Objectives of Teaching English

1. English belongs to which family of languages?
Ans:  Indo-European
2. Famous book in Middle English is-
Ans:  Prologue to Canterbury Tales
3. A combination of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman gave birth to -
Ans:  Middle English
4. The first English Dictionary -
Ans:  A Table Alphabetical
5. 'Beowulf' was written in -
Ans:  Old English
6. Many Greek and Latin words found a place in English during the period of-
Ans:  Late Modern English
7. Language is primarily -
Ans:  Speech
8. The popular theory with regard to the evolution of language is-
Ans:  Divine gift theory
9. "Language is a system of arbitrary Vocal symbols" is said by-
Ans:  Ward Haugh
10. The system of sounds is known as-
Ans:  Phonology
11. The linguistic ability of a human being to talk about things in past and future denotes -
Ans:  Language exhibits displacement
12. The status of 'Library Language' was given to English by-
Ans:  Kothari Commission
13. The term 'Great Vowel Shift' was coined by-
Ans:  Jesperson
14. 'Great Vowel Shift' stands for-
Ans:  Change in the pronunciation
15. "Language learning is essentially a habit forming process" was said by-
Ans:  Palmer