The development of English
AD 450－1150
At first, English was spoken in England.
It was based more on 1) German than the English we speak at present.
AD 800－1150
Because the people who 2) ruled England spoke first Danish and later French, English became 3) less like German.
In the 1600’s
4) Shakespeare made use of a wider
vocabulary than ever before.
In 1620
Some British settlers moved to 5) America.
In the 18th century
Some British people were taken to 6) Australia.
1765－1947
English was spoken in India as well as in Africa and Asia. It became the language for 7) government and education in India.
By the 19th century
The English language was settled.
Two big changes: Samuel Johnson wrote his 8) dictionary.
Noah Webster wrote 9) The American Dictionary of the English Language
and gave a separate identity to 10)_American English spelling.
Now
English is also spoken in
11) India , 12) Singapore ,13) Malaysia, 14) Africa
and so on.