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Lexical Analysis Test - Correction
Lexical Analysis Test - Correction
1. _T_ The Germanic tribes arrived in the British Isles in 449 AD.
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2. _F_ English officially starts when the Normans leave Britain.
___when the Germanic tribes reach the Britain isles_______________________
3. _T_ Celtic languages were spoken all over Europe.
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4. _T_ The word English derives from the Angles
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5. _F_ Half of the vocabulary of English comes from Norwegian and Swedish.
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6. _F_ Modern English has 5 or 6 different vowels.
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7. _T_ French became the language of the nobility and the court.
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8. _T_ A creole is acquired by children growing up and is used in all domains and its
considered a native language.
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9. _F_ After 1800 English speakers started to spread around the world.
_______1600_____________________________________________________
10.
_T_ It is estimated that there are 6000 to 7000 languages in the world.
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2. From what language are borrowed this words? Egg, keel, ill, odd.
a) French
b) Latin
c) Scandinavian
d) Celtic
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2. Why the year 1500 is chosen as the end of Middle English? 4 points.
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