Worksheetsworld languages internal quiz
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 14mins
What alphabet does English use?
Roman
Greek
Arabic
Hebrew
What writing system does Chinese use?
The Roman Alphabet
The Cyrillic Alphabet
Symbols called pictographs and ideographs
The Greek Alphabet
What writing system does Chinese use?
The Roman Alphabet
The Cyrillic Alphabet
Symbols called pictographs and ideographs
The Greek Alphabet
The word alphabet comes from...?
The Greek Alphabet
The Roman Alphabet
The Hebrew Alphabet
The Cyrillic Alphabet
What percentage of the world does not speak English?
50%
25%
75%
10%
What is the most spoken language in the world?
English
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
What was the language of the Ancient Romans?
Latin
Greek
Egyptian
Persian
What alphabet does Russian use?
Greek
Roman
Cyrillic
Arabic
What is the international language?
Spanish
Chinese
French
English
Arabic and Hebrew are written from....
right to left
left to right
up and down
in capital letters
A symbol that represents a specific object is ....
an ideograph
a phonetic alphabet
intonation
a pictograph
The first people to invent the alphabet were....
The Egyptians
The Hebrews and the Phoenicians
The Greeks and the Persians
The Assyrians
English is part of the .....family
Romance
Germanic
Hebrew
Slavic
Almost ______ of the world speak a language that comes from the Indo-European family
1/3
3/4
1/2
1/5
Who were the first documented people to live in England?
The Celts
The French
The Anglo-Saxons
The Romans
What language is the basis of English?
Old Norse
Anglo-Saxon
Latin
Celtic
Who invaded England in 1066?
The Pope
Julius Cesar
William Duke of Normandy
Napoleon
After the invasion of England in 1066, What became the official language?
German
English
French
Spanish
What is the main language spoken in Tonga?
English
Polynesian
French
Tongan
What is the main language spoken in Bolivia?
Spanish
English
Portuguese
French
Choose 2 languages from the list below which are taught in every country in the World.
Spanish
Mandarin
English
French
Which other 2 languages can Danish speakers understand?
Swedish
German
Dutch
Norwegian
Which language boasts the longest word in the world?
Hungarian
Welsh
Danish
German
Which language must you learn if you wish to be an astronaut?
Russian
Polish
German
French
The word "khmer" is used to refer to the official language of which country?
Denmark
Hungary
Vietnam
Cambodia
Which language has a written history of about 5000 years?
Egyptian
Russian
Hungarian
Greek
Which language has 44 letters, 14 vowels and is officially known as "Magyar"?
Egyptian
Hungarian
Polish
Chinese
Which one of the languages listed below is NOT an official language spoken in Niger?
Arabic
Buduma
Hausa
French
German
In which language would you find the following letters grouped together? ch, cz, rz, sz, szcz.
German
Slovakian
Hungarian
Polish
Which is the most widely spoken language in the world?
English
Spanish
Hindi
Chinese
What is the most widely translated book?
Pinnochio
The Harry Potter Series
The Holy Bible
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
