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Name _________________________________ Period _____ Date ______________ A Brief History of the English Language, or Why English is Hard to Spell! Notes on the PowerPoint Presentation (Slide 3) How did the English language get to North America? English immigrants came to Jamestown and Plymouth in the early _______________ (Slides 4-5) English is a member of the _______________________subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. (6) English is the official language of _______ nations. (7) English is spoken by about _______________________ people. (8) English is one of two working languages of the United Nations. The other one is ___________. (9) English is the mother tongue of the _______________ Isles. (10) English spread because of British _______________________, colonization, and empire building during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. (12) In the middle of the fifth century, Mr. Dean (oops), I mean ___________________invaders brought their languages to the British Isles. (13) Christian missionaries brought the _______________ language. Invaders from _________________________ also brought their languages. (14) By the ninth century _______________________had become standard English. (15) Today _______________of the English words we use come from this Ango-Saxon English. (16) In the eleventh century, Ms. Fry (oops, again!), I mean Norman conquerors brought the __________________ language to Britain. The rulers, and the wealthy and upper-class people mainly spoke this language. Pig or Pork?

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A Brief History of the English Language, or Why English is Hard to Spell

Name _________________________________ Period _____ Date ______________

A Brief History of the English Language,

or Why English is Hard to Spell!

Notes on the PowerPoint Presentation

(Slide 3) How did the English language get to North America?

English immigrants came to Jamestown and Plymouth in the early _______________

(Slides 4-5) English is a member of the _______________________subfamily of the

Indo-European family of languages.

(6) English is the official language of _______ nations.

(7) English is spoken by about _______________________ people.

(8) English is one of two working languages of the United Nations. The other one is ___________.

(9) English is the mother tongue of the _______________ Isles.

(10) English spread because of British _______________________, colonization, and empire building during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

(12) In the middle of the fifth century, Mr. Dean (oops), I mean ___________________invaders brought their languages to the British Isles.

(13) Christian missionaries brought the _______________ language.

Invaders from _________________________ also brought their languages.

(14) By the ninth century _______________________had become standard English.

(15) Today _______________of the English words we use come from this Ango-Saxon English.

(16) In the eleventh century, Ms. Fry (oops, again!), I mean Norman conquerors brought the __________________ language to Britain. The rulers, and the wealthy and upper-class people mainly spoke this language.

(17) ___________________ was the official language of England for more than _______ years.

(18) So ___________________ of our vocabulary is from French/Romantic origins.

(19) In the fourteenth century, __________________ again became the language of the English upper classes.

(20) There are three periods of the English language:

1) Old English or Anglo-Saxon to about ___________

2) Middle English to about ______________

3) Modern English to __________________

English words come from all over! (list two or more for each):

(23) From Anglo-Saxon we get _________________________________________________

(24) From Latin Christianity we get ______________________________________________

(25) From Scandinavian Settlers we get ___________________________________________

(26) From Norman French and Vulgar Latin we get _________________________________

(27) From Latin and Greek we get _______________________________________________

(28) From other places over the past _______ years we get ___________________________

(29) The origins of a word is called its ____________________________________________

(38) One of the best ways to increase your vocabulary is to learn ____________ ______________.

Pig or Pork?