AQA English Language A2: Old English 500AD - 1000AD

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Who laid down the foundations of the English Language in the beginning of the 3rd century?
Anglo - Saxons
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What was the West Germanic language known as?
Englisc
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What was one of the most distinctive features of Old English?
inflection system
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What grammar structures were used?
subject + object + verb
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Which word doesn't have Anglo- Saxon origin: time, person, thing?
person
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Does Old English or Modern English have a less varied word order (syntax) structure?
Modern English
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What was the West Germanic language known as?

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Englisc

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What was one of the most distinctive features of Old English?

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What grammar structures were used?

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Which word doesn't have Anglo- Saxon origin: time, person, thing?

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