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Languages of Europe

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Finnish language belongs to...

a)

the Finnic family of languages.

b)

the Altaic family of languages.

c)

the Kartvelian family of languages.

2.

Match the languages and their family:

a)

West Germanic

1.

Dutch

English

German

b)

North Germanic

2.

Danish

Norwegian

Swedish

c)

Eastern Romance

3.

Italian

Romanian

d)

Western Romance

4.

French

Portuguese

Spanish

3.

Bulgarian belongs to...

a)

the South Slavic family of languages.

b)

the East Slavic family of languages.

c)

the West Slavic family of languages.

4.

The following languages belong to the Uralic family:

a)

Estonian

Finnish

Northern Sami

Hungarian

b)

Azerbaijani

Turkish

c)

Latvian

Lithuanian

d)

Albanian

Georgian

5.

Choose the right name for each family of languages.

6.

Choose the right name for each family of languages.

7.

Maltese is the national language of Malta. It belongs to...

a)

the Semitic family of languages.

b)

the Baltic family of languages.

c)

the Celtic family of languages.

d)

the Germanic family of languages.

8.

The Indo-European family counts...

a)

3 200 000 000 speakers.

b)

3 200 000 speakers.

c)

350 000 000 speakers.

d)

210 000 000 speakers.

9.

The Western Romance family counts...

a)

6 languages.

b)

2 languages.

c)

4 languages.

10.

Irish and Welsh are...

a)

Celtic languages.

b)

Baltic languages.

c)

Finnic languages.

d)

Turkic languages.

11.
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Do you know which language this words are from? Match each word with the right language:

a)

sushi

1.

Japanese

b)

tai chi

2.

Chinese

c)

pizza

3.

Italian

d)

restaurant

4.

French

e)

kindergarten

5.

German

12.
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What do you think you can buy in each shop?

a)

Pâtisserie

1.

cake

b)

Heladería

2.

ice cream

c)

Sklep Polski

3.

Polish goods

d)

Cucina Romana

4.

gnocchi

e)

Farmacie

5.

cough syrup

13.
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What language could this be? Match each word with the right language:

a)

ΣΤΑΣΗ

1.

Greek

b)

Vörösmarty tér

2.

Hungarian

c)

Dia Dhuit

3.

Gaelic

d)

praia fluvial

4.

Portuguese

e)

Pas op! Drijfzand

5.

Dutch

14.

Did you know that many words that we use in English are borrowed from other languages? These are called ...

a)

loanwords.

b)

cognates.

c)

synonyms.

d)

antonyms.

15.

How many languages are spoken in the world?

a)

5000

b)

2000

c)

200

d)

50 000