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  • The words "yoga", "Safari" and "karaoke" come from 3 different languages: Match each word to its correct language Japanese, Swahili and Sanskrit
    Yoga = Sanskrit, Safari = Swahili, karaoke= Japanese
  • What is special about the word "set" in English
    It has more than 430 definitions. Give at least 3 definitions
  • English is the official language of 55 countries.
    False, English is the official language of MORE THAN 55 countries.
  • Name 5 languages that contribute to words in English.
    German, French, Latin, Greek - give an example of at least 2
  • Are the words "selfie" and "emoji" considered proper English words?
    Yes, that is because English is continually evolving and incorporating new words.
  • English has a lot of irregular plurals like child becomes children. Give an example of at least 2 other irregular English plurals
    foot - feet, tooth - teeth, mouse - mice
  • The word alphabet comes from Japanese and Chinese. TRUE / FALSE
    FALSE it comes from the Greek words alpha and beta which are the first two words in the Greek alphabet.
  • Which is the verb that has the most conjugations or forms?
    be - am, is, are, was, were, been, has been, have been, had been, will be, will have been
  • 59% of all websites on the Internet use English. TRUE / FALSE?
    true
  • The words their and there or one and won are special because.....
    They have different meanings but sound the same. They are called homophones.
  • The word "girl" originally meant any young person. TRUE / FALSE
    Yes it was only later that the word girl referred only to young females.
  • Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English - put these language in the correct order according to how many people speak it in the world.
    Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English
  • English has more or less than 170,000 words in use
    true
  • The word "goodbye" is derived from which phrase?
    God be with you
  • Why is the sentence "I am" special?
    It is the shortest English sentence consisting of only 2 words.
  • The word "bat" has 2 meanings because it is a homonym. What are they?
    bat עטלף bat מחבט או לחבוט
  • What is special about the sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"g"
    It contains every letter of the English alphabet
  • The plural of the word fish is fishes TRUE or FALSE?
    FALSE the plural form of many fish is also fish!
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