Read and answer the questions.

1. Why did the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes come from? 2. Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English language? 3. What was the German plural form replaced by? 4. Which King of England used English for all official occasions? 5. When did Modern English appear?

2. Because each word or phrase came from a different language.

1. They came from the European mainland.

3. It was replaced by the French way of making plurals.

4. King Henry Ⅳ.

5. During the Renaissance in the 16th century.