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Mother Languages in SJA

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What language family does Polish belong to?

a)

Slavic

b)

Romance

c)

Celtic

d)

Germanic

2.

What does diversity look like?

3.

In how many countries is Spanish an official language?

a)

4

b)

21

c)

77

d)

191

4.

Portuguese is an official language in 9 countries. Which country has the most speakers?

a)

Portugal

b)

Angola

c)

Brazil

d)

Mozambique

5.

British Sign Language has regional accents. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the capital of Bulgaria?

a)

Celia

b)

Ofelia

c)

Andria

d)

Sofia

7.

The most used Ukrainian letter is P, obvs. What is the least used letter?

a)

F

b)

I

c)

U

d)

S

8.

Where is Tagalog an official language?

a)

Sri Lanka

b)

Singapore

c)

Phillippines

d)

Nigeria

9.

Montreal is the largest city in which French-speaking Canadian province?

a)

Alberta

b)

Nova Scotia

c)

Ontario

d)

Quebec

10.

Hungarian is also known as what in its country?

a)

Thirstarian

b)

Magyar

c)

Hungarianu

d)

Swedish

11.

Urdu is an official language in all provinces of which country?

a)

Pakistan

b)

Sri Lanka

c)

Singapore

d)

Afghanistan

12.

Draw a symbol representing your favourite country to visit.

13.

Grianghrafadóireachta is the longest Irish word. What does it mean?

a)

Chess

b)

Fencing

c)

Photography

d)

Archery

14.

The European country that 13 of Shakespeare's 38 plays are set in is...

(a)  

15.

True or False? Up until 1955, Mandarin Chinese was written in vertical columns, going from right to left.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

English is an official language in this country and we have students who speak the regional language of Igbo from this country. Where is it?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Philippines

c)

Hungary

d)

Canada

17.

What European language has the most letters of the alphabet?

a)

Icelandic

b)

Slovakian

c)

Japanese

d)

French

18.

Oxford Dictionary announced the English Word of the Year for 2023, which summarises the year very nicely. This year, that honour goes to 'goblin mode'. What does it mean?

a)

a type of behaviour which sees someone lurking in the shadows

b)

a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations

c)

a type of behaviour which sees someone drinking unidentified potions

d)

a type of behaviour which is exemplary of how a politician should run their practice