The English language history
What is the most used adjective in the English language?
"Good"
How many letters are there in the English language?
Find out
What does it mean?
Write an example.
Example:
Last night I found out that my uncle got married.
The word "bouquet" was borrowed from the ________ language.
French
Which English writer had one of the largest vocabularies? (30 000 words)
Shakespeare
Name 3 different ways to pronounce -ch in English.
/k/, /tʃ /, /ʃ /
Ancient
What does it mean?
Write a sentence with it.
Example:
Archaeologists found some ruined temples of the ancient civilization.
What language has English borrowed the most words from?
Latin
English is a member of which family of languages?
Indo-European
How many sounds are there in the English language?
44
an ad
What does it mean?
Write an example.
Example:
I saw a new Coca Cola ad last night.
In the Russian language there is the word "чифанька".
What language was it borrowed from?
吃饭 - here is the word written in the original language
It was borrowed from Chinese.
In Chinise the word 吃饭 means to eat something.
The word "Thursday" got its name from a God.
What was this God's name?
Thor
In which English city do people have Scouse accent?
Liverpool
Average
What does it mean?
Write an example.
Example:
The average age of the US soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War was 19.
J.R.R. Tolkien was fascinated by this language. So much so, it formed the basis of the Elvish language of Quenya in Lord of the Rings.
What language is it?
Finnish
What was the name of the first English dictionary?
When was it published?
Table Alphabeticall, the first English dictionary.
It was published in 1604.
Write 5 words with silent letters.
For example:
1. hour 2. castle 3. ghost 4. salmon 5. queue
Influence (verb)
What does it mean?
Write an example.
Example:
What influenced you to choose a career in nursing?
This language is the youngest official language in the world. What is it?
Afrikaans