ABCs of English Quiz Quiz Questions

1. Which of these is not a period of development of the English language?

A Ancient Greek B Modern English C Middle English D Anglo-Saxon

2. Which of these was not a dialect of Old English?

A Irish B Kentish C Mercian D Northumbrian

3. Which of these sounds does not come at the beginning of a word, in English?

A cl B ba C al D ng

4. Which is the most common order of words in English?

A verb-object-subject B subject-verb-object C object-verb-subject D subject-object-verb

5. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

A 26 B 19 C 30 D 22

6. The English word "bacteria" is based on the word bakterion from which language?

A Greek B German C Latin D Russian

7. What letter begins more English words than any other?

A l B a C x D s

8. What letter does not appear in the English numbers 1 through 100?

A e B o C a D i