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