Homework 1

1. 1.After English, what is the UK's most spoken language?
   1. Urdu
   2. Polish
   3. Welsh
   4. Punjabi
2. 2.Which of these is NOT an official language of Singapore?
   1. Mandarin
   2. English
   3. Cantonese
   4. Tamil
3. 3.What is Esperanto?
   1. The official language of Basque Country
   2. An Amazonian tribal dialect
   3. A Native American tribal dialect
   4. A language developed for international communication
4. 4.Where is the heartland of Blackfoot?
   1. Alberta, Canada
   2. Victoria, Australia
   3. Marlborough, New Zealand
   4. New Mexico, USA
5. 5.Which of the following is NOT an official language of the United Nations?
   1. German
   2. Spanish
   3. Russian
   4. French
6. 6.When was it no longer compulsory to take a GCSE language in England?
   1. 1997
   2. 2001
   3. 2004
   4. 2012
7. 7.The linguistic structure of Klingon is agglutinative. Which of these is also an agglutinative language?
   1. Hungarian
   2. Icelandic
   3. Serbian
   4. Czech
8. 8.You see a road sign that says: "Ffordd ar gau". What does it mean?
   1. Give way
   2. Road closed
   3. One way
   4. Reduce speed
9. 9.Who invented Newspeak?
   1. H.G. Wells
   2. Aldous Huxley
   3. Kurt Vonnegut
   4. Eric Arthur Blair
10. 10.How many Welsh speakers are there in the UK?
    1. 362,000
    2. 462,000
    3. 562,000
    4. 662,000
11. 11.In which of these countries is English NOT the official language?
    1. Sierra Leone
    2. The Gambia
    3. Namibia
    4. Mozambique
12. 12.What does "qui va lentement va surement" mean?
    1. It's neither here nor there
    2. More haste less speed
    3. Take it or leave it
    4. It never rains but it pours