EDEL 101 Quiz 1

English is spoken by how many people?

• 4.5 billion speakers

• 1.5 billion speakers

• 4.5 million speakers

• 1.5 million speakers

From which language did English originate?

• Greek

• Latin

• Anglo-Saxon

• Chinese

How did English become a world language?

• Through trade

• Through the influence of the Britism empire in the previous centuries

• Through books

• Through education

How does English spread these days?

• Through letters

• Through trade

• Through school

• Through the internet and social media

What issue arises with the dominance of English?

• marginalization of other cultures

• fast-paced linguistic development

• illiteracy

• cultural pluralization

Compared to very complex languages such as Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese, English is

• easier

• harder

• nothing

• the same

What alphabet does English use?

• Greek

• Latin

• Phonetic

• Syllabic

What inflection is NOT present in English?

• for plural nouns

• for verbs in different tenses

• for adjectives in comparative and superlative form

• for pronouns

English is receptive to classical languages such as

• Greek

• Latin

• Sanskrit

• Pacific

English sentences have a fixed word order which takes the form of

• S-V-O

• S-O-V

• V-S-O

• O-S-V