Study questions: The English Language History http://www.open.edu/openlearn /languages/english-language/the-history-english-ten-minutes

Anglo-Saxon

1. Where did the English language get a lot of words from?

2. What was four of the days of the week named after?

3. Give examples of words they took from the Latin.

Norman Conquest

4. When did William the Conqueror invade Britain?

5. What language did William the Conqueror bring to Britain?

6. Cow, sheep and swine came from whom?

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Shakespeare

7. How many words and phrases were invented by William Shakespeare?

8. What handy words did he give us? Mention three words.

7 .What did Shakespeare want to show with his poetry?

The King James Bible

1. Why is it called the King James Bible?

2. What happened in 1611?

The English of Science

3. Which language did they first work in?

4. Why did words like “acid” and “gravity” have to be invented?

English and Empire

5. What words did the Africans come up with? The Age of the Dictionary

6. How many years did it take to make the first ever English Dictionary?

7. How many entries did the first English dictionary contain?

American English

Internet English

8. When was the first e-mail sent?

9. What does BTW and FYI mean?

10. What two meanings does LOL have?

Global English