English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Question 1

What does the American-English Dictionary Called?

Answer 1

Meriam Webster

Question 2

Who invaded the britain?

Answer 2

Anglo-Saxon

Question 3

It is considered as the most famous english literature up to day

Answer 3

Beowulf

Question 4

How many English words are added during the Viking Invasion?

Answer 4

2k words in English Vocabulary

Question 5

What are the two major factors during the late modern english?

Answer 5

1.Industrial Revolution
2.English-Speaking world

Question 6

What are the 3 germanic tribes called?

Answer 6

Angles
Saxon
Jutes

Question 7

It is called as the war smith

Answer 7

Angles

Question 8

_______ was left to
the peasants and despite its less glamorous status, it continued to develop and grow by
adopting a whole host of Latin and French words

Answer 8

Old English

Question 9

What are the 4 devided kingdoms in britain?

Answer 9

Northumbria
Mercia
East Anglia
Wessex

Question 10

What is the language of Angles?

Answer 10

Angle-ish

Question 11

What is the best known book during the Moddern English Period?

Answer 11

King James Version of the Bible

Question 12

What is the language of the celt?

Answer 12

Celtics

Question 13

What are the 3 periods of English?

Answer 13

Old English
Middle English
-Modern English
-Earlyn Modern English
Late Modern English

Question 14

Angle-ish + Celtics =?

Answer 14

Old English

Question 15

Vocabulary alone
is increasing at a pace of approximately _______ new and approved words per year. This
dramatic increase in new words is largely due to technology.

Answer 15

1k words

Question 16

What is the language of the Vikings?

Answer 16

Old Norse

Question 17

a member of the Indo-European family of language.

Answer 17

English

Question 18

Aims to improve your communication skills by using the language skillfully and appropriately in the academic context as well as in the professional settings.

Answer 18

English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Question 19

Who introduced the printing press?

Answer 19

William Caxton

Question 20

Who is the Duke of Normandy invaded and conquered
England

Answer 20

William the Conqueror

Question 21

He publishes his
American-English
dictionary

Answer 21

Noah Webster

Question 22

The Norman
invasion established _____ as the language of royals and of power

Answer 22

French

Question 23

Who’s the author of “The Canterburry Tale”

Answer 23

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 24

a
sudden and distinct change in pronunciation started, with vowels
being pronounced shorter and shorter.

Answer 24

The Great Vowel Shift

Question 25

How many words does Shakespeare invented during the modern English period?

Answer 25

1.7k words

Question 26

What are the famous works of Shakespeare?

Answer 26

Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet

Question 27

It was published by Robert Cawdrey

Answer 27

Table Alphabeticall (1604)

Question 28

The first daily English-language newspaper

Answer 28

The Daily Courant

Question 29

Who wrote this “A Dictionary of the English Language”.?

Answer 29

Samuel Johnson (1735)