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(The English Language-Where Did It Come From?)
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Julius Caesar (1. ) the island with his Roman army in 55 B.C. and named it
Britain, but soon they (2. ) back to the Continent. In 43 A.D. the Romans invaded
Britain again. They (3. ) strong towns and wonderful roads. During the 5th century
the Romans left and the Angles and the Saxons invaded Britain and (4.) it Angle-
land, or England. The people of Britain (5. ) to speak English. Then the Danes
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and the Vikings invaded the island from the north. The advance was (6.
Alfred in 871, but the Danes (7. ) in the east and left many of their own words.
) Christians, so English (9.)
Meanwhile, the Angles and the Saxons had (8.
) in the church.
many words from Latin, which was widely (10.
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