Latin borrowings in Middle English were mostly:, Everyday words, Scientific terms only, Learned in character, Slang expressions, Which of the following shows three levels of synonyms?, fire – flame – conflagration, run – walk – jump, big – large – small, cold – cool – warm, About how many Scandinavian borrowings entered English?, 200, 400, 650, 1000, Which Old English word was replaced by Scandinavian “call”?, what, clypian, steorfan, bloma, The Old English word “niman” was replaced by:, give, take, call, bring, What does Modern English “starve” mean today?, To sleep, To die, To die from hunger, To cry, What happened to many Old English prefixes in Middle English?, Became more productive, Lost productivity, Became verbs, Turned into suffixes, Which of the following prefixes was still productive in Middle English?, for-, with-, mis-, over-, Which suffix is used to form nouns?, -ish, -ness, -ful, -ly, The suffix -en is used to form:, Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Scandinavian borrowings were mostly:, Rare and technical, Everyday high-frequency words, Only scientific terms, Religious vocabulary, Which pronouns were borrowed from Scandinavian?, he, she, I, you, they, them, their, we, us, French borrowings were especially common in:, Farming only, Science only, Government, war, religion, Family life only, Which pair shows English vs French food terms?, cow – beef, dog – meat, bird – egg, fish – water, What is “conversion” in word formation?, Adding prefixes, Adding suffixes, Changing word class without form change, Borrowing from other languages.

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