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English language quiz

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    The English Language
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  • What is the most common letter in the English Language?
    E
    S
    G
    T
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  • How many different ways can you pronounce "ough"? 3, 6, 9, 12
    9 ways - “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.”
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  • How many times can you write "had" in a row in one sentence? 5 ,7,11,13?
    11. James, while John had had "had," had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
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  • How many words make up 33% of English writing? 25, 100, 500, 1000?
    25
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  • About how many words are there in the English Language?
    2 million
    100,000
    250,000
    500,000
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  • How many words can end in -gry?
    8
    2
    20
    4
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  • What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence?
    I am.
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  • The second longest word in the English Language - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious means...
    Terrible
    Boring
    Fantastic
    Impossible
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  • Name a word that does not ryhme with any other
    month, orange, silver, purple
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  • How many words make up 90% of written English?
    100
    1000
    500
    50
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  • How many countries have English as an official language?
    67
    182
    31
    103
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  • What is the most common word in the English Language?
    the
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