WorksheetsEnglish around the world
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
English is a...
a)
Italic language
b)
Germanic language
c)
Slavic language
d)
Albanian language
2.
Where can you speak English as an official language?
a)
In Canada
b)
In France
c)
In Portugal
d)
In Argentina
3.
Some famous English speakers were
a)
Beethoven, Shakespeare and Churchill
b)
Winston Churchill and Jane Austen
c)
Marie Curie
d)
Clara Schumann
4.
English was influenced by...
a)
Chinese and Italian
b)
Modern German and Latin
c)
Japanese and French
d)
Latin and French
5.
In Middle Ages British people at school used to speak...
a)
Latin
b)
English
6.
English is spoken in...
a)
Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada and France
b)
UK, USA, Italy, Portugal
c)
USA, UK, Scotland and Germany
d)
USA, UK, Ireland and Canada
7.
Some Spanish words in the Oxford English Dictionary are...
a)
"aceite", "marcha"
b)
"guapo", "fiesta", "siesta"
c)
"fiesta", "siesta", "paella"
d)
"paella", "marcha"
8.
English is spoken by
a)
360 million
b)
100 million
c)
260 million
d)
240 million
9.
Who said "Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices"?
a)
Harold Bloom
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
David Crystal
d)
David Bale
10.
Which letter cannot be found in the English alphabet?
a)
j
b)
r
c)
ñ
d)
z
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