Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
U.S.A.
United Kingdom
India
China
Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
one in ten
one in one hundred
one in four
one in one thousand
What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English?
Stay!
We!
Go!
It!
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
Flappity
Papillon
Schmetterling
Flutterby
The 11% of the entire English language is...
letter A
letter S
letter E
letter R
The official language of the United States of America is...
Spanish
English and Spanish
they don't have an official language
English
Which word has the highest number of definitions?
SET
GET
UP
GO
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
INTERNET
OK
DOLLAR
MOVIE
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
in 2021
in 2011
in 2005
in 1999
How many ways are there to spell the sound /i:/?
12
3
7
8
The first English dictionary was written in...
1930
1899
1755
1616
The oldest English word that is still in use is...
HELP
BREAD
TOWN
DOG
In English there are...
22 consonants and 5 vowels
19 consonants and 5 vowels
20 consonants and 6 vowels
21 consonants and 5 vowels
Poets hate 'purple', 'orange' and 'silver' because...
they only have two vowels
they are very strange colours
they are difficult to spell
they have no rhyming words
The character &, called ampersand, ...
has never been used!
is not a letter!
used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet.
cannot be found in the keyboard.
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
letter I
letter A
letter O
letter E
