Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
United Kingdom
U.S.A.
India
China
Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
one in four
one in one hundred
one in ten
one in one thousand
What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English?
It!
We!
Stay!
Go!
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
Flappity
Flutterby
Papillon
Schmetterling
The 11% of the entire English language is...
letter R
letter S
letter E
letter A
The official language of the United States of America is...
they don't have an official language
Spanish
English and Spanish
English
Which word has the highest number of definitions?
GO
SET
UP
GET
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
OK
INTERNET
MOVIE
DOLLAR
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
in 1999
in 2021
in 2005
in 2011
The first English dictionary was written in...
1755
1930
1616
1899
The oldest English word that is still in use is...
HELP
TOWN
DOG
BREAD
In English there are...
19 consonants and 5 vowels
22 consonants and 5 vowels
20 consonants and 6 vowels
21 consonants and 5 vowels
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
letter I
letter O
letter A
letter E
Shakespeare invented a lot of words that are still used today, how many?
1,000
15,000
500
100
English is the language with the highest number of words (500,000), but an average native speaker uses only...
15-20,000 words
60,000 words
50,000 words
9,000 words
