English language Quiz - 60 Trivia Questions!
Test your linguistic prowess with the English language quiz, covering aspects of grammar, vocabulary, and language history.
How many people in the world speak English as their first language?
Who introduced the first printing press in England in 1476?
What is the oldest English-speaking university in the world, founded in 1096?
Who published 'A Dictionary of the English Language' in 1755?
Which is the third oldest university in the world, founded in 1209?
What name is given to the formation of new words based on Greek and Latin roots?
Which Caribbean island has a variety of English called Jamaican Creole?
English is classified as what type of language?
What is the deictic pronoun used to refer to the speaker in a sentence?
Nigerian English is a dialect of English spoken in which African country?
What is the name of the English dialect spoken in Northern Ireland?
What was the name given to the language spoken by the Normans after they conquered England in 1066?
What word is used to describe a verb phrase that is made up of the verb root and the preposition that follows it?
In English, what is the determiner for a noun phrase?
What is the name for the process by which a word changes its grammatical role in English?
What country has the most native English speakers?
What language was spoken by the Vikings in the 8th and 9th centuries, which had a strong influence on the English language?
What name is given to people who speak English?
What is the second most commonly spoken foreign language in the UK after English?
What name is given collectively to the earliest varieties of the English language?
What are the most detectable aspects of a speaker's accent?
In which profession is a working knowledge of English essential?
What word is used to describe the characteristics of a noun?
Which two letters in the English alphabet are normally pronounced as 'and'?
English is an official language of which country?
English is the official language of which African country?
In the phonetic alphabet, what is the term for a consonant that is partly voiced?
What name is given to the English language spoken in Africa?
In which century did the 'Great Vowel Shift' occur in the English language?
What is the main sound of a syllable in English?
Which country has the most dialects of the English language?
What was the name given to the change in the vowel system in English from 1350 to 1700?
What American accent is colloquially described as a drawl or twang?
In English, the infinitive form of a verb is preceded by which preposition?
What is the term for the system of marks used in English writing to aid the reader in comprehending the meaning of a sentence?
What follows the verb in a sentence?
What is the name of a linguist who compiles dictionaries?
What name is given to countries where English is widely used as a second language?
What is the name of the English dialect that has a pronounced 'h-dropping' feature?
What is the most widely spoken native language in the world?
According to the Bible, which animals have holes and the birds of the ayre have nests?
Which country is in the expanding circle of countries where English is taught as a second language?
What is the name of the English dialect spoken in Northumberland?
English is the official language of Australia and which other country?
What is the most common English dialect?
In phonology, what is the approximant of the vowel 'light'?
In language, what is the term for the change of the vowel of a strong stem, such as'speak'?
In English, what is the 'general auxiliary verb'?
English is the closest living relative of which other Germanic language?
Who wrote 'Canterbury Tales' in the 12th century?
What was the name of the language proposed as an international auxiliary language that would be mutually unintelligible?
What is the adjective for slender?
What name is given to a variety of English spoken by non-native speakers?
What is the second person singular form of the word 'you'?
What is the term for a consonant followed by'sonorant'?
What word is used to describe a construction in which the subject of an active phrase becomes the object of the rephrased phrase?
In language, what are stressed and unstressed?
What is the copula of the English verb 'to be'?
In the English language, what is the symbol for a long vowel?
What is the most widely spoken language in the world?