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English Facts

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A sentence that contains every letter in the alphabet is called a...

a)

Poligram

b)

Pangram

c)

Pentagram

d)

Telegram

2.

The most common letter used in English is...

a)

E

b)

A

c)

S

d)

W

3.

The longest word in English is...

a)

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

b)

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

c)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

d)

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

4.

The shortest complete sentence in English is...

a)

Leave me alone.

b)

It is.

c)

I am.

d)

Go away.

5.

Words we repeat often, such as "like" are called...

a)

crutch words

b)

repeat words

c)

double words

d)

stinking words

6.

Only one of these words has both a plural and singular form. Which one?

a)

scissors

b)

eyes

c)

jeans

d)

pants

7.

Who invented more than 1000 words in English?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Queen Elizabeth I

c)

The Beatles

d)

William Shakespeare

8.

A lot of English words have their origin in which other language?

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Greek

d)

Portuguese

9.

English is written in which alphabet?

a)

Cyrillic

b)

Greek

c)

Latin

d)

Hebrew

10.

Approximately, how many English speakers are in the world?

a)

1.5 billion

b)

1.5 million

c)

2.5 billion

d)

20 million

11.

A word that looks the same upside-down and right-sided is called...

a)

equalgram

b)

ambigram

c)

samegram

d)

instagram

12.

What is the official language of the United States?

a)

American English

b)

English

c)

Native American English

d)

It doesn't have one