If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
letter E
letter A
letter I
letter O
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
in 2011
in 1999
in 2005
in 2021
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
INTERNET
OK
MOVIE
DOLLAR
The first English dictionary was written in...
1899
1930
1755
1616
Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
India
China
U.S.A.
United Kingdom
Which word has the highest number of definitions?
UP
GET
SET
GO
In English there are...
19 consonants and 5 vowels
22 consonants and 5 vowels
21 consonants and 5 vowels
20 consonants and 6 vowels
The official language of the United States of America is...
they don't have an official language
Spanish
English
English and Spanish
Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
one in one hundred
one in four
one in one thousand
one in ten
The 11% of the entire English language is...
letter S
letter E
letter R
letter A
Shakespeare invented a lot of words that are still used today, how many?
500
100
15,000
1,000
The oldest English word that is still in use is...
BREAD
HELP
TOWN
DOG
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
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
Flutterby
Papillon
Schmetterling
Flappity
What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English?
It!
We!
Stay!
Go!