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What's special about these words: first, world, nurse, early, serve?
They all use the same sound: /ɜː/
Find the mistake in this english sentence.
English! The "E" should always begin with a capital E.
What's special about the word "bookkeeper"?
It has 3 consecutive double letters. Unique in English!
What's the name of this symbol "@" in English?
 
at
 
on
 
in
 
email thingy
What's special about the word RHYTHM?
It's the longest word without a vowel
English is the language with the highest number of words (500,000), but an average native speaker uses only...
 
15-20,000 words
 
50,000 words
 
60,000 words
 
9,000 words
Shakespeare invented a lot of words that are still used today, how many?
 
1,000
 
15,000
 
100
 
500
This sentence is a PANGRAM because...
This sentence uses each letter of the alphabet at least once
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
 
letter A
 
letter I
 
letter O
 
letter E
The character &, called ampersand, ...
 
used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet.
 
cannot be found in the keyboard.
 
is not a letter!
 
has never been used!
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 oldest English word that is still in use is...
 
TOWN
 
HELP
 
BREAD
 
DOG
Can you write words that contain the /i/ sound but this sound is spelled differently?
Reels, dream, me, marine, key, happy, ...
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
 
in 2011
 
in 2005
 
in 1999
 
in 2021
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
 
OK
 
DOLLAR
 
INTERNET
 
MOVIE
The official language of the United States of America is...
 
they don't have an official language
 
English
 
Spanish
 
English and Spanish
More English words begin with the letter ? than with any other letter.
 
S
 
T
 
R
 
C
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
 
Flutterby
 
Flappity
 
Papillon
 
Schmetterling
How many English speakers are there in the world?
Approximately 2 Billion (ony 400 million are native speakers)
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,...