What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
Papillon
Schmetterling
Flutterby
Flappity
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
in 2011
in 1999
in 2021
in 2005
Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
one in one thousand
one in ten
one in four
one in one hundred
Shakespeare invented a lot of words that are still used today, how many?
15,000
100
1,000
500
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
letter E
letter A
letter I
letter O
Which word has the highest number of definitions?
SET
GET
UP
GO
The first English dictionary was written in...
1899
1616
1755
1930
The oldest English word that is still in use is...
HELP
DOG
BREAD
TOWN
Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
China
United Kingdom
U.S.A.
India
The 11% of the entire English language is...
letter S
letter A
letter R
letter E
In English there are...
19 consonants and 5 vowels
21 consonants and 5 vowels
20 consonants and 6 vowels
22 consonants and 5 vowels
The official language of the United States of America is...
English
Spanish
English and Spanish
they don't have an official language
What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English?
Stay!
Go!
We!
It!
English is the language with the highest number of words (500,000), but an average native speaker uses only...
9,000 words
50,000 words
15-20,000 words
60,000 words
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
INTERNET
DOLLAR
OK
MOVIE