What does it mean if you're "in a pickle"?
in trouble or a difficult situation
What does "break the ice" mean?
start a conversation
The 11% of the entire English language is...
letter E
letter R
letter A
letter S
How many ways are there to spell the sound /i:/?
12
7
8
3
Shakespeare invented a lot of words that are still used today, how many?
100
1,000
500
15,000
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...
is not in the dictionary
is a word that doesn't exist
isn't the longest word in English
is the longest word in English
The word RHYTHM is...
the longest word with one vowel
the longest word without a vowel
the longest word with no sound
a word which letters are in alphabetical order
If you spell out any number from 0 to 999 you cannot find...
letter I
letter O
letter A
letter E
What does "bated breath" mean?
holding your breath in anticipation
What was the original name for BUTTERFLY?
Schmetterling
Flutterby
Flappity
Papillon
Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
India
U.S.A.
United Kingdom
China
What does "good riddance" mean?
glad to see someone go
The first English dictionary was written in...
1899
1755
1616
1930
What does "the world is my Oyster" mean?
I can go anywhere I want
The oldest English word that is still in use is...
HELP
BREAD
DOG
TOWN
Words we always use even though they add no meaning to a sentence, like 'honestly', 'actually', 'basically', 'like' are called...
creamy words
crooked words
scrunchies words
crutch words
When was the word 'LOL' added to the Oxford English dictionary?
in 2021
in 1999
in 2011
in 2005
Poets hate 'purple', 'orange' and 'silver' because...
they only have two vowels
they are very strange colours
they have no rhyming words
they are difficult to spell
English is the language with the highest number of words (500,000), but an average native speaker uses only...
50,000 words
15-20,000 words
9,000 words
60,000 words
The character &, called ampersand, ...
has never been used!
cannot be found in the keyboard.
used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet.
is not a letter!
A pangram is...
a sentence using each letter of the alphabet at least once
is the union of three letters in English like in thouGHT
is a tense no longer in use
a word which can be read by both sides
what does "wild goose chase" mean?
a hopeless or pointless search
The official language of the United States of America is...
English and Spanish
English
they don't have an official language
Spanish
What does "it's Greek to me" mean?
I don't understand it
Which word has the highest number of definitions?
SET
GO
GET
UP
Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
INTERNET
OK
MOVIE
DOLLAR
What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English?
It!
Stay!
Go!
We!
In English there are...
19 consonants and 5 vowels
20 consonants and 6 vowels
22 consonants and 5 vowels
21 consonants and 5 vowels
Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
one in four
one in one thousand
one in one hundred
one in ten