the Old Germanic: Gothic
Chose the past form of the verb “climb” till the 13th century: clomb
Development of the Northern dialect is: Lowland Scottish
Diphthongization of short vowels before certain consonant clusters is: Old English Fracture
Due to what did books become cheaper and people learnt to read?: Due to printing
England was invaded around 878 AD by?: Vikings
English is …. Language: West Germanic
English is a state language in India today. Find languages which are state in India: Hindi and Urdi
English is a: West Germanic language
English people used “y, e” instead of: “u”
Even with all the borrowings from many other languages the heart of the English language is: Anglo- Saxon of Old English
Experts say “Beowulf” was written in Britain more than: one thousand years ago
Find the definition for the Nominatives case: The case of the active agent, for it was the case of the subject mainly used with verbs denoting activity.
Find the period of full endings: Old English
Find the period of lost endings: Modern English
Find the period when endings of words were leveled: Middle English
Find the word borrowed from French: House
Find the word borrowed from French: Trouble
From the name of what tribes does the word “English” come?: Angles
From the time of their earliest attestation, the Germanic varieties are divided into three groups. They are: West, East, North
From what century is the writing existed?: 6th century
From what dialect did Northern dialect develop?: Northumbrian
F rom what language was the majority of innovations in Middle English spelling?: French
From what language were the words: army, troop, mail borrowed in Middle English?: French
From what Old English dialect did Northern dialects develope?: Northumbrian
From what Old English dialect was Northern dialect developed?: Northumbrian
From where did new words mainly come?: From Latin
From where did the words “juggernaut” and “ turban” come?: India
From where did the words: expensive, explain, destiny and fact come?: Latin
From where did the words: expensive, explain, destiny come?: Latin
From which dialect did English language originate?: Anglo-Frisian
From which family the English language was originated?: German
From which language the words “expensive, explain, destiny” came from: Latin
From which language the words cheese, cook, folk were borrowed to Briton?: Latin
Geoffrey Chaucer’s poetry was divided into: 3 groups
How is Mercian dialect called now?: Midland
How is the first period in the history of language named?: The period of full endings
How many “irregular” past tense verbs are there in English now?: about 250
How many alphabets were there in Old English?: 2
How many big developments were there in the world at the beginning of Modern English period?: three
How many cases did the noun have in OE?: 4
How many cases did the Old English nouns have?: Four
How many cases were in Middle English?: 4
How many classes are the strong verbs in OE divided into?: 7
How many countries speak on an English language?: 45
How many French words were adopted into English during the Norman occupation?: 10,000
How many genders did the nouns distinguish?: 3
How many groups does the Germanic language consist of?: 3
How many kingdoms did the Germanic tribes consist of?: 7
How many kingdoms were there in Britain in the 6th century?: 7
How many languages were used in OE?: two
How many lines does the English poem “Beowulf” have?: 3183 lines
How many main dialects were in Old English?: 3
How many members did the category of number consist of?: 2
How many morphological categories did the Old English nouns have?: Two
How many strong verbs were in OE?: 300
How many tenses were there in OE?: 2
How many types does the noun have?: 2
How many types of nouns does the OE have?: 2
How many words were borrowed from 50 languages?: about 30000
How many words were borrowed from about 50 languages during 16th and 17th centuries?: 3000 words
How many years did Britain Empire exist?: 200
How the English language was considered in the Middle period of its developing?: vulgar tonque
How was the consonant x first spelt?: З
I n the early 17th century the English language penetrated into: America
In 1145 the literature of the Middle English period was written in: Old Norman and Latin
In what area of France has the Celtic language been spoken yet?: Brittany Coast or Breton
In what centuries did renaissance of classical learning take place?: 16th century
In what centuries did the Germanic tribes colonize England?: 18-19th
In what centuries was the English Renaissance?: early 16th century to the early 17th century
In what century did English make their first attempts to conquer Ireland?: In 12th
In what century did social change create the conditions for a great cultural progress and the growth of a national literature?: In the 16th century
In what century did the Old Norman language influence English?: 11th
In what century was a time of political and social upheaval in England?: 17th century
In what century was the invasion of Scandinavian branch?: 8th-9th AD
In what century were Australia and many islands in Oceania colonised?: In the 19th century
In what period did Old English exist?: 450-1100AD
In what period of history of the English language was printing invented?: In Early Modern English?
In what period was Latin mostly used in written form: Middle English
In what period were three opposed phonemes [e/i], [a] and [o/u] used?: Early Middle English
In what period were two vowels in unaccented syllables [ј] and [i] used?: Late Middle English
In what place in the late 19th century did the tendency arise to revive the local Celtic language, Welsh, and Celtic culture?: Wales
In what work did the first French loanwords record in the 14th century?: Chaucer’s vocabulary
In what year did Samuel Johnson publish his dictionary?: 1755
In what year did Samuel Johnson publish the first significant English dictionary?: 1755
In what year did the famous ship The Mayflower reach The North America?: 1620
In what year was the 1st English dictionary published?: 1604
In what year was there a first attempt at founding an English colony in America?: 1584
In which century was the Christianity spread totally?: in the 7th century