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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
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
 
letter A
 
letter I
 
letter O
 
letter E
In English there are...
 
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
The first English dictionary was written in...
 
1755
 
1899
 
1930
 
1616
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
Which word has the highest number of definitions?
 
SET
 
GET
 
GO
 
UP
The official language of the United States of America is...
 
they don't have an official language
 
English
 
Spanish
 
English and Spanish
The 11% of the entire English language is...
 
letter E
 
letter A
 
letter S
 
letter R
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
 
Flutterby
 
Flappity
 
Papillon
 
Schmetterling
What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English?
 
Go!
 
It!
 
Stay!
 
We!
Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
 
one in four
 
one in ten
 
one in one hundred
 
one in one thousand
Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
 
India
 
U.S.A.
 
China
 
United Kingdom
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