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