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1
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What time period was Old English

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450- 1100

2
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What words from Celtic language survived in modern English (2)

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Crag- rock, combe- valley

3
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Which place names come from Anglo- Saxon

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London, Thames, East Anglia

4
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What important modern words originate from Old English

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In, on, drink

5
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Which modern English words come from Latin

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Altar, mass, monk

6
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How did Old English develop

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Through writing

7
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What is Beowulf

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The first poem in the English language

8
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What was the language of the Vikings?

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Old Norse

9
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What is Danelaw

A

North and Eastern England was to be ran by the Danes

10
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How did Old Norse influence English in terms of place names and surnames

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-by= farm, -thorpe= village

11
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Which words did English borrow from Old Norse

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beck- stream, ský- sky

12
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How did Old Norse simplify English grammar

A

Endings for articles and pronouns

13
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When was Middle English time period

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1100-1450

14
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Why did English get relegated to the language of the illiterate

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Due to England being taken over by the French in 1066 as French was used in government, law and became the language of power and authority

15
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How many words were implemented into the Middle English language

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10,000 words

16
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How did English regain prestige in the Middle English time period

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Due to the Black Death wiping away half of the English population. There were serious labour shortages and the importance of the English speaking working class increased. It then all increased which later lead to the French king speaking English and Middle English becoming a blend of Old English and French.

17
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What words sat aside with their French counterparts

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begin with commence, want with desire, behead with decapitate

18
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When was the Early Modern English period

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1450-1750

19
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When were thou, thy, ye pronouns used

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Early Modern English

20
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When were 2nd person ending -est and 3rd person ending -eth used

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Early Modern English

21
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What was the word order in Early Modern English

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VSO (Verb, Subject, Object)

22
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How did trade affect the English Language

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10,000-12,000 new words were introduced

23
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How many languages passed words into Engish during Early Modern English

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50

24
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What aspects of life did Latin and Greek words describe

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Religion, philosophy, scholarship, medicine and technology

25
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Why is standard English important (2)

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To guarantee intelligibility and allows people from all over the world to communicate as there is a mutual ground

26
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What was Chancery Standard

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An agreed form of English adopted by bureaucrats, the first attempt to create a single code of English and was based on the East Midlands dialect with a few Northern pronouns

27
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What was Caxton’s printing press

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When Caxton brought the printing invention from Mainz to Westminister in 1476 and printed the first book in England called Canterbury tales in his own East Midlands dialects. The printing allowed his dialect of English to spread across the country.