History of English: mock-up test

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• What are the Picts called today? Scots, Celts, Welsh
• The tribe that came in the Germanic invasion from Jutland were called: Jutes, Angles, Saxons
• The tribes called the Angles and Saxons gave name to the language... anglo-saxon
• The English words egg, cake, husband, knife and Thursday became part of the English language because of what invasions? viking invasions
• What Swedish word became the English word 'Husband'? husbonde
• Which of these places were Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms? East Anglia/ Kent / Essex, Wales/ Scotland /Jutes, North Ireland/ Wessex /Sussex
• A big reason for why Norse settlers and their language became widespread in Britain was because of intermarriage between Norse men and Anglo-Saxon women.
• The 'Norse' region of England during the late 9th century was called Danelaw where primarily Danish settlers made a sort of new country where they ruled the land.
• Hwæt is the old english word for... what
• Butere is the old english word for... butter
• The old English word for cup is cuppa and today it means a cup of tea
• Heofonum is the old english word for... heaven
• The regions of England which shape a lot of the dialects are called the North and South of England and a third one - what is that region called? Midlands
• What is the inner circle of English native speakers
• The 2nd circle consists of old colonies and mainly countries that have English as an official language - what is the circle called? outer circle
• Every English speaker in the world belongs to the third circle of English - what is it called? expanding circle
• Pick the correct definition of cultural imperialism When one culture becomes dominant and spreads its ideas and values so widely that it weakens or replaces local cultures, The process by which one nation uses political or military force to control another country’s government, The peaceful exchange and mutual appreciation of cultural ideas and traditions between different societies through globalization
• What is a language shift? When speakers of a community gradually stop using their original language and start using another language more often, When two languages blend together over time to form a new mixed language used by a community, When a government officially replaces one national language with another through law or policy
• What does code-switching mean? When a speaker alternates between two or more languages or language varieties within a single conversation or even a single sentence, When a community permanently replaces its native language with a more dominant or widely spoken language over time, When people change their accent or pronunciation to sound more like speakers of a different dialect or social group
• A language that is used as a common or shared language between people who speak two totally different native languages is called what? lingua franca
• What is the other name for different varieties of English (they are not dialects but their own versions of English like South African or Indian English) world englishes

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