The Story of English
10 questions on chapter 1
1. The English language existed already when Julius Caesar landed in Britain.
2. Between 750 million and 1 billion people speak English, according to the authors.
3. English is a foreign language in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Singapore.
4. The Education act of 1870 was important in the establishment of the King’s English and the Received Pronunciation.
5. The terms U and Non-U refer to upper-class and non-upper-class varieties respectively.
6. American broadcasting developed an all-American accent known as ‘Network Standard’.
7. President John Kennedy was admired as a speaker of ‘Network Standard’.
8. R.K. Narayan and Chinua Achebe use Nigerian and Indian English, respectively.
9. Successive French governments have welcomed the spread of English words in French.
10.George Bernard Shaw was the most famous champion of simplified spelling.
