So why has English changed over time? 　1 all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English 　2　 in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was quite different from the English spoken today. It was 3 more on German than the English we speak at present. Then 　4 between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers 5 the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use of a 　6　 vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries.

So why has English changed over time? 　1 all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English 　2　 in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was quite different from the English spoken today. It was 　3 more on German than the English we speak at present. Then 　4 between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers 5 the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use of a 　6　 vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries.

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So why has English changed over time? 1.   all languages change and develop when cultures meet and  2.    with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English 3.  today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then   4.between about AD 800 and 1150, English became   5.  like German because those who ruled England spoke first  6.  and later French. These new settlers   7. the English language and especially its   8. . So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British   9.  moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to   10.  too. English began to be spoken in both countries.

Another time five months ago, I __1.____to be upstairs ____2.__when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be _____3._. The dark, the rainy evening, the wind, the __4.______clouds held me ____5.___in their power.

So why has English changed over time? __6._______all languages change and develop when cultures meet and ____7._with each other. At first the English ____8._in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was ___9.___more on German than the English we speak ___10.______.

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1.Another time five months ago, I 56______to be upstairs 57______when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be 58______. The dark, the rainy evening, the wind, the59 ________clouds held me 60________in their power.

57.So why has English changed over time? 61_________all languages change and develop when cultures meet and 62_____with each other. At first the English 63______in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was 64______more on German than the English we speak 65__________.

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So why has English changed over time?     all languages change and develop when cultures meet and       with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English     today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then    between about AD 800 and 1150, English became       like German because those who ruled England spoke first      and later French. These new settlers     the English language and especially its     . So by the 1600's Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British      moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to      too. English began to be spoken in both countries.