Quiz  /  ABCs of English Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which of these is not a period of development of the English language?

  • Ancient Greek
  • Modern English
  • Middle English
  • Anglo-Saxon

  • 2. 
    Which of these was not a dialect of Old English?

  • Irish
  • Kentish
  • Mercian
  • Northumbrian

  • 3. 
    Which of these sounds does not come at the beginning of a word, in English?

  • cl
  • ba
  • al
  • ng

  • 4. 
    Which is the most common order of words in English?

  • verb-object-subject
  • subject-verb-object
  • object-verb-subject
  • subject-object-verb

  • 5. 
    How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

  • 26
  • 19
  • 30
  • 22

  • 6. 
    The English word "bacteria" is based on the word bakterion from which language?

  • Greek
  • German
  • Latin
  • Russian

  • 7. 
    What letter begins more English words than any other?

  • l
  • a
  • x
  • s

  • 8. 
    What letter does not appear in the English numbers 1 through 100?

  • e
  • o
  • a
  • i
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