Can you think of English speaking countries? Name as many as you can!
USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines, Malta, The Bahamas, Jamaica, India,...
How many English speakers are there in the world?
Approximately 2 Billion (ony 400 million are native speakers)
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
Papillon
Schmetterling
Flappity
Flutterby
More English words begin with the letter ? than with any other letter.
T
R
C
S
The official language of the United States of America is...
English and Spanish
they don't have an official language
English
Spanish
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
MOVIE
OK
INTERNET
DOLLAR
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
in 2011
in 1999
in 2005
in 2021
Can you write words that contain the /i/ sound but this sound is spelled differently?
Reels, dream, me, marine, key, happy, ...
The oldest English word that is still in use is...
BREAD
TOWN
DOG
HELP
In English the alphabet contains...
21 consonants and 5 vowels
20 consonants and 6 vowels
22 consonants and 5 vowels
19 consonants and 5 vowels
The character &, called ampersand, ...
used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet.
is not a letter!
has never been used!
cannot be found in the keyboard.
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
letter A
letter O
letter I
letter E
This sentence is a PANGRAM because...
This sentence uses each letter of the alphabet at least once
Shakespeare invented a lot of words that are still used today, how many?
100
15,000
500
1,000
English is the language with the highest number of words (500,000), but an average native speaker uses only...
9,000 words
50,000 words
60,000 words
15-20,000 words
What's special about the word RHYTHM?
It's the longest word without a vowel
