- 1. Modern English is typically defined as the English used after the Great, Vowel Shift, which took place approximately between the late ____ century and ___ century.
A) 15th , 18th
B) 18th , 19th
C) 15th , 17th
- 2. Modern English is often divided into how many sections?
A) Four
B) Two
C) One
D) Three
A) Late Modern English
B) Modern English
C) Early Modern English
- 4. In 1766 he writes the declaration of Independence.
A) Samuel Johnson
B) Jose Rizal
C) Thomas Jefferson
- 5. In what year Samuel Johnson published: The Dictionary of English Language?
A) 1755
B) 1702
C) 1766
- 6. A poem by ________, written in a variety of English known as: Jamaican Creole.
A) Linton Kwesi Johnson
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Samuel Johnson
- 7. ____ is typically defined as the English used after the Great, Vowel Shift, which took place approximately between the late 15th and 18th century.
A) Modern English
B) Early modern English
C) Late Modern English
- 8. In what year The Oxford English Dictionary is published?
A) 1788
B) 1803
C) 1928
D) 1828
- 9. _____, as we know it today, evolved from Early Modern English.
A) English
B) Korean
C) Tagalog
D) Spanish
- 10. In what year Noah Webster published his dictionary?
A) 1788
B) 1828
C) 1803
D) 1928
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