wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Languages - general

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which language has more speakers than any other language?

a)

Chinese (Mandarin)

b)

English

c)

Russian

d)

Arabian

2.

How many languages are there in the world altogether?

a)

About 120,000

b)

About 500

c)

About 6000

d)

12,752

3.

What has been the maximum number of foreign languages acquired by one person?

a)

15

b)

2000

c)

50

d)

200

4.

What is the official language of Brazil?

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Portugese

d)

Brazilian

5.

What are the two official languages of the Council of Europe?

a)

German and French

b)

English and German

c)

English and Russian

d)

English and French

6.

Which group of languages does English belong to?

a)

Slavic

b)

Romanic

c)

Germanic

d)

Finno-Ugric

7.

"Herba" is a ............ word.

a)

Latvian

b)

Latin

c)

French

d)

Russian

8.

The population of which country does not speak English as their mother tongue?

a)

England

b)

The USA

c)

Australia

d)

Germany

9.

Which two languages are related to each other?

a)

English and German

b)

Estonian and Hungarian

c)

Russian and Belorusian

d)

English and French

10.

What was the mother tongue of William Shakespeare?

a)

Scottish

b)

English

c)

Irish

d)

Welsh