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European Day of Languages

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The European Day of Languages was started in
a)
2000
b)
2001
c)
2002
d)
2003
2.

How many languages are there in the world?

a)

about 1000

b)

about 3000

c)

about 5000

d)

about 7000

3.

How many languages do people speak in Europe?

a)

100-200

b)

200-300

c)

300-400

d)

400-500

4.

What alphabet does English use?

a)

Roman

b)

Arabic

c)

Greek

d)

Hebrew

5.
How many words does the active vocabulary of a person contain?
a)
30.000
b)
50.000
c)
150.000
d)
9.000
6.
Which is the country with the highest number of languages spoken on its territory?
a)
Russia
b)
China
c)
Germany
d)
Norway
7.

What's the official site of the European Parlaiment?

a)

Strasbourg

b)

Brussels

c)

Paris

d)

Geneva

8.

How many people can speak 2 or more languages?

a)

below 10% of the population

b)

about 15% of the population

c)

about 30% of the population

d)

over 50% of the population

9.

Which language is spoken in Brazil?

a)

Spanish

b)

French

c)

Portuguese

d)

German

10.

How would you say "Hello" in French?

a)

Guten Tag

b)

Hola!

c)

Bonjour!

d)

Ni hao!

11.

Which language does NOT use an alphabet?

a)

Arabic

b)

Russian

c)

Chinese

d)

Finnish

12.

Which is a Spanish word?

a)

Ola

b)

Hola

c)

Bonjour

d)

Hi

13.

British Sign Language includes facial expressions, gestures and _________ to communicate.

a)

spoken dialogue

b)

drawings

c)

body language

d)

none of the above

14.
. Sign language is universal. - true or false?
a)
true
b)
false
15.

What language is this symbol from? ß

a)

Polish

b)

German

c)

Russian

d)

Spanish

16.
The Germanic family of languages does NOT include
a)
Swedish
b)
Icelandic
c)
English
d)
Romanian
17.

In which country do you speak Gearman as an official language?

a)

Belgium

b)

Poland

c)

Switzerland

d)

Andora

18.
The Germanic family of languages does NOT include
a)
Swedish
b)
Icelandic
c)
English
d)
Romanian
19.

Which of the following languages are written from right to left?

a)

Maltese

b)

Japanese

c)

Arabic

d)

Greek

20.
The Romance languages include
a)
Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian
b)
Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian
c)
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian
21.
The Slavic languages include
a)
Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish
b)
Polish, Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian
c)
Serbian, Croatian, Greek, Bulgarian
22.
Due to the influx of migrants and refugees, Europe has become largely multilingual. In London alone around ............. languages are spoken.
a)
300
b)
100
c)
10
d)
30