The English language history
English spelling and pronunciation
English words and phrases
Other languages
100

What is the most used adjective in the English language?

"Good"

100

How many letters are there in the English language?

26
100

Find out

What does it mean?

Write an example.

Example:

Last night I found out that my uncle got married.

100

The word "bouquet" was borrowed from the ________ language.

French

200

Which English writer had one of the largest vocabularies? (30 000 words)

Shakespeare

200

Name 3 different ways to pronounce -ch in English.

/k/, /tʃ /, /ʃ /

200

Ancient

What does it mean?

Write a sentence with it.

Example:

Archaeologists found some ruined temples of the ancient civilization.

200

What language has English borrowed the most words from?

Latin

300

English is a member of which family of languages?

Indo-European

300

How many sounds are there in the English language?

44

300

an ad

What does it mean?

Write an example.

Example:

I saw a new Coca Cola ad last night.

300

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.

400

The word "Thursday" got its name from a God.

What was this God's name?

Thor

400

In which English city do people have Scouse accent?

Liverpool

400

Average

What does it mean?

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Example:

The average age of the US soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War was 19.

400

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

500

What was the name of the first English dictionary?

When was it published?

Table Alphabeticall, the first English dictionary.

It was published in 1604.

500

Write 5 words with silent letters.

For example:

1. hour 2. castle 3. ghost 4. salmon 5. queue

500

Influence (verb)

What does it mean?

Write an example.

Example:

What influenced you to choose a career in nursing?

500

This language is the youngest official language in the world. What is it?

Afrikaans