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English Language Day

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When do we celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday and death?

a)

23rdApril

b)

28thApril

c)

22ndApril

d)

24Th April

2.

William Shakespeare was born in...

a)

New York

b)

Stradford - upon - Avon

c)

Paris

d)

Lisbon

3.

What is the name of the theatre in which he played and staged his first plays ?

a)

Globe Theatre

b)

Royal National Theatre

c)

Phoenix Theatre

d)

Royal Opera House

4.

Which of the following plays were written by Shakespeare:

a)

Hamlet

b)

A Bill of divorcement

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

Eighty in the Shade

5.

Which countries use English as their first language?

a)

USA

b)

France

c)

Northern Ireland

d)

South Africa

e)

Jamaica

6.

The United Kingdom consists of:

a)

England, Wales, Scotland

b)

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

c)

England, Wales, Scotland and The United States

7.

Washington D.C is the capital:

a)

England

b)

The United States of America

c)

South Africa

d)

Republic of Ireland

8.

What country is this flag of?

a)

Jamaica

b)

England

c)

USA

d)

Canada

9.

What country is this flag of?

a)

Canada

b)

Australia

c)

Jamaica

d)

Scotland

10.

How many states are there in the United States?

a)

55

b)

5

c)

30

d)

50

11.

 English is used as a first language in over...

a)

53 countries

b)

200 countries

c)

60 countries

d)

10 countries

12.

Three different ways you can say goodbye in English.

a)

See you soon

b)

See you later

c)

auf Wiedersehen

d)

Farewell

13.

An estimated ________ per cent of all English words have a French origin.

a)

40

b)

45

c)

35

d)

30

14.

The words menu, hotel and ballet are words borrowed from the language:

a)

Spanish

b)

French

c)

Portuguese

d)

German

15.

How many people speak English worldwide?

a)

more than 2 billion

b)

more than 1.25 billion

c)

more than 3 billion

d)

more than 1.75 billion

16.

Kruger National Park is in...

a)

Canada

b)

USA

c)

South African

d)

England

17.

 “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”

This line is from the book:

a)

King Lear

b)

Peter Pan

c)

Hamlet

d)

Great Expectations

18.

Strawberries fields forever is a song from...

a)

Roling Stones

b)

Pink Floyd

c)

Spice Girls

d)

Beatles

19.

Haggis is a traditional scottish dish. The main ingredients are...

a)

liver, heart and lungs of the sheep cooked in a sheep’s stomach.

b)

sausage, bacon, black pudding, fried egg, potatoes, mushrooms and baked beans.

c)

onions, pork fat, oatmeal and pigs blood.

d)

pork and beef minced with coriander, grated nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste.

20.

He was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary political leader who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Xanana Gusmão

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Bob Dylan