4 Periods of English 🇬🇧📜☕️

2. The ____ sentence construction was established as the standard in the Middle English period.
4. Greek and _____ words were added to the English Lexicon to express abstract ideas and concepts.
5. ________ verbs developed during the Early-Modern English period.
6. Which language did the vikings bring to the British Isles in the 8th to 11th centuries?
8. The letters /u/ and /v/ were used ___________ during the Middle English period.
9. Which verb inflection is retained in Modern English?
11. The ______ keyboard is the most prominent keyboard layout.
13. Which alphabet was later adopted in Old English?
15. _______ ______ led to the codification of syntatic patterns and made them more regular.
16. ____________ led to the expansion of Modern English.
18. What grammatical feature of Old English is not used in Mordern English?
19. The Brythonic and _______ languages were already spoken in the British Isles.

1. The Great _____ Shift occured during the Early-Modern English period.
2. During the Early-Modern English period, ___________ contributed more than 1700 words to the English lexicon.
3. The fixed SVO sentence structure allowed ________ morphemes to be dropped.
7. Inflectional ___________ were being used less and less during the Early-Modern English period.
10. _______ took on a standard form '-s' by the end of the Middle English period.
12. __________ jargon became increasingly visible during the Modern English period.
14. American English utilises _______ pronounciations.
17. _______ became the offcial language of Britain after the Norman invasion in 1066.