Random English Questions
Can you name three countries that use English as their first language?
England, Canada, America, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand etc.
Subtle
silent b
She sells seashells on the seashore.
She sells seashells on the seashore.
This common greeting comes from an Old English word meaning “be whole” or “be healthy.”
HELLO :D
This figure of speech compares two things using “like” or “as.”
simile
What two polite words do English people use a lot?
Please and thank you.
Doubt
silent b
Red lorry yellow lorry.
Red lorry yellow lorry.
This word for a person who studies the stars comes from Greek words meaning “star” and “law.”
astronomer
This figure of speech directly compares two things without using “like” or “as.”
metaphor
Can you say hello in English in five different ways?
Hi, hello, hiya, hey, what’s up, good morning.
Receipt
silent p
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
This word meaning “love of books” comes from Greek roots meaning “book” and “love.”
Bibliophile
This figure of speech gives human qualities to non-human things.
personification
Can you name three Shakespeare plays?
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, The Tempest, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, etc.
Colonel
pronounced kernel
Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nuts.
Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nuts.
This word meaning “fear of confined spaces” comes from Latin “claustrum,” meaning “a closed place.”
claustrophobia
This figure of speech exaggerates something for emphasis or effect.
hyperbole
What is “spill the beans”?
This idiom means to reveal a secret, and it likely comes from an ancient voting method where different-colored beans were used.
Queue
basically only the q is pronounced
Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards
Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards
This word for “speaking many languages” comes from Greek roots meaning “many” and “tongue.”
polyglot
This figure of speech repeats the same beginning sound in nearby words, like “wild winds whistle.”
alliteration