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1. What is the Germanic?

C The common form that the languages of the Germanic branch had before they became differentiated.

B The common form that the languages used in the UK after the Roman Empire's conquest.

A The common form that the languages of the Jutes and Saxons branch had

What is the full name of the UK?

RIGHT! The common form that the languages of the Germanic branch had before they became differentiated.

wrong!

wrong! The common form that the languages of the Jutes and Saxons branch had

The common form that the languages used in the UK after the Roman Empire's conquest.

2. How are divided the languages belonging to the Germanic branch?

C East Germanic, South Germanicm, and North Germanic and West Germanic

B High Germanic and Low Germanic

A East Germanic, North Germanic and West Germanic

What is the UK made up of?

wrong! East Germanic, South Germanicm, and North Germanic and West Germanic

wrong! High Germanic and Low Germanic

RIGHT! East Germanic, North Germanic and West Germanic

Which is the branch that English belongs to?

C High Germanic

B West Germanic

A North Germanic

Which is the branch that English belongs to?

wrong! High Germanic

RIGHT! West Germanic

wrong! North Germanic

How is the West Germanic branch divided?

C High German, Middle German, and Low German

B High German and Low German

A High Germanic and Low Germanic

How is the West Germanic branch divided?

wrong! High German, Middle German, and Low German

RIGHT! High German and Low German

wrong! High Germanic and Low Germanic

CORRECT Answer

It is divided into 2 branches: High German: Popularized by Luther’s translation of the Bible. Low German: Old English

Where does Modern English come from?

B It descended from the Germanic languages spoken in Europe, that later became the Germanic language, from which both German, Latin and English descended.

C It is the language that resulted from the history of the dialects spoken by the Germanic tribes that conquered England

A It is the language that resulted from the mixture between Old English and Latin

Where does Modern English come from?

RIGHT! It is the language that resulted from the history of the dialects spoken by the Germanic tribes that conquered EnglandRIGHT

wrong! It descended from the Germanic languages spoken in Europe, that later became the Germanic language, from which both German, Latin and English descended.

wrong! It is the language that resulted from the mixture between Old English and Latin

Is there any big difference between the languages of the Germanic tribes?

C No, the differences were very slight.

B The language of the Saxons and the Angles were very similar (Anglo-Saxon language comes from those two similar languages), but the language of the Jutes was very different

A Yes, these were very different languages, that is why OE is thought to be a creole language

is there any big difference between the languages of the Germanic tribes?

wrong! The language of the Saxons and the Angles were very similar (Anglo-Saxon language comes from those two similar languages), but the language of the Jutes was very different

RIGHT! No, the differences were very slight.

wrong! Yes, these were very different languages, that is why OE is thought to be a creole language

What does it mean that English belongs to the West Germanic branch?

C That it shares certain characteristics common to all the Germanic languages

B That it is not an Indo-European language

A That it shares both grammatical and lexicon with German languages

What does it mean that English belongs to the West Germanic branch?

RIGHT! That it shares certain characteristics common to all the Germanic languages

wrong! That it is not an Indo-European language

wrong! That it shares both grammatical and lexicon with German languages

CORRECT Answer

It means that it shares certain characteristics common to all the Germanic languages These features have to do mostly with certain phonetic changes

What are the periods in the history of English language?

B Old English, Middle English and Modern English

C Old Anglo-Saxon English, Middle West Germanic English and Modern English

A Old English, Middle English and Standard London English

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What are the periods in the history of English language?

RIGHT! Old English, Middle English and Modern English

wrong! the idea of proto-cities

wong! Old English, Middle English and Standard London English

CORRECT Answer

From 450 to 1150: Old EnglishFrom 1150 to 1500: Middle EnglishSince 1500: Modern English Old English: The period of full inflections, because the endings of the noun, adj and the verb are preserved more or less unimpaired.Middle English: The period of leveled inflections In this period, the inflections, which had begun to break down towards the end of the Old English periodModern English: o The period of lost inflections, because a large part of the original inflection system has disappeared entirely

Was Old English a uniform language?

B No, it wasn't

A Yes, it was

Was Old English a uniform language?

RIGHT! No, it wasn't

wrong! Yes, it was

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What were the main dialects of Old English?

B Kentish, Saxon, Northumbrian, and Low Franconian

C Northumbrian, Mercian, West Saxon, and Kentish

A Common Britonnic, East Saxon, Mercian and Kentish

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What were the main dialects of Old English?

wrong! Kentish, Saxon, Northumbrian, and Low Franconian

RIGHT! Northumbrian, Mercian, West Saxon, and Kentish

wrong! Common Britonnic, East Saxon, Mercian and Kentish

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The main differences between Old and Modern English concern....

