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European Languages

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Romany, the language of the Rom people or Gypsies, is most closely related to which of these modern languages?

a)

Punjabi

b)

Romanian

c)

Yiddish

d)

Russian

2.

Hungarian is related most closely to which of the following languages?

a)

Romanian

b)

Ukrainian

c)

Serbo-Croatian

d)

Estonian

3.

Which of the following does NOT belong to the Slavic language group?

a)

Latvian

b)

Polish

c)

Slovakian

d)

Bosnian

4.

When is the Day of European Languages ​​celebrated?

a)

September 26

b)

May 17

c)

November 14

5.

International language of communication

a)

Russian

b)

French

c)

English

6.

International language used instead of audio language

a)

Sign language

b)

Character language

7.

Name the largest country located entirely in Europe?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Ukraine

8.

What European language does not exist?

a)

German

b)

English

c)

Austrian

9.

How many countries in Europe?

a)

50

b)

80

c)

30

10.
How many living languages are there estimated in the world today?
a)
Around 500
b)
Around 2000
c)
Around 3500
d)
Around 6000
11.
. Sign language is universal. - true or false?
a)
true
b)
false
12.
Which is the country with the highest number of languages spoken on its territory?
a)
Russia
b)
China
c)
Germany
d)
Norway
13.
How many words does the active vocabulary of a person contain?
a)
30.000
b)
50.000
c)
150.000
d)
9.000
14.
Which of the following languages are written from right to left?
a)
Maltese
b)
Japanese
c)
Arabic
15.
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
16.
The Slavic languages include
a)
Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish
b)
Polish, Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian
c)
Serbian, Croatian, Greek, Bulgarian
17.
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
18.
The European Day of Languages was started in
a)
2000
b)
2001
c)
2002
d)
2003
19.

In which of the following countries is German an official language?

a)

All

b)

Switzerland

c)

Luxembourg

d)

Belgium

20.
 Which of the following languages is considered to be the oldest language still used in Europe?
a)
Galician
b)
Basque
c)
Icelandic
d)
Greek
21.

Which European language is Afrikaans based on?

a)
German
b)
English
c)
Dutch
d)
French
22.

Which language is this sentence?

(Každý má právo na vzdělání)

a)

Greek

b)

Portuguese

c)

Czech

d)

Bulgarian

23.

Which language is this sentence?

(Is breá liom mo thír go mór)

a)

Irish

b)

Swedish

c)

Estonian

d)

Spanish

24.

Which language is this sentence?

(Id-dar tiegħek hija sabiħa ħafna)

a)

Dutch

b)

Italian

c)

Maltese

d)

Kroatian

25.

Which language is this sentence?

(hoćeš li doći na moj rođendan)

a)

Slovene

b)

Bulgarian

c)

Portuguese

d)

Croatian

26.

Which language is this sentence?

(o congratularmi con papà per il suo compleanno)

a)

Polish

b)

Italian

c)

Hungarian

d)

Finnish

27.

Which language is this sentence?

(Vor einer Stunde bist du gestern nach Hause zurückgekehrt)

a)

Swedish

b)

Danish

c)

German

d)

Polish

28.

Which country's architecture do you see in the picture?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Greece

d)

Sweden

29.

Which of these languages is the most commonly spoken first language in Europe?

a)

English

b)

French

c)

German

d)

Italian

30.

The EU writes documents in ______"official" languages

a)

23

b)

21

c)

24

d)

25

31.

The 3 main Language familys are:

(check all that apply)

a)

Germanic

b)

English

c)

Slavic

d)

Romance

32.

"Hallo" means "hello" in what language?

a)

Russian

b)

German

c)

French

d)

Swedish

33.

What is "ha ha" in Russian

a)

Xa Xa

b)

Ja Ja

c)

Hue Hue

d)

Ha Ha

34.

What is bread in French?

a)

Pan

b)

Bred

c)

Bried

d)

Pain

35.

What 2 European countries listed below are Baltic?

a)

Estonia and Lithuania

b)

Estonia and Sweden

c)

Finland and Sweden

d)

Lithuania and Finland

36.

How do you say 'thank you' in French?

a)

Gracias

b)

Merci

c)

Danke

37.

Where can you see this important bridge?

a)

In Berlin

b)

In Madrid

c)

In London

38.

Where is Goulash mostly popular?

a)

In Turkey

b)

In Poland

c)

In Bulgaria

39.

How many different alphabets are there in the world?

a)

4

b)

16

c)

46

d)

56

40.

Choose all palindromes.

a)

Madam

b)

Racecar

c)

Cannot

d)

Hannah