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1. The Most Common Letter Used in English is. B. A. A. E. I. D. B. C. tekhnologic. >. EXTRA TASK These words contain only letter E as a vowel . What are these ?. The two days after Friday Turn water into ice Most „ jealous ” Information kept to oneself
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1. The Most Common Letter Used in English is ...... B A A E I D B C tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASKThesewordscontainonlyletter E as a vowel. Whatarethese? • The two days after Friday • Turn water into ice • Most „jealous” • Information kept to oneself • Maker of necklaces and earrings • Meat • A light and pleasant wind • Most smart, intellectually
Solution • The two days after Friday - WEEKEND • Turn water into ice - FREEZE • Most „jealous”- GREENEST • Information kept to oneself - SECRET • Maker of necklaces and earrings- JEWELLER • Meat - BEEF • A light and pleasant wind- BREEZE • Most smart, intellectually - CLEVEREST
2. Shakespeare Added Over a Thousand New Words to the English Language. B A FALSE TRUE tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASK Howmany Shakespeare playscanyoulistin a minute? YoucanalsowritetheHungariantitle.
EXTRA TASK Howmany Shakespeare playscanyoulistin a minute?
3. The longest word in English is: ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’! How many letters does it contain? B A 35 40 50 D 45 C tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASK • Makeup a definitionforthisword! pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
SOLUTION a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano;
4. The most common adjective used in English is ..... B A nice good bad D funny C tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASK Howmanyadjectivescanyoucollect in one minute? Yougetpointsforuniqueones (theonesthatonlyyour team has written)
5. Over 80% of the information stored on computers worldwide is in English. B A TRUE FALSE tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASK: Whatdothese chat abbrevations stand for? • BRB • LOL • NP • TTYL • IDK • ASAP
SOLUTION • BRB - Be Right Back • LOL - Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots Of Love • NP - No Problem -or- Nosy Parents • TTYL - Talk To You Later -or- Type To You Later • IDK- I Don't Know • ASAP- As Soon as Possible
6. More English words begin with the letter "E" than any other letter of the alphabet B A TRUE FALSE tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASK Whichletter is it? Unjumblethesewords starting withthisletter: WAIDCNSH RYASAL OCSTAHM LOHCSO CROSE
sandwich • salary • stomach • school • score
7. How many English words end with -gry? B A 1 3 2 D 4 C tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASK Whicharethesewords?
8. English is spoken by 952 million people around the world. B A TRUE FALSE tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASK In whichsevencountries is English a nativelanguage?
English-speakingcountries • There are seven large countries with a majority of native English speakers that are sometimes grouped under the term Anglosphere. In numbers of English speakers they are: the United States (at least 231 million) the United Kingdom (60 million) Canada (at least 20 million), Australia (at least 17 million), Ireland (4.8 million) New Zealand (4.8 million) and South Africa.
9. English originates from what is now known as North West ________ B A Italy Germany Hungary D France C tekhnologic >
10. The population of England is around _____ million. B A 20 30 40 D 50 C tekhnologic >
EXTRA TASK Whicharethetwobiggest English cities?
SOLUTION • London and Birmingham