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Early and Late Modern English

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(33 votes)
6 questions
English
Test your knowledge of the development and characteristics of Early and Late Modern English
1

Which period is known as Early Modern English?

1500-1700

1100-1500

1700-1900

1900-present

49% got this right

Shakespeare's works were written in Early Modern English.
2

Which famous writer is associated with Early Modern English?

William Shakespeare

Charles Dickens

Geoffrey Chaucer

Noah Webster

78% got this right

3

Which period is known as Late Modern English?

1800-present

1100-1500

1700-1800

1700-1900

Hard  34% got this right

4
AI Generated

Arrange these English periods in chronological order.

1.

Old English

2.

Middle English

3.

Early Modern English

4.

Late Modern English

Easy  92% got this right

5

What is a word formation?

The process of creating new words or forms of words

The process of combining words to form sentences

The process of destroying existing words

The process of translating words into different languages

48% got this right

6

The main differences between Early Modern English and Late Modern English are vocabulary and ...

Pronunciation

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