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World of Languages

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What alphabet does English use?

a)

Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Arabic

d)

Hebrew

2.

The word alphabet comes from...?

a)

The Greek Alphabet

b)

The Roman Alphabet

c)

The Hebrew Alphabet

d)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

3.

What percentage of the world does not speak English?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

10%

4.

What is the most spoken language in the world?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Arabic

d)

Chinese

5.

What was the language of the Ancient Romans?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Egyptian

d)

Persian

6.

What is the international language?

a)

Spanish

b)

Chinese

c)

French

d)

English

7.

Arabic and Hebrew are written from....

a)

right to left

b)

left to right

c)

up and down

d)

in capital letters

8.

English is part of the .....family

a)

Romance

b)

Germanic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Slavic

9.

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

a)

German

b)

English

c)

French

d)

Spanish

10.

How many living languages are there estimated in the world?

a)

500

b)

16000

c)

1500

d)

6500

11.

Which is the most widely spoken language in the world?

a)

English

b)

Chinese

c)

Hindi

d)

Spanish

12.

Which language is spoken by more people than English?

a)

English

b)

Chinese

c)

Hindi

d)

Spanish

13.

In which of the following countries is English the first language of most people? (4)

a)

Australia

b)

the USA

c)

Scotland

d)

India

e)

New Zealand

14.

একটি ভাষা যথেষ্ট নয়। What language is it?

a)

Mandarin

b)

Arabic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Bengali

15.

What is the main language of India

a)

English

b)

Punjabi

c)

Hindi

d)

Marathi

16.

Able to speak two languages perfectly

a)

multilingual

b)

bilingual

c)

trilingual

d)

fluent

17.

The first language you learnt to speak as a child and at home.

a)

official language

b)

mother tongue

c)

dialect

d)

accent

18.

the official language of malaysia

a)

french

b)

malay

c)

english

d)

hindi

19.

in kuwait what language is been taken as the 2nd lanuage?

a)

hindi/french

b)

hindi,arabic

c)

french,arabic

d)

none of the above

20.

the indian national anthem is been sung in which language?

a)

hindi

b)

tamil

c)

marathi

d)

sanskrit

21.

the first language in the world

a)

hindi

b)

greek

c)

tamil

d)

english

22.

What continent holds the largest number of languages?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

South America

23.

Which language has more Native Speakers: English or Mandarin?

a)

English

b)

Mandarin