1. Reading Comprehension Test.
The English Language.
Name……………………………………………………………………………… Date………………. Score…../30pts
I.- Complete the following sentences with the appropriate word(s)(10 pts.)
1. It is estimated that there are _________________ to ________________ languages around the
world.
2. English is ____________________________ in origin.
3. ________________________________ languages were spoken all over Europe.
4. Because of the political power of the Roman Empire, ________________________ was spoken
in parts of Britain and in the European continent.
5. The Latin influences continus through medieval and ______________________________ times.
6. The Germanic tribes may have spoken a _______________________________________ language.
7. The word English derives from _____________________________________.
8. The English language can be defined as the ______________________________________ of words
that were selected to appear in the dictionary.
9. The ________________________________________________ is undoubtedly the best resource on
the English language and its history.
II.-Circle the right answer (10 pts.)
1. Which of these languages become the more widespread as a result of the
globalization?
a) English, Spanish, Chinese.

2. b) French, Portuguese, Italian.
c) Greek, Sanskrit, Icelandic.
2. According to the text, Which of these option is a real way to define English?
a) Defined through its people.
b) Defined through its origins.
c) Defined through its polititians.
3. Through what the Latin influence continues during the medieval and
renaissance times?
a) Through the Catholic Church and the intellectual developments such as Humanism
and the Renaissance.
b) Through the Catholic Church and the Globalization.
c) Through the Catholic Church and the Roman settlement.
4. Which of the following are the rules to put the words together into senteces in
the English language?
a) Tenses, Words, Sound patterns.
b) Semantics, Pragmatics, Prepositions.
c) Grammar, Phonetics and phonology, Morphology.
5. How many vowels Modern English has?
a) Between 5 and 8.
b) Has 13 or 14.
c) Has 12 vowels
6. According to the reading, What is one of the major functions of language?
a) Boost the emphasis to the nouns and verbs.

3. b) Create coherence between nouns and adjectives and verbs and adverbs.
c) Indicate who does what to whom and where, when, how and why that occurs.
7. What does express the endings in Old English?
a) Express what a word order and prepositions do in Modern English.
b) Express the coherence between the third person and the present simple.
c) Express what a word order and adverbs do in Old English.
8. According to the texts,Why External changes are unpredictable?
a) Because it is impossible to evaluate in terms of population.
b) Because it is impossible to foresee who will migrate where, or what fashion will catch on.
c) Because it is to foresee the frecuency of migrating patterns in the society.
9. In terms of internal changes in the English Language,Which of these statements is
incorrect?
a) Internal changes occurs when speakers stop using endigns and start to rely on words such
as of and for.
b) Internal changes occurs when the category of a word is reanalyzed.
c) Internal chances are brought about by language contact or innovations by speakers.
10. Internal causes has to do with :
a) It has to do with Linguistic reasons.
b) It has to do with Social, economic, geographical, political, and historical reasons.
c) It has to do with Grammatical reasons.
III. Match the concept of column A with the ones of the column B (10 pts.)

4. A
B
1-OED.
__Synthetic.
2-Modern English.
__Dialect.
3-Semantics.
__External.
4-Register.
__Generates a language.
5-Grammar.
__Taught in schools.
6-Geographical.
__Best language and historical resource.
7-Scandinavian.
__Give.
8-Formal style.
__Occupation or situation.
9-Old English.
__Analytic.
10-Regional.
__The rules for understanding the meaning .