ENADE 2017: Considering the excerpt above about the history of English, choose the correct option

ENADE 2017: Considering the excerpt above about the history of English, choose the correct option

Many students having difficulty understanding Shakespeare would be surprised to learn that he wrote in Modern English, but Elizabethan English has much more in common with our language today than it does with the language of Chaucer. Many familiar words and phrases were coined or first recorded by Shakespeare. Newcomers to Shakespeare are often shocked at the number of clichés contained in his plays, until they realize that he coined them and they became clichés afterwards. "One fell swoop," "vanish into thin air,” and "flesh and blood" are all Shakespeare's.

One major factor which influenced the language and served to separate Middle and Modern English was the Great Vowel Shift, a change in pronunciation that began around 1400. While Modern English speakers can read Chaucer with some difficulty, Chaucer's pronunciation would have been completely unintelligible to the modern ear. Shakespeare, on the other hand, would be accented, but understandable. Vowel sounds began to be made further to the front of the mouth and the letter “e" at the end of words became silent. Chaucer's Lyf (pronounced "leef”) became the modern life. In Middle English, five was pronounced "feef”, and down was pronounced "doon".

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“Access on: Jul. 19th 2017 (adapted).

ENADE 2017: Considering the excerpt above about the history of English, choose the correct option.

A) Chaucer's English was influenced by the Great Vowel Shift.

B) “One fell swoop” is an example of a cliché used in English during Chaucer's time.

C) The examples used to explain the Great Vowel Shift show that long vowels became diphthongs.

D) Chaucer and Shakespeare are two writers who produced English literature at the same period.

E) It would be easier to listen to Chaucer's English than to Shakespearean English due to the Great Vowel Shift.

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C) The examples used to explain the Great Vowel Shift show that long vowels became diphthongs.

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