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How much do you know about languages?

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to statistics, there are about 7,000 languages in the world, aren't there?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Chinese is so complicated that you need to know about 2,000 characters just to read a newspaper, don't you?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Half the world population speaks fluent English, don't they?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Is English an official language of the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

In Germany, about 50% of school time is dedicated to learning English, German, and French, isn't it?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

One language dies every week, doesn't it?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Two million people speak Esperanto, and this number keeps increasing, doesn't it?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Give a fact that you know about the English language.

4 lines
9.

One hundred percent of the British population speaks English, don't they?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Many people in Great Britain speak English and one of the Celtic tongues, don't they?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

In Wales, 21%of the population has English only as their second language. Their mother tongue is Welsh, isn't it?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Give a fact that you know about your mother tongue.

4 lines
13.

Harry Potter was the first novel published in both British and American English, wasn't it?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Is it possible to know what part of Britain a person comes from just by hearing his or her accent?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The movie Titanic included actors speaking 13 different variants of English, didn't it?

a)

True

b)

False