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