In English the alphabet contains...
20 consonants and 6 vowels
22 consonants and 5 vowels
19 consonants and 5 vowels
21 consonants and 5 vowels
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
in 1999
in 2005
in 2021
in 2011
How many English speakers are there in the world?
Approximately 2 Billion (ony 400 million are native speakers)
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
DOLLAR
INTERNET
MOVIE
OK
Can you write words that contain the /i/ sound but this sound is spelled differently?
Reels, dream, me, marine, key, happy, ...
What's special about the word "bookkeeper"?
It has 3 consecutive double letters. Unique in English!
The oldest English word that is still in use is...
TOWN
HELP
BREAD
DOG
Shakespeare invented a lot of words that are still used today, how many?
100
1,000
500
15,000
The character &, called ampersand, ...
used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet.
cannot be found in the keyboard.
has never been used!
is not a letter!
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,...
Find the mistake in this english sentence.
English! The "E" should always begin with a capital E.
What's the name of this symbol "@" in English?
on
in
at
email thingy
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
Flappity
Papillon
Schmetterling
Flutterby
The official language of the United States of America is...
English and Spanish
they don't have an official language
English
Spanish
What's special about these words: first, world, nurse, early, serve?
They all use the same sound: /ɜː/
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
letter A
letter E
letter I
letter O
This sentence is a PANGRAM because...
This sentence uses each letter of the alphabet at least once
More English words begin with the letter ? than with any other letter.
S
R
C
T
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
What's special about the word RHYTHM?
It's the longest word without a vowel