(B1-B2) English facts

What is the most common adjective used in English? A) happy; B) good; C) new; D) great

Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world? (a) England (b) United States (c) China (d) India (e) Australia

Average native speakers of age 8 already know ..... words A) 10,000; B) 5,000; C) 2,000

What is the most commonly used letter in the English language? e; i; a; c

If you learn only ..... of the most frequently-used lemmas in English, you'll be able to understand 75% of the language as it is spoken in normal life. A) 2000; B) 800; C) 500

Typically native speakers know ........... word families - or lemmas - in their first language.

To understand dialogue in film or TV you'll need to know the ... most common lemmas. A) 1,000; B) 2,000; C) 3,000

Which is right? 90 % of everything written in English uses: A)1000 words; B) 2000 words; C) 4000 words; D)10 000 words

The most common vocabulary size for foreigners is .... words

In approximately how many countries does the English language have official or special status? (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 35 (d) 50 (e) 75

Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world? (a) dollar (b) okay (c) Internet (d) sex (e) movie

The estimated number of words currently in use in the English language is: A) 471,146; B) 371,146; C) 271,146; D) 171,146

You need to know ..... to understand written texts (novels, newspaper and magazine articles).

A new word is added to the dictionary every .... A) 2 hours; B) 2 days; C) 2 weeks; D) 2 years

Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English? (a) one person in 1,000 (b) one in a 100 (c) one in 10 (d) one in four