1) How many living languages do you estimate there are in the world? a) Around 5,00 b) Around 2,000 c) Around 3,000 d) Around 5,000 e) Around 7,000 2) Which is the most widely spoken language in the world? a) English b) Spanish c) Japanese d) Cantonese e) Hindi f) Galician 3) What proportion of all languages in the world are African languages? a) Approximately 50% b) Approximately 5% c) Approximately 15% d) Approximately 30% 4) Which of the following languages are written from right to left? a) Galician b) Catalan c) Japanese d) Greek e) Arabic 5) Which of the following languages spoken in Europe is considered to be the oldest? a) Galician b) Coruño c) Icelandic d) Basque e) Greek 6) How many languages are spoken in London? a) Around 50 b) Around 100 c) Around 300 d) Around 600 7) The European Day of Languages started in a) 2000 b) 2001 c) 2002 d) 2003 8) Is sign language universal? a) Yes b) No 9) Which is the country with the highest number of languages spoken in its territory? a) China b) Spain c) Russia d) Germany 10) What does the word "alphabet" come from? a) From the Egyptian word for "writing" b) From the name of the Greek god Alphaeus c) From the two first letters of the Greek Alphabet d) From Esperanto 11) How many words does the active vocabulary of a person contain? a) 9,000 b) 30,000 c) 50,000 d) 150,000 12) In order to better communicate with people from all over the world, most Europeans learn __________ as a second language from all over the world. a) English b) Spanish c) German d) Coruño 13) The most common letter (a vowel) in English is ___ a) a b) e c) i d) o e) u 14) More people in the world have learned English as a second language than there are native English speakers. a) True. b) False. 15) The two most common words in English are____. a) excuse me, thanks b) please , thank you c) yes, no d) I, you e) hi, guys 16) The most common adjective used in English is ____ a) fast b) cheap c) good d) better 17) 90% of English text consists of just _____words. a) 100 b) 1,000 c) 10,000 d) 20,000 18) A new word is added to the dictionary every ___________. a) 2 hours b) 2 days c) 2 weeks d) 2 months 19) There are ____ sounds (phonemes) in the English language. a) 27 b) 44 c) 57 d) 124 20) There are __________ vowel sounds in English. a) 5 b) 6 c) 12 d) 15 21) Half the population of the world speaks ______languages a) 20 b) 50 c) 100 d) 1000 22) Half the world is bilingual. a) True b) False 23) Most translated document (according to the Guinness World Records) a) The Bible b) Pinocchio c) Harry Potter d) Microwave instructions e) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). 24) Almost all languages in the world have been influenced by another language. a) True b) False 25) Toughest language to learn a) English b) Chinese c) Japanese d) Greek 26) The information stored by computers in the world, ____________is in English. a) 50% b) 80% c) 99% 27) Fastest spoken language a) English b) French c) Spanish d) Japanese e) Chinese 28) English did not originate in England but in Germany a) True b) False 29) The most common English consonant is a) R b) T c) E d) N 30) ______________ of English terms come from French words. a) 10% b) 30% c) 50%

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