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English as a global language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many people on Earth have English as their first language?

a)

more than 100 million

b)

more than 300 million

c)

more than 30 million

d)

more than 700 million

2.

In a number of speakers English is second only to...

a)

Russian

b)

Chinese

3.

Draw the flag of Great Britain

4.

Which of the following words is the most widely used English word worldwide?

a)

dollar

b)

okay

c)

movie

d)

internet

5.

Which of the following words is the longest word that appears in a play by William Shakespeare?

a)

honorificabilitudinitatibus

b)

sesquipedalian

c)

incomprehensibleness

d)

disproportionableness

6.

What term is used for a word derived from the same root as another word?

4 lines
7.

Which of the following dictionaries is usually regarded as the first authentic dictionary in English?

a)

"The Elementarie" by Richard Mulcaster

b)

"A Table Alphabeticall" by Robert Cowdrey

c)

"Glossographia" by Thomas Blount

d)

"Dictionary of the English Language" by Samuel Johnson

8.

How many people on Earth have English as their first language?

a)

more than 100 million

b)

more than 300 million

c)

more than 30 million

d)

more than 700 million

9.

translate the following sentence correctly

No smoke without a fire

a)

Нет смога без огня

b)

Нет пара без огня

c)

Нет костра бех огня

d)

Нет дыма без огня

10.

English is the official language in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,of the USA,of Australia and...

a)

Russia

b)

Korea

c)

India

d)

New Zealand

11.

Guess the riddle

It is not a man, it is not a woman, but it teaches us

(a)  

12.

Correct the error in the sentence

You can play basketball?

4 lines
13.

What English speaking countries do you know?

4 lines
14.

Make the right sentence with the giving words

next,Moscow,will,you,to,go,month ?

(a)  

15.

Translate the following sentence correctly

Like mother, like daughter

a)

Как мама, так и дочь

b)

Как мама, как дочь

c)

Дочь как мама

d)

Яблоко от яблони не далеко падает

16.

Couch Potato is the name of a person who spends a lot of time on the couch in front of the TV. And who is Mouse Potato ?

a)

A person who climbs basements and attics

b)

A person who spends a lot of time on the phone

c)

A person who spends a lot of time at the computer

17.

Many scientists around the world have studied and are studying the work and personality of William Shakespeare. There is even such a thing as "Shakespeare mania". How does this term sound in English?

a)

Shakespeare mania

b)

Shakespearelogy

c)

Bardolatry

18.

Which letter of the English language is the least used?

a)

Z

b)

Y

c)

Q

d)

H

19.

Which English writer came up with more than 1,000 words?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Blake

c)

Milton

20.

The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. – give an analogy from the Russian language

a)

Быстрая коричневая лиса прыгает через ленивую собаку.

b)

Куик браун фокс джампс оуве э лэйзи дог.

c)

Съешь же еще этих мягких французских булок да выпей чаю.