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European Day of Languages 2025

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many languages are spoken in Europe?

a)

Approximately 230 languages are spoken in Europe.

b)
More than 500 languages are spoken in Europe.
c)
Around 50 languages are spoken in Europe.
d)
Only 100 languages are spoken in Europe.
2.

Which is the only European language in which all nouns begin with a capital letter?

a)
French
b)
Spanish
c)
Italian
d)
German
3.

How many ‘ogen’ does a person usually have?

a)
4
b)
3
c)
1
d)
2
4.

The word ‘pyjamas’ comes from which language?

a)
Italian
b)
Spanish
c)
Persian
d)
French
5.

What percentage of all world languages, approximately, is African?

a)
50%
b)
20%
c)
30%
d)
10%
6.

Which of the following is a Celtic language?

a)
Italian
b)

Cornish

c)
German
d)
Spanish
7.

The word ‘bicycle’ comes from which language?

a)
Spanish
b)
Italian
c)
German
d)

Greek

8.

How many ‘ujjs’ does a person normally have?

a)
3
b)
1
c)

10

d)
4
9.

Which language is spoken by around 120 million people?

a)
Spanish
b)
Japanese
c)
Hindi
d)
Chinese
10.

‘Cookie’ comes from which European language?

a)
French
b)
German
c)
Dutch
d)
Italian
11.

Basque is primarily spoken in which European country?

a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
France
d)
Italy
12.

How many letters are there in the Bulgarian alphabet?

a)
30
b)
28
c)
32
d)
26
13.

The English language is most closely related to which of these European Languages?

a)
German
b)
French
c)
Spanish
d)
Italian
14.

Romagnolo is a dialect of which European language?

a)
German
b)
Italian
c)
French
d)
Spanish
15.

The word ‘barbecue’ has its origins in which language?

a)

Spanish

b)
Italian
c)
French
d)
Spanish
16.

The United Nations has how many official languages?

a)
4
b)
8
c)
6
d)
10
17.

About what percentage of the world’s population speaks English as a native language?

a)
20%
b)
15%
c)
5%
d)
10%
18.

What percentage, approximately, of players in the Premier League speaks more than one language?

a)
75%
b)
45%
c)
60%
d)
30%
19.

How many ‘kuyruk’ would you expect a dog to have?

a)
1
b)
4
c)
3
d)
2
20.

Which European country is known for its cuisine that includes dishes such as moussaka and souvlaki?

a)
Italy
b)
Greece
c)
Spain
d)
Turkey