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title: Where English came from — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 22 «Where English came from» of the language course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Where English came from

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The 15 questions of lesson 22 «Where English came from» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 84 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/22-where-english-came-from/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t1/) — Your mate goes "English has always been in England, it's English, innit." What's true? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t2/) — Ollie reckons "the Normans banned English, that's why we talk French words". What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t3/) — What would happen if you went back 1,000 years and chatted to an English farmer? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t4/) — Rosa's bro ("bro" means brother) says Middle English is "impossible, it's a different language". What's fairer? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t5/) — Grandad says "back in my day words meant what they meant, forever." What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t6/) — In a game, a knight in 1300 says "bite" exactly like we do. What's off? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t7/) — A tea shop sign says "Ye Olde Sweete Shoppe" and a lad laughs "they said YE back then lol". What's true? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t8/) — Your cousin from Yorkshire says "Shakespeare made up every word, he's mint." ("Mint" means great.) What's fairer? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t9/) — Dad says English is "the biggest language on Earth, end of." Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t10/) — Why might English spelling be so weird today? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t11/) — What would English be like if the Normans had never come? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origins of the English language? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/e2/) — Identify the principal consequence for the English language of the Norman Conquest of 1066. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/e3/) — In respect of the inscription "Ye Olde Tea Shoppe", select the response consistent with the established facts. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/e4/) — Determine which language possesses the greatest number of native speakers. — right ✓ · exam

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