B Spelling, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary

C Spelling and vocabulary changes

A Grammar and vocabulary issues

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The main differences between Old and Modern English concern....

RIGHT! Spelling, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary

wrong! Spelling and vocabulary changes

wrong! It was divided into Eorls (some kind of hereditary aristocracy) and Ceorls (simple free men)

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How was the sound "sh" represented in OE?

B By ‘sc’

C By ð

A By Þ

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How was the sound "sh" represented in OE?

RIGHT! By ‘sc’

wrong! By ð

wrong! By Þ

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Why did the vocabulary of OE disappear?

C Because of the arrival of Germanic tribes after the Roman Conquest

B Because of the loss of inflections

A Because of the Norman Conquest

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Why did the vocabulary of OE disappear?

wrong! Because of the arrival of Germanic tribes after the Roman Conquest

wrong! Because of the loss of inflections

RIGHT! Because of the Norman Conquest

CORRECT Answer

When the Norman conquest brought French into England as the language of the higher classes, much of the OE voc appropriate to literature and learning died out and was replaced later by words borrowed from French and Latin.Approx about 85% of the OE voc does not longer exist. Those that survived are basic elements of our voc and by the frequency with which they recur make up a large part of any English sentence.Mann (man) Hūs (house)Wīf (wife) Mete (meat) Cild (child) Gōd (good)

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What kind of language is Old English?

C Synthetic

B Inflectional

A Analytic

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What kind of language is Old English?

RIGHT! Synthetic

RIGHT! Inflectional

wrong! Analytic

CORRECT Answer

Synthetic: A language that indicates the relation of words in a sentence largely by means of inflections OE Analytic: Languages that make extensive use of preps and aux verbs and depend upon word order to show other relationships Modern English

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What was the reason for the levelling of inflections in Middle English?

C the manuscript that gives us information about the creation of Standard English

B Due to the operation of analogy and phonetic changes

A Due to the operation of analogy

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What was the reason for the levelling of inflections in Middle English?

wrong! Due to the loss of the genre in the adjective and the noun

RIGHT! Due to the operation of analogy and phonetic changes

wrong! Due to the operation of analogy

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What was one of the consequences of the decay of inflections in Middle English?

C The loss of the genre in the adjective

B The Great Vowel Shift

A The change of the final –m for an –n

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What was one of the consequences of the decay of inflections in Middle English?

wrong! The loss of the genre in the adjective

wrong! The Great Vowel Shift

RIGHT The change of the final –m for an –n

CORRECT Answer

Earliest: the change of final –m > -n  this –n was then dropped. a, e, o, u in inflectional endings > obscured to a sound (“indeterminate vowel”) result: a number of originally distinct endings were reduced to –e

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How was the verb in OE conjugated?

C It was conjugated similar to the Spanish conjugation (indicative, subjunctive, etc.)

B It was divided into regular and irregular endings

A It was divided into the weak and the strong conjugation

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How was the verb in OE conjugated?

wrong! It was conjugated similar to the Spanish conjugation (indicative, subjunctive, etc.)

wrong! It was divided into regular and irregular endings

RIGHT! It was divided into the weak and the strong conjugation

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When did manuals for teaching French begin to appear in Great Britain?

B From 1520

A From 1250

C From 1350

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When did manuals for teaching French begin to appear in Great Britain?

wrong! From 1520

RIGHT! From 1250

wrong! From 1350

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How many languages were used in Medieval England?

B2 (French and English)

A 3 (Latin, French, and English)

C 1 (only French)

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How many languages were used in Medieval England?

wrong!2 (French and English)

RIGHT! 3 (Latin, French, and English)

wrong! 1 (only French)

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Where was French predominant in Great Britain in the 13th century?

BIn Oxford and Cambridge

A In the regions near Kent

C In the regions near London

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Where was French predominant in Great Britain in the 13th century?

wrong!In Oxford and Cambrige

wrong! In the regions near Kent

RIGHT! In the regions near London

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When did the emphasis for speaking English again begin in GB?

BIn the 14th century

A In the 13th century

C At the end of the 12th century

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When did the emphasis for speaking English again begin in GB?

wrong!In the 14th century

wrong! At the end of the 12th century

right! In the 13th century

CORRECT Answer

13th century. • Upper class: continued for the most part to speak French, but the reasons were not the same as before. • French became a cultivated tongue supported by social custom and by business and administrative convention (mother tongue) • English was making steady advances.

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When was French an artificial language in GB?

Bin the 14th century

A in the 13th century

C at the end of the 12th century

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When was French an artificial language in GB?

RIGHT!in the 14th century

wrong! in the 13th century

wrong! at the end of the 12th century

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