Universidad cat贸lica de la Ssma. Concepci贸n Facultad de educaci贸n Reading comprehension test Lexical analysis of the English Language NAME: _______________________________________ DATE: ____________ MARK: ______ I.
Answer the following questions. 1) Compare Modern English with Old English. (4 points) __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ 2) Explain the differences between external and internal changes in a language. (4 points) __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
II. TRUE /FALSE: guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F) : (1 point each) 1.
T/F Despite the fact that some languages were displaced some of them are being revitalized.
2.
T/F Half of the vocabulary of English comes from French and Latin.
3.
T/F Scandinavian tribes brought what is to become English.
4.
T/F The British Isles were influenced of many tribes, and the word English derives from one of these tribes- the Angles.
5.
T/F Only we need to know the vocabulary for learning English.
6.
T/F The number of languages is decreasing rapidly whereas others become more widespread because of globalization.
7.
T/F Consonants clusters are not usual in English words.
8.
T/F Old English had the lack of grammatical words such as of, the and we whereas Modern English has twice as many.
9.
T/F One of the many Celtic tribes who inhabited the British Isles may have given the name Britain and British.
10.
T/F English officially starts when the Germanic tribes and their
language arrived in the British Isles.
1.
Match a word from 1-6 with the correct statement. (2 point each) 1. Old English. 2. External changes. 3. Standard language. 4. Internal changes. 5. Sociolinguistic.
6. Middle English. a)English uses more grammatical words. b)The language of one social or regional group, typically taught in schools spoken and written
by
journalists.
c)The branch that is particularly in varieties in language. d)English has numerous endings. e)Politically, geographically and socially motivated change. f)Linguistically motivated change. Answer key I. 1) There are many differences in the grammatical structure of the language and vocabulary between Modern and Old English. For example It is more than evident that words and pronunciation have change, and the lack of grammatical words in Old English whereas has many. 2) The external changes are changes caused by speakers of differents languages or issues of political or social social identity. These changes are unpredictible because yo can not predict who will migrate where. The internal changes have to be with linguisitic changes. These changes are more predictible. II.1)T 2)T 3)F
4)T 5)F 6)T 7)F 8)T 9)T 10)T III. 1d - 2e - 3b - 4f - 5c - 6a