Master Your English Skills: Can You Get 15/15?
Put your English to the test with this challenging quiz! See how many questions you can answer correctly out of 15 and prove your language skills.
1. Where did the English language originally come from?
Anglo-Saxon England
Ancient Greece
Roman Empire
Norman France
2. In which period did English start incorporating Renaissance-era loans from Latin and Ancient Greek?
Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Late Modern English
3. Which major event in 1066 significantly influenced the development of the English language?
The Norman Conquest
The Industrial Revolution
The Great Vowel Shift
The British Empire's expansion
4. What is one reason why English has become a global lingua franca?
Influence of the United States
Isolation of Britain
Decline of German language
Ascendency of Latin
5. What type of noun shows possession in English?
Possessive case
Plural noun
Common noun
Proper noun
6. Which English-speaking writer is known for using Early Modern English?
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
J.K. Rowling
Mark Twain
7. What was the Great Vowel Shift?
A change in vowel pronunciation
A change in grammar rules
A new writing system
Adoption of French vocabulary
8. How many native English speakers are there approximately?
360-400 million
100 million
1 billion
220 million
9. Which characterizes Modern English compared to Early Modern English?
Larger vocabulary
Simpler grammar
More dialects
Fewer loanwords
10. Which grammatical term is used to describe 'who' in English pronouns?
Nominative
Accusative
Dative
Genitive
11. What is a verb?
Action or state word
Describes a noun
Replaces a noun
Links two words
12. Which English language period started around 1500?
Early Modern English
Old English
Middle English
Late Modern English
13. Which type of pronoun is used to ask a question?
Interrogative pronoun
Personal pronoun
Relative pronoun
Demonstrative pronoun
14. To show more than one noun in English, what suffix is usually added?
15. Which country's colonization contributed significantly to the spread of the English language?
Britain
Roman Empire
Spain
France
