English Language Day Quiz

April 23rd was chosen to be English Language Day in honour of

• the Queen

• Shakespeare

• the British President

• the King

Around __________ words are added to the English dictionary every year.

• 2000

• 300

• 4000

• 150

More people speak English as a second language than there are native English speakers in the world.

• True

• False

How many per cent of the English words have got French origin?

• 25%

• 35%

• 15%

• 45%

The average English speakers know between 20 000 and 30 000 words.

• True

• False

How many people around the world speak English?

• 1 billion people

• 1.75 billion people

• 400 million people

• 2.2 billion people

The English language spread so much because of colonization.

• True

• False

The most used word in the English language is

• they

• yes

• very

• I

The word "good" has got 380 synonyms.

• True

• False

Shakespeare added more than ________ words to the English language.

• 1000

• 200

• 3000

• 500