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Languages Week Scotland

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many languages other than English are used in Scottish homes?

a)

More than 150

b)

More than 100

c)

More than 50

d)

More than 20

2.

When was Gaelic confirmed as an official language of Scotland?

a)

1973

b)

2005

c)

1987

d)

1995

3.

For how long has Gaelic been spoken in Scotland?

a)

more than 1000 years

b)

more than 100 years

c)

more than 250 years

d)

more than 1500 years

4.

In the last census, how many people said they could speak Scots?

a)

1 million

b)

800,000

c)

1.5 million

d)

50,000

5.

6000 is the total number of people in Scotland who use which language:

a)

British Sign Language

b)

Polish

c)

Spanish

d)

Urdu

6.

What is the most spoken language, other than English, in Scottish schools?

a)

Polish

b)

Punjabi

c)

Romanian

d)

Spanish

7.

How many Arabic speakers were there in Scottish schools in 2018?

a)

2765

b)

4158

c)

1765

d)

5786

8.

In the last census, how many people said they spoke Polish at home?

a)

15,374

b)

67,098

c)

20,436

d)

54,186

9.

24,974 people in Scotland use this language at home:

a)

Gaelic

b)

Punjabi

c)

Romanian

d)

Scots

10.

What does the Scots word "braw" mean?

a)

excellent

b)

brown

c)

horrible

d)

frosty

11.

What does "haver" mean?

a)

to talk foolishly

b)

to have

c)

to take a look

d)

to shiver

12.

In which language would you find the following letters grouped together? ch, cz, rz, sz, szcz

a)

German

b)

Polish

c)

Hungarian

d)

Scots

13.

What does the Polish word "chomik" mean?

a)

horse

b)

hare

c)

hamster

d)

mouse

14.

What does "ajj" mean in Punjabi?

a)

today

b)

yesterday

c)

tomorrow

d)

evening

15.

What is the Urdu word for "green"?

a)

parso

b)

kal

c)

sabz

d)

shaam