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world languages internal quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What alphabet does English use?

a)

Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Arabic

d)

Hebrew

2.

What writing system does Chinese use?

a)

The Roman Alphabet

b)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

c)

Symbols called pictographs and ideographs

d)

The Greek Alphabet

3.

What writing system does Chinese use?

a)

The Roman Alphabet

b)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

c)

Symbols called pictographs and ideographs

d)

The Greek Alphabet

4.

The word alphabet comes from...?

a)

The Greek Alphabet

b)

The Roman Alphabet

c)

The Hebrew Alphabet

d)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

5.

What percentage of the world does not speak English?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

10%

6.

What is the most spoken language in the world?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Arabic

d)

Chinese

7.

What was the language of the Ancient Romans?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Egyptian

d)

Persian

8.

What alphabet does Russian use?

a)

Greek

b)

Roman

c)

Cyrillic

d)

Arabic

9.

What is the international language?

a)

Spanish

b)

Chinese

c)

French

d)

English

10.

Arabic and Hebrew are written from....

a)

right to left

b)

left to right

c)

up and down

d)

in capital letters

11.

A symbol that represents a specific object is ....

a)

an ideograph

b)

a phonetic alphabet

c)

intonation

d)

a pictograph

12.

The first people to invent the alphabet were....

a)

The Egyptians

b)

The Hebrews and the Phoenicians

c)

The Greeks and the Persians

d)

The Assyrians

13.

English is part of the .....family

a)

Romance

b)

Germanic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Slavic

14.

Almost ______ of the world speak a language that comes from the Indo-European family

a)

1/3

b)

3/4

c)

1/2

d)

1/5

15.

Who were the first documented people to live in England?

a)

The Celts

b)

The French

c)

The Anglo-Saxons

d)

The Romans

16.

What language is the basis of English?

a)

Old Norse

b)

Anglo-Saxon

c)

Latin

d)

Celtic

17.

Who invaded England in 1066?

a)

The Pope

b)

Julius Cesar

c)

William Duke of Normandy

d)

Napoleon

18.

After the invasion of England in 1066, What became the official language?

a)

German

b)

English

c)

French

d)

Spanish

19.
How many languages are there in the world?
a)
about 7,000
b)
about 1,000
c)
about 3,000
d)
about 5,000
20.
Which country does NOT speak English as a main language?
a)
United Kingdom
b)
Ireland
c)
New Zealand
d)
Singapore
21.
Which language is NOT in the top 5 spoken in the world?
a)
Arabic
b)
Hindi
c)
Polish
d)
Spanish
22.
Which language is NOT in the top 4 languages spoken in the Western Hemisphere?
a)
German
b)
French
c)
Spanish
d)
Portuguese
23.
Which language is NOT written & read from left to right?
a)
Greek
b)
Latin
c)
Hebrew
d)
Polish
24.
Which language does NOT use an alphabet?
a)
Arabic
b)
Chinese
c)
Russian
d)
Finnish
25.
Which language is spoken in Pakistan?
a)
Dutch
b)
Portuguese
c)
Polish
d)
Urdu
26.
Which language is spoken in Brazil?
a)
Spanish
b)
Portuguese
c)
French
d)
German
27.
What alphabet is used for Russian?
a)
Arabic
b)
Greek
c)
Cyrillic
d)
Hebrew
28.
Which language is spoken in Vatican City?
a)
Japanese
b)
Hebrew
c)
Latin
d)
Greek
29.

What is the main language spoken in Tonga?

a)

English

b)

Polynesian

c)

French

d)

Tongan

30.

What is the main language spoken in Bolivia?

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Portuguese

d)

French

31.

Choose 2 languages from the list below which are taught in every country in the World.

a)

Spanish

b)

Mandarin

c)

English

d)

French

32.

Which other 2 languages can Danish speakers understand?

a)

Swedish

b)

German

c)

Dutch

d)

Norwegian

33.

Which language boasts the longest word in the world?

a)

Hungarian

b)

Welsh

c)

Danish

d)

German

34.

Which language must you learn if you wish to be an astronaut?

a)

Russian

b)

Polish

c)

German

d)

French

35.

The word "khmer" is used to refer to the official language of which country?

a)

Denmark

b)

Hungary

c)

Vietnam

d)

Cambodia

36.

Which language has a written history of about 5000 years?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Russian

c)

Hungarian

d)

Greek

37.

Which language has 44 letters, 14 vowels and is officially known as "Magyar"?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Hungarian

c)

Polish

d)

Chinese

38.

Which one of the languages listed below is NOT an official language spoken in Niger?

a)

Arabic

b)

Buduma

c)

Hausa

d)

French

e)

German

39.

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

a)

German

b)

Slovakian

c)

Hungarian

d)

Polish

40.

Which is the most widely spoken language in the world?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Hindi

d)

Chinese

41.

What is the most widely translated book?

a)

Pinnochio

b)

The Harry Potter Series

c)

The Holy Bible

d)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland