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Old English

What is another name for the Anglo-Saxon language?

Anglo-Saxon

In what language was Beowulf written?

Middle English

Author Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 - 1400), who wrote "The Canterbury Tales", wrote in what language?

1066

What year was the Norman Invasion of England?

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Great Vowel Shift

What change took place in English in the 1400's which led to the formation of Early Modern English?

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Early Modern English

In what form of English did William Shakespeare (1564-1616) write?

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Modern English

The Industrial Revolution of the 1800s led to many more Greek and Latin roots being added to the English language. What did this help to create?

Germanic

What kind of tribes came to England from 450 - 1066 AD?

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Latin

King Alfred translated books into Anglo-Saxon from what language?

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Early Modern English

Jonathan Swift ("Gulliver's Travels"), John Milton ("Paradise Lost") and William Shakespeare ("Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", etc.) wrote in what historical variant of English?

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