Периоды английской литературы. Карпова В.А - 7 стр.

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dates common poem
call invasion read
Chronicle Alliteration
tongue epic
1. English remains basically a Germanic ________ .
2. Today only a quarter of the words in ________ usage in English are of Old
English derivation.
3. Among the critics who cannot read Old English there are some who are
unkind to the ________ , but Beowulf has its own value.
4. It is difficult to give exact ________ for the rise and development of a
language, because it does not change suddenly.
5. The Old English language, also ________ Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest
form of English.
6. The old language cannot be ________ now except by those who have made
a special study of it.
7. The date 14 October 1066 is remembered for being the last time that England
was successfully ________ .
8. The Anglo-Saxon ________ , begun under King Alfred late in the ninth
century and carried on by various writers in a number of monasteries, has
been called the "first great book in English Prose".
9. A few of the more important folk ________ are: Homer's the Iliad and the
Odyssey, the Old English Beowulf ,the East Indian Mahabharata, the Spanish
Cid, the Finnish Kalevala, the French Song of Roland, and the German
Nibelungenlied.
10. ________ Verse is a term applied to verse forms, usually Germanic or Celtic
in origin, in which the metrical structure is based on some pattern of
repetition of initial sounds within the lines.
Comprehension Activities.
I. Read the following statements. Which of these statements do you think are
correct?
1. In the fifth and sixth centuries, the Angles and Saxons together with the jutes
invaded and conquered Britain.
2. King Alfred is known as "Alfred the Terrible" - the only English monarch to
be given this title.
3. Beowulf is not about England.
4. The successful Norman invasion of England in 1066 brought Britain into the
mainstream of western European culture.
5. Late examples of Anglo-Saxon verse are the "Battle of Maldon" and the
"Battle of Brunan burgh", lyric poems. 
dates                    common                    poem
call                     invasion                  read
Chronicle                Alliteration
tongue                   epic

1. English remains basically a Germanic ________ .
2. Today only a quarter of the words in ________ usage in English are of Old
   English derivation.
3. Among the critics who cannot read Old English there are some who are
   unkind to the ________ , but Beowulf has its own value.
4. It is difficult to give exact ________ for the rise and development of a
   language, because it does not change suddenly.
5. The Old English language, also ________ Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest
   form of English.
6. The old language cannot be ________ now except by those who have made
   a special study of it.
7. The date 14 October 1066 is remembered for being the last time that England
   was successfully ________ .
8. The Anglo-Saxon ________ , begun under King Alfred late in the ninth
   century and carried on by various writers in a number of monasteries, has
   been called the "first great book in English Prose".
9. A few of the more important folk ________ are: Homer's the Iliad and the
   Odyssey, the Old English Beowulf ,the East Indian Mahabharata, the Spanish
   Cid, the Finnish Kalevala, the French Song of Roland, and the German
   Nibelungenlied.
10.________ Verse is a term applied to verse forms, usually Germanic or Celtic
   in origin, in which the metrical structure is based on some pattern of
   repetition of initial sounds within the lines.

                           Comprehension Activities.

I.    Read the following statements. Which of these statements do you think are
      correct?

1. In the fifth and sixth centuries, the Angles and Saxons together with the jutes
   invaded and conquered Britain.
2. King Alfred is known as "Alfred the Terrible" - the only English monarch to
   be given this title.
3. Beowulf is not about England.
4. The successful Norman invasion of England in 1066 brought Britain into the
   mainstream of western European culture.
5. Late examples of Anglo-Saxon verse are the "Battle of Maldon" and the
   "Battle of Brunan burgh", lyric poems.

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