english language quiz
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English language quiz. Created by: Yildan Husnu. 1. What is the most commonly used letter in the English alphabet? Clue: it is one of the vowels. Answer:. E. 2. The first letters of the months July through to November spell which boys name?. Answer:. Jason. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Created by: Yildan Husnu
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1. What is the most commonly used letter in the English alphabet? Clue: it is one of the vowels.
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E
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2. The first letters of the months July through to November spell which boys name?
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Jason
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3. There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous‘, two of these are: hazardous and stupendous. List at least one more.
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Horrendous and/or tremendous
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4. What is the oldest word in the English language: town, lamb or infant?
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Town
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5. The first English dictionary was written in which year:1955, 1855 or 1755?
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1755
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6. How many million people use the English language as their ‘mother tongue’ (their first language): 2 million, 25 million, 400 million?
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400 million
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7. How many million people speak English as a second language: 70 million, 300 million, 700 million?
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700 million
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8. How many different ways can the combination ‘ough’ be pronounced: two, four, or nine?
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Nine
“A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and he hiccoughed.”
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9. There are only two words in the English language that end with ‘ry’: ‘hungry’ is one of them, what’s the other?
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Angry
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What is ‘special’ about this sentence:
‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.’
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It uses every letter of the alphabet.