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HISTORY OF ENGLISH ESCAPE ROOM

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HISTORYOF ENGLISH

ESCAPE ROOM

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INDEX

mission 1

introduction

mission 2

MISSION 3

REWARD

MISSION 4

INTRODUCTION

WELCOME, LANGUAGE ENTHUSIASTS!

Are you ready to explore the captivating history of the English language?

Embark on a timeless linguistic odyssey and unveil the secrets of the English language through four trials. Solve each trial to gather clues and unlock the code. Also, feel free to resort to your online sources! Best of luck!!!

MISSION 1

QUIZ

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QUESTION 1

Who was the most important author of the Early Modern period?

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

Christopher Marlowe

QUESTION 2

Which event marked the end of the Old English period?

The arrival of the printing press

The Black Plague

The Norman Conquest

QUESTION 3

Case endings started to decay during this period.

Early Modern English Period

Middle English Period

Old English Period

QUESTION 4

Most words in Late Modern English come from these two languages

Latin and French

Greek and Latin

Greek and French

COMPLETED

MISSION

CONGRATULATIONS!

WRONG!

TRY AGAIN

MISSION 2

CORRECT IMAGE

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mission 2

01

choose the right photo

This image best represents the Late Modern Period.

mission 2

02

choose the right photo

This picture represents Anglo-Saxon writing.

mission 2

03

choose the right photo

This image represents a process which took place during the Early Modern period.

mission 2

04

choose the right photo

This image represents the number of cases there were in Old English.

COMPLETED

MISSION

CONGRATULATIONS!

WRONG!

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MISSION 3

TIMELINE

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select the correct date and image

1918

1076

Beginning of the First World War

The Norman Conquest

1604

Publication of the First English Dictionary

TIMELINE

1855

Publication of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language

1476

1999

Introduction of the Printing Press by WIlliam Caxton

Publication of the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary

COMPLETED

MISSION

CONGRATULATIONS!

WRONG!

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MISSION 4

True or False

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mission 4

The only major changes that the english language has undergone have to do with vocabulary and pronunciation.

TRUE.

FALSE.

1/3

mission 4

The word 'England' and English comes from the Old English word 'Engla-land', literally meaning “the land of the Angles”.

True.

False.

2/3

mission 4

As of today, English is one of the world’s predominant forms of communication, with its influence extending over 2 billion people globally.

True.

False.

3/3

COMPLETED

MISSION

CONGRATULATIONS!

WRONG!

TRY AGAIN

MISSION 1

REWARD

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Enter the secret code 🔐

Enter the number