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Where did English come from?
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Where did English come from?
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Which language family does Old English belong to?
Germanic languages
Romance languages
Slavic languages
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QUESTION 2/7
What event brought a massive amount of French and Latin vocabulary into the English language?
Viking invasion in the 8th to 11th centuries
Spanish conquest in the 15th century
Norman invasion of England in 1066
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Where did English come from?
QUESTION 3/7
What did Viking invaders add to the mix of the English language?
Borrowings from Arabic
Borrowings from Ancient Greek
Borrowings from Old Norse
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Where did English come from?
QUESTION 4/7
What can help in identifying the roots of modern English underneath borrowed words?
Comparative linguistics
History textbooks
Art analysis
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Where did English come from?
QUESTION 5/7
Which sound change occurred to German words starting with "p" after the 6th century?
Shifted to "pf" sound
Shifted to "th" sound
Shifted to "sh" sound
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QUESTION 6/7
What are some English words directly borrowed from Old Norse?
chair and table
book and pen
skirt and skull
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QUESTION 7/7
What is Proto-Indo-European spoken about 6000 years ago considered to be?
The reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European family
A lost language with no descendants
A fictional language
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VIDEO
Where did English come from?
Play the video and when you're ready try to answer correctly all the questions. Ready?
* Replace the link in this video
START
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
QUESTION 1/7
Which language family does Old English belong to?
Germanic languages
Romance languages
Slavic languages
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
RIGHT!
NEXT QUESTION
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
QUESTION 2/7
What event brought a massive amount of French and Latin vocabulary into the English language?
Viking invasion in the 8th to 11th centuries
Spanish conquest in the 15th century
Norman invasion of England in 1066
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
RIGHT!
NEXT QUESTION
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
QUESTION 3/7
What did Viking invaders add to the mix of the English language?
Borrowings from Arabic
Borrowings from Ancient Greek
Borrowings from Old Norse
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
RIGHT!
NEXT QUESTION
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
QUESTION 4/7
What can help in identifying the roots of modern English underneath borrowed words?
Comparative linguistics
History textbooks
Art analysis
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
RIGHT!
NEXT QUESTION
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
QUESTION 5/7
Which sound change occurred to German words starting with "p" after the 6th century?
Shifted to "pf" sound
Shifted to "th" sound
Shifted to "sh" sound
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
RIGHT!
NEXT QUESTION
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
QUESTION 6/7
What are some English words directly borrowed from Old Norse?
chair and table
book and pen
skirt and skull
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
RIGHT!
NEXT QUESTION
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
QUESTION 7/7
What is Proto-Indo-European spoken about 6000 years ago considered to be?
The reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European family
A lost language with no descendants
A fictional language
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
RIGHT!
NEXT
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
GOOD TRY!
VIDEO
Where did English come from?
WRONG!
TRY AGAIN