English Fun Facts

"English is the most widely-spoken language in the world."

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"There are more non-native English speakers than native English speakers".

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How many people in the world speak English?

• Less than 300 million

• Between 300 and 500 million

• Between 500 and 700 million

• More than 700 million

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

How much of the content in the internet is in English?

• 4%

• 24%

• 54%

• 74%

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The shortest complete sentence in the English language is...

• I.

• Let's go!

• I am.

• Love.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A new word is added to the dictionary every...

• day

• 30 minutes

• 3 months

• 2 hours

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

English is the language of the air.

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4