RIDDLE TIME !
Factopedia
FACTS ON ENGLISH
I am a six letter
word. Subtract
one letter and
twelve remains.
Who am I????
Ans:dozens
•English is a West Germanic Language.
•The English language spread with the growth of the British
Empire, becoming the dominant language in Canada, the
United States, New Zealand and Australia.
•Today English is probably the most widely spoken language
in the world, with many people learning it as a second or
foreignlanguage.Itisestimatedthattherecouldbeasmanyas
1.5 billion total English speakers worldwide.
•The countries with the highest populations of native English
speakers are the US, UK, Canada and Australia.
•English is one of six official languages of the United Nations,
as well as French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese
Mandarin.
•English has a huge vocabulary, with over 250000 different
words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.
A NEW TWIST !
There was a
fisherman named
Fisher who fished for
some fish in a
fissure.Till a fish with
a grin, pulled the
fisherman in.Now
they're fishing the
fissure for Fisher.
LETS
UNDERSTAND !
i can is 100
miles important
than IQ
•English incorporates words from a large number of different
languages.
•Many scientific words used in the English language come
from Latin or Greek.
•English is written in the Latin alphabet (also known as the
Roman alphabet).
Contributed by:
Varsha,8D
CYCLONE !
Bank manager asks
Sardar in an
interview: "What is
cyclone"
Sardar: "It is the loan
given to purchase a
cycle"