Problem: English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global "lingua franca". Named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to England, it ultimately derives its name from the Anglia (Angeln) peninsula in the Baltic Sea. It is closely related to the Frisian languages, but its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Norse (a North Germanic language), as well as by Latin and Romance languages, particularly French.

English has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century, are called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England, and was a period in which the language was influenced by French. Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London and the King James Bible, and the start of the Great Vowel Shift. Through the worldwide influence of the British Empire, modern English spread around the world from the 17th to mid-20th centuries. Through all types of printed and electronic media, as well as the emergence of the United States as a global superpower, English has become the leading language of international discourse and the "lingua franca" in many regions and in professional contexts such as science, navigation and law.
1. Has english developed over time?
2. when did early modern english begin?
3. when did it become global?
4. when was that?
5. is english most commonly used internationally?
6. when did middle english begin?
7. what kind of language is english?
8. when was english first spoken?
9. in what country?
10. is it related to frisian languages?
11. what has influenced it?
Answer: 1. yes
2. the late 15th century
3. the influence of the British Empire
4. 17th to mid-20th centuries
5. yes
6. the late 11th century
7. a West Germanic language
8. in medieval times
9. England
10. yes
11. other Germanic languages

Q: Woody Guthrie left California for New York in 1940. There he met Alan Lomax, an expert on America's traditional music. He collected and recorded traditional American folk music, which had few fans at that time. When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk music. Lomax recorded many of Woody's songs for the Library of Congress.

Three years later, Woody published a book called Bound for Glory. It was about his early life and travels. From this book people came to learn how Woody had spent his unhappy youth. His mother, Nora Guthrie, died of Huntington's Disease in 1929 when he was only seventeen years old. There was no treatment for the disease. About twenty years later, the disease also began to attack the son. Woody's health got worse and worse, and finally he entered a hospital.

While Woody seemed to be forgotten, his music was not. By the late 1950s, folk music became popular in America. More Americans began listening and playing the songs of Woody Guthrie. Young folk singers came to New York to visit Woody in the hospital. Among them was Bob Dylan, one of America's greatest popular songwriters. He called Woody his hero. Dylan and others copied the way Woody sang and played the guitar. And like Woody, they wrote songs that called for social and political justice .

Woody Guthrie stayed in the hospital until he died in 1967. In the last years of his life, Woody could hardly speak. But his family and friends knew he still believed in the causes he had sung and written about all his life. They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woody's eyes would become brighter and his defiant spirit would shine through.

Answer the following questions:
1. When did Woody leave California?
2. Where did he go?
3. Who did he meet there?
4. What was Alan an expert in?
5. What did he do with the music?
6. Was it popular during that time period?
7. What happened after he sang for him?
8. Where did Woody stay until he passed away?
9. When was that?
10. Was he able to perform at all right before he passed away?
11. What brought happiness and light to him in his final days?
12. What did he write?
13. Did he write anything else?
14. What was it called?
15. What was it about?
16. Who was his mom?
17. What did she pass away from?
18. When was that?
19. How old was he when she passed?
20. What did he die of?
A: 1. 1940
2. NewYork
3. Alan Lomax
4. American music
5. collected and recorded it
6. no
7. Lomax recirded his songs
8. in the hospital
9. 1967
10. noeak.
11. hearing his songs
12. folk music
13. a book
14. Bound for Glory
15. his early life
16. Nora
17. Huntington's Disease
18. 929
19. seventeen
20. Huntington's disease

Problem: Florida theater shooting suspect Curtis Reeves is lonely but confident that his self-defense claim will result in his acquittal, according to jailhouse phone calls released by the state attorney's office.

According to CNN affiliate, Bay News 9, the 71-year-old, who is being held without bail on a second-degree murder charge, also tells his daughter he's concerned about the family's finances.

"I'm more worried about you all than I'm worried about me," he says.

"And we're more worried about you than we are worried about us," Jennifer Shaw, his daughter, responds.

"Well, if all the facts come out we all should be in good shape."

"I know, but we just hate that you have to be in there right now."

In January, Reeves and his wife were attending a showing of "Lone Survivor" at a Wesley Chapel movie theater. Reeves left the theater to report to management that the man in front of him, Chad Oulson, was texting during the previews. When he returned the two exchanged words.

Video from the scene appears to show Oulson snatching Reeves' popcorn off his lap and throwing it at him. Reeves responds instantaneously with a single, fatal gunshot. A preliminary hearing suggested the case will come down to whether a jury believe Reeves was intimidated by Oulson and acted in self-defense, or if Reeves overreacted to Oulson texting.

In the jailhouse tapes, Reeves tells his daughter she can sell some of the family's belongings if necessary.

"If we need money, sell the motorcycle, motorcycle trailer, the kayaks, the trailer and --"
1. Who is the suspect?
2. What is he accused of?
3. Was he granted bail?
4. What is he concerned about?
5. Is his family worried?
6. Who did he allegedly kill?
7. Why?
8. An overreaction to what?
9. Where?
10. How old is Reeves?
11. Was anyone with him at the movies?
12. Who?
13. What movie were they seeing?
14. Had they complained to anyone first?
15. Was there any video of what happened?
16. Does the video show Oulson doing anything?
17. What did he do?
18. Where did he throw it?
19. Did Reeves do anything back?
20. What did he do?
Answer:
1. Curtis Reeves
2. second-degree murder
3. no
4. family finances
5. yes
6. Chad Oulson
7. self-defense or an overreaction
8. Oulson texting
9. a movie theater
10. 71
11. yes
12. his wife
13. "Lone Survivor"
14. yes
15. yes
16. yes
17. snatched Reeves' popcorn off his lap and threw it
18. at Reeves
19. yes
20. responded with a gunshot