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  • Which of these is a Greek loanword?
    Bucket
    Candle
    Helmet
    Democracy
  • Which word is likely from Hindi?
    Desk
    Window
    Chair
    Pyjamas
  • Which of these is a Norse loanword?
    Table
    Church
    Road
    Sky
  • What word did ‘beon’ in Old English evolve into?
    Do
    Be
    Have
    Is
  • What language family does English belong to?
    Germanic
    Slavic
    Celtic
    Romance
  • Which tribes brought Old English to Britain?
    Celts, Goths, Vandals
    Romans, Gauls, Franks
    Angles, Saxons, Jutes
    Vikings, Normans, Frisians
  • How did the printing press impact English?
    Changed alphabet
    Standardized spelling
    Removed cases
    Introduced emojis
  • Which era of English included ‘thou’ and ‘thee’?
    Contemporary English
    Middle English
    Early Modern English
    Old English
  • Which is a root word in Modern English?
    Go
    Gone
    Going
    Went
  • What makes Modern English different from Old English?
    Simplified grammar
    No writing system
    More cases
    Fewer vowels
  • Which of these is a loanword from French?
    Wife
    Child
    House
    Government
  • How does learning word origins help English learners?
    Teaches math
    Improves vocabulary
    Helps spelling
    Explains science
  • Where did ‘algebra’ come from?
    Latin
    Arabic
    Greek
    German
  • Which of these words came from Italian?
    Knight
    Piano
    Shield
    Battle
  • Which word is derived from Old Norse?
    Knight
    Table
    Egg
    Bread
  • What is inflection in Old English?
    Changing word endings
    Adding punctuation
    Using capitals
    Changing sentence order
  • What does 'etymology' mean?
    Study of word origins
    Grammar systems
    Syntax rules
    Alphabet history
  • The term ‘vocabulary’ comes from which language?
    Greek
    Latin
    Germanic
    French
  • What did the Norman invasion contribute to English?
    French vocabulary
    Latin grammar
    Scandinavian verbs
    Greek syntax
  • Which word came from Japanese?
    Guitar
    Volcano
    Elephant
    Tsunami
  • Why did English lose most of its inflections?
    Language simplification
    Alphabet changes
    Roman occupation
    Grammar standardization
  • What replaced Old English after the Norman conquest?
    Latin
    Middle English
    Old Norse
    French
  • Why is English considered a hybrid language?
    It borrows from many others
    It is unrelated to other languages
    It has strict grammar rules
    It evolved separately
  • What alphabet was adopted for English writing?
    Cyrillic
    Latin
    Greek
    Runic
  • The word 'beef' came from which language?
    Dutch
    German
    Spanish
    French
  • Which is an example of a Latin loanword?
    Animal
    Sky
    Friend
    Cow
  • Why do some English words have silent letters?
    Pronunciation rules
    French influence
    Leftovers from older spelling
    Alphabet constraints
  • Which is an English word with Germanic roots?
    Banana
    Music
    Strong
    Pizza
  • What is Middle English most associated with?
    The Canterbury Tales
    Beowulf
    The Magna Carta
    Shakespeare
  • Which word class absorbed many French words?
    Nouns
    Conjunctions
    Pronouns
    Verbs
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