Which word has the highest number of definitions?
UP
GO
SET
GET
A pangram is...
is a tense no longer in use
is the union of three letters in English like in thouGHT
a sentence using each letter of the alphabet at least once
a word which can be read by both sides
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...
is not in the dictionary
is the longest word in English
is a word that doesn't exist
isn't the longest word in English
The character &, called ampersand, ...
is not a letter!
has never been used!
used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet.
cannot be found in the keyboard.
The 11% of the entire English language is...
letter E
letter S
letter R
letter A
Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
U.S.A.
China
United Kingdom
India
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
60,000 words
15-20,000 words
Words we always use even though they add no meaning to a sentence, like 'honestly', 'actually', 'basically', 'like' are called...
crutch words
scrunchies words
creamy words
crooked words
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
INTERNET
OK
MOVIE
DOLLAR
In English there are...
22 consonants and 5 vowels
19 consonants and 5 vowels
20 consonants and 6 vowels
21 consonants and 5 vowels
Poets hate 'purple', 'orange' and 'silver' because...
they are difficult to spell
they are very strange colours
they only have two vowels
they have no rhyming words
The first English dictionary was written in...
1899
1930
1755
1616
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
letter I
letter E
letter A
letter O
The word RHYTHM is...
the longest word with one vowel
a word which letters are in alphabetical order
the longest word with no sound
the longest word without a vowel
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
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
in 1999
in 2011
in 2021
in 2005
Shakespeare invented a lot of words that are still used today, how many?
100
15,000
1,000
500
The oldest English word that is still in use is...
BREAD
TOWN
HELP
DOG
How many ways are there to spell the sound /i:/?
8
3
7
12
What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English?
Stay!
Go!
It!
We!
The official language of the United States of America is...
they don't have an official language
English
Spanish
English and Spanish
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
Schmetterling
Papillon
Flappity
Flutterby