Exam 1: History of the English Language and Literature

The dialect of Middle English in which Chaucer wrote his poems

The authorized version of Bible was made according to the suggestions of ……….

The earliest possible end of Proto- Indo- European linguistic unity is believed to be around

The history of the English Bible begins with the work of …………..in 1526

The vocabulary of the authorized version of the Bible adopted mainly from…..

The influence of Renaissance is most clearly seen in the introduction of a large number of …….. and …………… words into English during the early modern English period.

The term Inkhorn term refers to………..words and expressions borrowed indiscriminately from the classical languages

Authorized version of Bible was published in…………

……………is the last branch of Indo European languages to appear in written form.

The term applied to certain changes in vowel in accented syllables owing to the influence of neighbouring sounds

In which language most of the ancient Greek poetry and prose were written?

………….had translated the Bible in 1588

…………was the dialect of the Jutes who were the earliest settlers in Britain

Most of the important literary works of the Old English period were written in the ………. dialect

Indo European language are believe to derive from a hypothetical language known as……………..

Identify a word from French language which is common in usage.

The earliest surviving written evidence of a Greek language is………….

Beowulf was written in ………..dialect

During the Middle English period English came under the strong influence of the ………..language.

Insular celtic flourished in………….