1. English Language Quiz

2. 1. What is the most commonly used letter in the English alphabet?

3. ‘E’ is the most commonly used letter in the English language.

4. 2. Which letter of the alphabet begins more words than any other?

5. More English words begin with the letter ‘S’ than any other letter of the alphabet.

6. 3. This sentence contains seven different spellings of which letter sound? ‘He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas’.

7. ee

8. 4. What is special about this sentence
4. What is special about this sentence? ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’.

9. This type of sentence is called a ‘pangram’ as it uses every letter in the alphabet.

10. 5. Can you think of a word with five consecutive vowels?

11. ‘Queueing’ is the only word with five consecutive vowels (five vowels in a row).

12. 6. How many new words are added to the English dictionary each year?

13. Approximately 1000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year.

14. 7. Which is the official language that all pilots must use in the sky?