4. THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN
SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, WALES, IRELAND)
Britain
Angles
Jutes
Saxons
GERMANY
5. PROTO ENGLISH
o Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Frisian, Jutes and
Franks) gave rise to the English language.
o They traded and fought with and lived alongside
the Latin-speaking peoples of the Roman Empire.
8. EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
(The Late 15th to the Late 17th
Century)
Adoption of many foreign words, especially
borrowings from Latin and Greek since
the Renaissance.
9. MODERN ENGLISH
(From 17th Century to Present)
Many more words, arising from the Industrial
Revolution and the technology that created a
need for new words as well as international
development of the language.
10. GRAMMATICAL CHANGES
(Evolution of English Pronouns)
Interrogative Pronouns
Middle Modern
Case Old English
English English
Nominative hwā who who
hwone /
Accusative
hwæne
Masculine/Fe whom who / whom
minine hwām
Dative
(Person) / hwǣm
Instrumental
Genitive hwæs whos whose
Nominative hwæt what
Accusative hwæt
what
hwām what / whom
Neuter (Thing) Dative
/ hwǣm
Instrumental hwȳ / hwon why why
11. BRITISH ENGLISH VS.
AMERICAN ENGLISH
Pronunciation
o teacher, four, father, brother, car
AE [r] BE [ ]
o ask, class, glass, mask, last, answer
AE [æ ] BE : [ a ]
o believe, beyond, before, between
AE [ə ] BE [ i ]
12. BRITISH ENGLISH VS.
AMERICAN ENGLISH
Spelling
American English British English
color
colour
- favorite, armor, parlor, harbor
center
centre
- theater, meter, saber
dialog
dialogue
- catalog, prolog
travel
travel
- marvel, jewely
critisize
critisise
- memorize, critisize
plow plough
13. BRITISH ENGLISH VS.
AMERICAN ENGLISH
Vocabulary
American English British English
trucks lorry
candies sweets
vacation holiday
elevator lift
soccer football
movies films
14. BRITISH ENGLISH VS.
AMERICAN ENGLISH
Grammar
American English British English
You must come and visit me really
You must come visit me real soon.
soon.
He dove into the water. He dived into the water.
Go get your book. Go and fetch your book.
Do you have any siblings? Have you got any brothers or sisters?