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- 1. Multiple Choice
Late Modern English accumulated many more words as a result of two main historical factors:
The Industrial Revolution and the rise of the British Empire
The Battle of Hastings and William the Conqueror became the king of England
Invasion of the Vikings and English becomes the language of education
- 2. Multiple Choice
During the Late Modern English period:
It is less spoken, as it is the language of the poor.
It starts to be used more by the British in a formal way
It starts to be recognized all over the world, with different pronunciations and slangs.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which sentence is in standard English?
He should of took more care
That boy done good
I am not going out
- 4. Multiple Choice
Choose the best option to complete the sentence below.
The developments in ________ and ________________ in the 20th century have resulted in the appearance of thousands of other new words.
Communication and grammar
Science and technology
Pronunciation and science
- 5. Multiple Choice
Late Modern English is marked by a new informal way of communication, that is called idioms, which is basically formed by expressions, abbreviations, smileys, numbers, capital letters, punctuation, etc. This language is normally used on chat room and on message boards. About it choose the best sentence below:
Duz ne1 know 2 make carrot cake? (Does anyone know how to make carrot cake?)
Im fine. c u @ work ( I'm fine. Can you see me at work.)
R u alryt? ( Are you right?)
- 6. Multiple Choice
Complete the sentence below:
_________________ has given us a lot of information about the history of words an expressions and has helped us understand how languages changes over time.
Radios
Dictionaries
Newspapers
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