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Question 1
How many words did William Shakespeare use?
a)
300
b) 3,000
c) 30,000
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Question 2
How many native words are there in
the English Language?
a) 70%
b) 50%
c) 30 %
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Question 3
Which English word has the most definitions?
a)
set
b) get
c) have
Set
Get
Have
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Question 4
What language did William The Conqueror use?
a)
French
b) English
c) German
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Question 5
Which is the most common letter in
English?
a) ‘e’
b) ‘a’
c) ‘i’
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Question 6
Which is the least common letter in
English?
a) ‘x’
b) ‘q’
c) ‘z’
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Question 7
What is the capital of Canada?
a) Montreal
b)
Ottawa
c) Adelaide
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Question 8
The British ask for the bill in
a restaurant at the end of the meal. What
do Americans ask for?
a) the check
b) the receipt
c) the script
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Question 9
In British English, it’s called ‘a mobile’,
what is it called in the US?
a) a handy
b)
a cell phone
c) a portable phone
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Question 10
Which word is used more in American
English than in British English?
a) mom
b) mum
c) mummy
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Question 11
What is the capital of Australia?
a) Sydney
b)
Canberra
c) Melbourne
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Question 12
What is the capital city of New
Zealand?
a) Sydney
b) Oakland
c) Wellington
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Question 13
In Cockney ,’I don’t Adam and Eve
you’ means
a) I don’t love you
b) I
don’t understand you
c) I don’t believe you
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Question 14
Which of these ‘drink’ words was borrowed
from Arabic?
a) wine
b) juice
c) alcohol
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Question 15
What language is the word’ sauna’ from?
a)
Swedish
b) Dutch
c) Finnish
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Question 16
Which famous fast food came from Germany
?
a) pizza
b) hamburger
c) sandwich
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Question 17
What language is the word ‘robot’ from?
a)
Czech
b) Polish
c) Hungarian
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Question 18
What country are ‘hara-kiri’, ‘kimono’, and’ karate’
from?
a) China
b) Japan
c) Spain
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Question 19
Which of the following English words are
not French borrowings?
(заимствования)
a) table, wardrobe, chair
b) army,
battle, peace
c) father, king, pig
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Question 20
What country are the words ’opera’, ’soprano’
,concerto’, and’ piano’ from?
a) Italy
b) Spain
c) Portugal
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Question 21
How many new words are added to
the English vocabulary each year?
a) about 50
b) about 300
c)
about 500
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Question 22
Where do the majority of computer terms
come from?
a) the UK
b) the USA
c) Australia
Web PC video
e-mail on-screen
chat
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Question 23
Which word is most frequently used in
conversation?
a) ‘yes’
b) ’no’
c) ‘I’
‘yes’
’no’
‘I’
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Question 24
Which words are most frequently used in
written English?
a) boy, girl, love
b) money, business, bank
c) a,
the, and
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Question 25
What do the British say before the
meal?
a) Bon appetite!
b) Bless you!
c) Nothing
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Question 26
What is the correct question tag in
this polite request?’ Open the window, __you ?
a) will
b)
do
c) please
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Question 27
If someone says ‘Cheerio’ ,what do they
mean?
a) Goodbye
b) Hello
c) Thank you
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Question 28
What should you say if someone sneezes(чихает)?
a)
How is it going?
b) Bless you!
c) Can I help
you?
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Question 29
What would you say if you wanted
to sit down in a busy place?
a) Excuse me,
is this seat busy?
b) Let me take this seat, please.
c) Excuse me, is this seat taken?
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Question 30
What is a polite response to ‘Thank
you very much’ ?
a) Of course!
b) The same to
you!
c) You’re welcome!
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Question 31
What do you say in a shop
if you only want to look and not buy?
a)
I’m just browsing.
b) I’m just viewing.
c) I’m just shoplifting.
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Question 32
To tell someone who you are on
the phone, which of the following the most natural?
a)
It’s Tom
b) I’m Tom
c) Tom speaking
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Question 33
The sentence
’ Madam, I’m Adam” is spelled
the same from left to right and from right
to left. It is…
a) an anagram
b) a palindrome
c) a puzzle