English language (For European Languages Day)
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- Q1
English has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years
False
True
30s - Q2
The first dialects of English (spoken in approximately 5th century) are referred to as:
Middle English
Old English
Modern English
30s - Q3
Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England.
False
True
30s - Q4
It's incorrect to claim that Modern English has been spreading around the world since the 17th century by the worldwide influence of the British Empire and the United States.
False
True
30s - Q5
English is also known as lingua franca. What does lingua franca mean?
a language used as a medium of communication by people whose native languages are different.
a language which consists of a number of different languages.
30s - Q6
Can it be true that in 2010 it was estimated that English consists of 1,022,000 words in total?
Yes
No
30s - Q7
Guess, is it enough to know 10 000 English words to be pretty fluent?
Yes
No
30s - Q8
An English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Jane Austen
30s - Q9
Can it be that this weird text is actually in old English: Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum, monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas.
No
Yes
30s - Q10
The number of English speakers:
543 million
600 million
1.120 billion
1.348 billion
30s