English and its history Old English In the middle of the 5 th century, the language 1.________ in Britain was Celtic. Then Britain was 2.________ by the Angles and the Saxons, who brought their language into Old English. At the end of the 9 th century, the Vikings created Old English, 3._______ their languages with Anglo-Saxon. By the 10 th century, Old English, had become the 4.________ language of English. Middle English In 1066, England was 5._______ by the Normans, but French didn ’ t take the 6._____ of English as the first language. By the latter half of the 14 th century, English had been 7.________used among all classes in England. 8.________ English Vocabulary and pronunciation also went 9._________ great changes during the Renaissance. It is 10.________ that English will continue developing in the future.