1) How old is the English language? a) 5 centuries b) 10 centuries c) 16 centuries d) 21 century 2) Who invaded Britain the first? a) tribes from north-western Europe b) aristocracy c) The English d) The Americans 3) How were these tribes (who first inhabited Britain) called? a) The British b) The Vikings c) The Normans d) The Anglo-Saxons 4) The Anglo-Saxons spoke... a) Nothing. They were mute. b) a language similar to German c) the ancient English language d) the French language 5) What happened to the language of the Anglo-Saxons? a) it changed significantly over the next millennium b) they forgot their language c) they standardized it and wrote the first dictionaries d) their language is spoken to this day 6) When did English start changing for the first time? a) in about the 5th century b) in about the 8th century c) in about the 10th century d) it didn't start changing at all 7) From where did the Vikings come? a) Norway and Denmark b) from the entire Scandinavia c) from Sweden and Norway d) from Sweden and Denmark 8) How do we recognize words from the Viking languages? a) they have horns b) there are none in English c) they are called Vinglish d) the havey the 'th' sounds

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