Topic 42

When did the Norman Conquest of England take place?. 1066. 1086.

What is the name of the battle in which William conquered England?. Hastings. Dorways. Haselm.

Who goes first in order of birth?. Edward the Confessor. Harold Godwinson. William the Conqueror.

The Norman Conquest of 1066 had a profound impact on the ......... .......... The English language. The French language.

Norman French introduced a vast number of new words into the English lexicon, especially in areas such as law, government, art, literature, religion, and the military. Give me a few examples.

With the Normans occupying the upper echelons of society, many terms related to social hierarchy, administration, and titles also entered the language: (give me one example).

The legal system adopted many French terms that are still in use today.

While the core structure of English grammar remained Germanic, the influx of French vocabulary brought subtle shifts:

The phonological system of English was influenced by French, affecting pronunciation and ........patterns.

For several centuries after the conquest, England was a ......society where Norman French was the language of the ruling class and administration, while Old English was spoken by the common people. This ........ environment led to significant language .......and ........

"Ch" was used by French scribes to indicate the initial sound of "child" which in Old English had been spelled simply with "..." as in "....".

The French ..... came to be used generally in the fourteenth century to represent the English long "u".

The diphthong /ui/ is also written "...".

The new French words were quickly assimilated and fused easily and naturally with the native element in English, as is proved by the fact that many of them became the basis of d.......... and ...........

The total number of words adopted during the Middle English period was over ten thousand, of which ..... percent are still in current use.