WorksheetsE5 Language quiz (Hw pg.20)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which six of these languages does the UN use for official business?
English, Russian, Portuguese, German, Chinese and Arabic
English, Russian, Spanish, French, Chinese and Arabic
French, Russian, Chinese, English, Arabic and Hindi
Italian, Russian, English, Hindi, Spanish and Chinese
At what rate are languages disappearing around the world?
one every two weeks
one every two months
one every two years
In Britain, which sounds do bees and cats make?
sum and miau
bun and nyan
buzz and miaow
On which continent have languages developed clicking sounds as consonants?
Asia
South America
Africa
Where are you standing if you are using an ATM in latin?
In vatican city
In the university of Oxford
in Rome city centre
When did people begin to read silently, and not say the words out loud?
In 400 BC
In the first century AD
In the tenth century AD
English has taken words from different languages, including gendered nouns (masculine and feminine). Why didn't English keep the gender?
Because English never had gendered nouns
Because the different languages had different gender for the same nouns
Because gendered nouns were difficult to pronounce
What was Thomas Edison doing when he recited the nursery rhyme "Mary had a little lamb"?
Making the first telephone call
Making the first sound recording
Making the first moving pictures
The Chicago tribune newspaper has often tried to simplify English spelling. Which of these examples have become standard American English?
Burocrat and definitly
iland and det
catalog and program
How long have people been using the acronym OMG?
Since 1917
Since 1985
Since text messaging began
How many new words are added to the oxford dictionary every year?
500
1000
3000
What language was commonly spoken by well-educated Ancient Romans?
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
