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Have a look at the “wordle” and choose the words which you associate with the English language 
Have a look at the “wordle” and choose the words which you associate with the English language
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Make up your wordle “English”. Use up to 10 words.
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What do you know about English? Let's do the quiz!
Spanish;
Mandarin Chinese;
Russian;
English.
One out of every five people on the planet
One out of every ten people on the planet
One out of every three people on the planet
More than 50%;
More than 80%;
100%
Between 5000 and 8000
Between 8000 and 12000
Between 12000 and 20000
Between 1200 and 2000
Between 4000 and 6000
Between 8000 and 10000
500–1000
1500–2000
3000–5000
Listen to the radio programme about English. Which fact in the programme is not correct?
1. About 170 million people speak English.
2. English was first spoken in the fifth century BC also known as the Old English period.
3. We are now in the Modern English period which started in the 16th century, when George Martin lived.
4. Today every one out of five people on the planet can speak English.
5. More than 80 % of home pages on the Internet are in Mandarin Chinese.
6. The number of words in English has grown from 50,000 or 60,000 words in Old English to about a billion today.
7. In everyday speech, a native speaker uses around a tenth of his vocabulary – 1200 to 2000 words.
8. Only between 1500 and 2000 words should be enough in most situations.