THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES
QUIZ
Choose and circle the right answers. There might be several possibilities.
1. In the world, there are between 5000-6000/ 6000-7000/ 7000-8000 languages.
2. Those languages are spoken by FIVE /SIX / SEVEN billion people.
3. These people live in 189 / 289 / 389 independent states.
4. In Europe there are about 200/ 225 / 250 indigenous languages.
5. Most of the world’s languages are spoken in :
- NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, INDIA
- ASIA, INDIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA
- AFRICA, JAPAN AND BRAZIL
6. Half of the world’s population is bilingual or plurilingual / monolingual or bilingual.
7. If you’re bilingual or plurilingual, it means that:
- You can understand two or more languages
- You can understand and speak two or more languages
- You can learn new languages and apply for a job abroad more easily
8. If I say I’m a “perfect bilingual”, it means:
- I can speak 2 languages perfectly well
- I can speak 2 languages perfectly well, but I ‘m better at one of them
- I’m a show-off!
9. Multilingual companies are more/ less competitive than monolingual ones.
10. Many languages have 50.000 / 100.000/ 300.000 words or more.
11. In everyday conversation people use the same hundred / thousand / million words.
12. Languages are never / sometimes / constantly in contact with each other
13. Languages never / sometimes / constantly affect each other.
14. In the past English/ European languages borrowed words and expressions from
other English/ European languages.
15. Nowadays English/ European languages are now borrowing many words from
English/ European languages.
16. The non-European languages most widely spoken on the European territory are:
- Arabic, Chinese and Hindi
- Yiddish, Wolof, Japanese
- Japanese, Arabic, Chinese
17. The UK/ Russia/ France has by far the highest number of languages spoken on its
territory (from 130 to 200).
18. There are regional or minority languages in all/ some/ most countries in Europe.
19. Some / all / most regional languages in Europe have obtained official status.
20. In London, 150 /200/ 300 languages are spoken.
21. Learning their mother tongue is easy / difficult / natural for little children.
22. A one-year-old child can:
- make vocal sounds and vowels
- say the first understandable words
- Make complex sentences
23. A three-year-old child can :
- make vocal sounds and vowels
- say the first understandable words
- form complex sentences
24. A five-year-old child can:
- make complex sentences
- make vocal sounds
- use thousands of words
25. The mother tongues spoken in Europe are :
- English, French, German, Russian and Italian, in that order
- Russian German English French and Italian, in that order
- Italian German English French and Russian in that order
LANGUAGE GROUPS
Languages are related to each other like the members of a family.
Ukrainian
Russian
Croatian
Icelandic
Dutch
Armenian
Danish
Greek
French
Norwegian
Belarusian
Italian Georgian
Swedish
Bulgarian
Polish Spanish
Macedonian
Czech
Portuguese Serbian
German
Slovak
Romanian
English
Yiddish
Slovenian
26. Most European languages belong to the Indo-European family. Complete the grid
with the languages from the toolbox:
Germanic family of
Romance languages
Slavic languages
languages
27. Complete this grid with the European languages from the toolbox
Latin alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
They have their own
alphabet
Fadela Merioua
College Les Bouvets
Puteaux (92)
Merioua.merioua@neuf.fr
THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES
QUIZ
Choose and circle the right answers. There might be several possibilities.
28. In the world, there are between 5000-6000/ 6000-7000/ 7000-8000 languages.
29. Those languages are spoken by FIVE /SIX / SEVEN billion people.
30. These people live in 189 / 289 / 389 independent states.
31. In Europe there are about 200/ 225 / 250 indigenous languages.
32. Most of the world’s languages are spoken in :
- NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, INDIA
- ASIA, INDIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA
- AFRICA, JAPAN AND BRAZIL
33. Half of the world’s population is bilingual or plurilingual / monolingual or bilingual.
34. If you’re bilingual or plurilingual, it means that:
- You can understand two or more languages
- You can understand and speak two or more languages
- You can learn new languages and apply for a job abroad more easily
35. If I say I’m a “perfect bilingual”, it means:
- I can speak 2 languages perfectly well
- I can speak 2 languages perfectly well, but I ‘m better at one of them
- I’m a show-off!
36. Multilingual companies are more/ less competitive than monolingual ones.
37. Many languages have 50.000 / 100.000/ 300.000 words or more.
38. In everyday conversation people use the same thousand / hundred / million words.
39. Languages are never / sometimes / constantly in contact with each other
40. Languages never / sometimes / constantly affect each other.
41. In the past English/ European languages borrowed words and expressions from
other English/ European languages.
42. Nowadays English/ European languages are now borrowing many words from
English/ European languages.
43. The non-European languages most widely spoken on the European territory are:
- Arabic, Chinese and Hindi
- Yiddish, Wolof, Japanese
- Japanese, Arabic, Chinese
44. Russia/ France/ the UK has by far the highest number of languages spoken on its
territory (from 130 to 200).
45. There are regional or minority languages in all/ some/ most countries in Europe.
46. Some / all / most regional languages in Europe have obtained official status.
47. In London, 150 /200/ 300 languages are spoken.
48. Learning their mother tongue is easy / difficult / natural for every little baby.
49. A one-year-old child can:
- make vocal sounds and vowels
- say the first understandable words
- Make complex sentences
50. A three-year-old child can :
- make vocal sounds and vowels
- say the first understandable words
- form complex sentences
51. A five-year-old child can:
- make complex sentences
- make vocal sounds
- use thousands of words
52. The mother tongues spoken in Europe are :
- English, French, German, Russian and Italian, in that order
- Russian German English French and Italian, in that order
- Italian German English French and Russian in that order
LANGUAGE GROUPS
Languages are related to each other like the members of a family.
Ukrainian
Russian
Croatian
Icelandic
Dutch
Armenian
Danish
Greek
French
Norwegian
Belarusian
Italian Georgian
Swedish
Bulgarian
Polish Spanish
Macedonian
Czech
Portuguese Serbian
German
Slovak
Romanian
English
Yiddish
Slovenian
53. Most European languages belong to the Indo-European family. Complete the grid
with the languages from the toolbox:
Germanic family of
Romance languages
Slavic languages
languages
Danish
Italian
Russian
Norwegian
French
Ukrainian
Swedish
Spanish
Belurusian
Icelandic
Portuguese
Polish
German
Romanian
Czech
Dutch
Slovak
English
Slovenian
Yiddish
Serbian
Croatian
Macedonian
Bulgarian
54. Complete this grid with the languages from the toolbox:
Latin alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
(Most European languages)
Norwegian
Italian
French
Danish
Swedish
Icelandic
German
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Polish
Czech
Slovak
Slovenian
Croatian
(Some Slavic languages)
Belarusian
Russian
Romanian
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Macedonian
Serbian
They have their own
alphabet
Yiddish
Greek
Armenian
Georgian
THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES
QUIZ