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At the end of the 16th century, about seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived 【小题1】 England. At first the English 【小题2】 (speak) in England between AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.It was based more on German【小题3】the English we speak at present.
【小题4】(gradual), English became less like German because those【小题5】ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers 【小题6】(enrich) the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespare was able to use a 【小题7】(wide) vocabulary than ever before. In 1620, some British settlers moved to America.
Finally by the 19th century the language【小题8】(settle). At that time, two big changes in English【小题9】(spell) happened. First Shakespeare, who enlarged the English vocabulary and the 【小题10】 Noah Webster gave American English its own identity.
