Me fail English? That unpossible! — Ralph Wiggum


English is a funny language; that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway. ~Author Unknown

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

How Well Do You Know the English Language?

As I struggled to come up with a topic to blog about concerning the book I dislike very much, I decided against blogging about the book.  I decided I would give my fellow AP English 12 students a test and see how well you know the English language.


Questions: (Don't scroll down and cheat!)

  1. What word has the most definitions that any other word in the English language?
  2. What is the longest one-syllable word in the English language?
  3. What is the longest word in the English language (It's not supercalifragilisticexpialidocious for all you Mary Poppins fans out there)
  4. What is a word in the English language that does not rhyme?
  5. What is the one word in the English language that has only one vowel that occurs five times?
  6. What is the one word in the English language that has three consecutive sets of double letters?
  7. What is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed?
  8. What is the most commonly used letter in the English language?
  9. What is the least commonly used letter?
  10. What is the only English word that begins and ends with "und"?

Answers:

  1. set
  2. screeched
  3. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
  4. Orange, purple, silver, month
  5. invisibility
  6. bookkeeper
  7. queue
  8. e
  9. q
  10. underground
How did you do on the test?
 I feel as if scoring well on this test might be a little difficult, but do not worry! Just take the next AP English 12 grade you get, compare it to this, and you'll feel real good about yourself in AP English! I am simply trying to boost your confidence.  Plus, now you have some fun facts to share at awkward family holiday gatherings!
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2 comments:

  1. Henry GilbertDecember 23, 2010 at 1:44 PM

    I just do not really see how I would know any of these at all. I would have failed the test, but I scrolled down to cheat just because you told me not to. However, I will definitely be sure to share this over the holidays with my cousin who cheated his way through high school and is now in college to become a teacher. I am sure that he will ace it.

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  2. Elizabeth HalperJanuary 2, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    Jillian, I felt really proud that I knew the answer to three of them! Maybe I'm nerdy or something, but I really enjoyed all of these fun facts! Unfortunately, I did not see this post until after all of my awkward family holiday gatherings, but I will try to remember them and share them when those too-well-known awkward family silences come along.

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