WorksheetsUnited Kingdom at a glance 2
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the population of the UK?
a)
Around 43 million
b)
Around 49 million
c)
Around 59 million
d)
Around 82 million
2.
Which one is the largest city in the UK?
a)
London
b)
Edinburgh
c)
Manchester
d)
Newcastle
3.
What is the population of Scotland?
a)
Around 4 million
b)
Around 5 million
c)
Around 6 million
d)
Around 7 million
4.
Which country has the lowest density?
a)
England
b)
Scotland
c)
Northern Ireland
d)
Wales
5.
Who represents the English people as a whole?
a)
Britannia
b)
John Bull
c)
St. Patrick
d)
St. Andrew
6.
What is the national athem of the UK?
a)
"God Save the Queen"
b)
"The Londonderry Air"
c)
"Land of Our Fathers"
d)
"Dieu et mon droit"
7.
Which flag has a white X-shaped cross on a blue field?
a)
The flag of Norther Ireland
b)
The flag of Wales
c)
The flag of Scotland
d)
The flag of England
8.
Who is the national saint of Northern Ireland?
a)
St. Patrick
b)
St. David
c)
St. George
d)
St. Andrew
9.
What is the national symbol of Wales?
a)
The leek and the daffodil
b)
The red rose
c)
The thistle
d)
The shamrock
10.
What are the two largest mammals in Great Britain?
a)
The rabbit and the shrew
b)
The skylark and the finch
c)
The hedgehog and the mole
d)
The red deer and the roe deer
11.
What is the largest carnivore found on the British Isles?
a)
The brown rat
b)
The basking shark
c)
The hedgehog
d)
The red fox
12.
What percentage of land area is covered by woodland in the UK?
a)
6.7%
b)
10.1%
c)
11.5%
d)
30.2%
13.
Which tree has leaves with a lobed margin?
a)
Ash
b)
Oak
c)
Hazel
d)
Rowan
14.
What is the popular name of the seeds of the ash?
a)
Keys
b)
Catkins
c)
Acorns
d)
Pomes
15.
When was the National trust established?
a)
1873
b)
1879
c)
1885
d)
1895
16.
What percentage of coastline is protected in the UK as HEritage Coast?
a)
24%
b)
35%
c)
40%
d)
53%
17.
How many species of animal have full protection in England?
a)
Two
b)
Nine
c)
Eleven
d)
Twenty
18.
How many plant species have full protection in England?
a)
Eight
b)
Eleven
c)
Seventeen
d)
Twenty-four
19.
How many archaeological sites of all types are currently recorded in England?
a)
Around 10,0000
b)
Around 100,000
c)
Around 1 million
d)
Around 10 million
20.
How many World Heritage sites are there in the UK?
a)
27
b)
29
c)
34
d)
39
21.
How many World Heritage sites are inBritish overseas territories?
a)
6
b)
5
c)
4
d)
3
22.
How many languages and dialects belong to the Indo-European family of languages?
a)
100
b)
200
c)
300
d)
400
23.
Which group of languages does English belong to?
a)
The East Germanic languages
b)
The West Germanic languages
c)
The North Germanic languages
d)
The Low Franconian languages
24.
How many people speak English as their first language?
a)
Around 375 million
b)
Around 575 million
c)
Around 670 million
d)
Around 950 million
25.
Which country has the largest English-speaking population?
a)
Australia
b)
Canda
c)
the United States
d)
the United Kingdom
26.
English is the official language in
a)
53 countries
b)
58 countries
c)
48 countries
d)
63 countries
27.
The number of non-native speakers exceeds the number of native speakers in English
a)
over six times
b)
over two times
c)
over three times
d)
over five times
28.
What languages were spoken in England before the Germanic invasion?
a)
Insular Celtic languages
b)
Germanic languages
c)
Frisian languages
d)
Gothic and Yola
29.
How many granmatical cases did Old English have?
a)
Three
b)
Four
c)
Five
d)
Six
30.
How many periods of Latin influence were there in England?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
31.
When did the Norman Conquest take place?
a)
912
b)
966
c)
1011
d)
1066
32.
What language did the Vikings speak?
a)
Old Norse
b)
Proto-Germanic
c)
Yola
d)
Frisian
33.
When did the Grat Vowel Shift start?
a)
After 1300
b)
After 1400
c)
After 1500
d)
After 1600
34.
Where was the The Undley bracteate found?
a)
In Brighton
b)
In Suffolk
c)
In Glasgow
d)
In Bangor
35.
What is the name of the Anglo-Saxon variant of the runic alphabet?
a)
Raun
b)
Medu
c)
Futhorc
d)
Rodi
36.
How many people speak the Welsh language in Wales?
a)
Around 50% of the population
b)
Around 40% of the population
c)
Around 30% of population
d)
Around 20% population
37.
What is the most popularly-spoken language in Northern Ireland?
a)
Ullans
b)
English
c)
Goidelic
d)
Cornish
38.
What is another name for the educated southern British English?
a)
The Queen's English
b)
Cockney
c)
Geordie
d)
Scouse
39.
What is another name for African American Vernacular English?
a)
special English
b)
Nigerian Pidgin
c)
Tok Pisin
d)
Ebonics
40.
Which constructed variety of English excludes forms of the verb to be?
a)
Basic English
b)
Airspeak
c)
E-Prime
d)
Seaspeak
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