English - a global language

Which of these languages is spoken as an official language in the most countries?

• Spanish

• French

• English

• Russian

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of these languages has the most speakers?

• Chinese

• Spanish

• French

• English

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CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

English is spoken by about...native speakers.

• 300 million

• 100 million

• 1000 million

• 500 million

How much of the information on the Internet is in English?

• 50%

• 90%

• 80%

• 40%

More than...of the worldțs population speaks English (with varying degrees of competence).

• 25%

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

Nearly ...of EU citizens say they can speak English.

• 20%

• 50%

• 70%

• 60%

Around ...people come to learn English in the UK each year.

• 100 000

• 700 000

• 1 000 000

• 3 000 000