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Activities & Riddles
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
• ‘E’ is the most commonly used letter in the English
language. In fact, as many as one in eight of all
the letters written in English is ‘e’.
• More English words begin with the letter ‘S’ than
any other letter of the alphabet.
The longest English word that can be spelled without
repeating any letters is ‘uncopyrightable”.
The longest word in English has 45 letters:
‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’! It
is a type of lung disease caused by inhaling ash .
There is no word in the English language that rhymes
with month, orange, silver or purple.
‘Queueing’ is the only word with five consecutive
vowels (five vowels in a row). This is a great word to
use when you play hangman!
Do you know what is special about the following sentence?
‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’. This type of
sentence is called a ‘pangram’ as it uses every letter in the
English language.
Riddles :Can you work out the answers to
these fun English riddles?
 1. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
 2. What type of cheese is made backwards?
 3. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
 4. What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?
 5. Which month has 28 days?
Answers
 1)A clock
2)Edam (spell ’made’ backwards)
3)The C (sea)
 4)A teapot
 5)All of them!!
Tidbit about  English language

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Tidbit about English language

  • 1. Have fun with English! Activities & Riddles
  • 2. SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE • ‘E’ is the most commonly used letter in the English language. In fact, as many as one in eight of all the letters written in English is ‘e’. • More English words begin with the letter ‘S’ than any other letter of the alphabet.
  • 3. The longest English word that can be spelled without repeating any letters is ‘uncopyrightable”. The longest word in English has 45 letters: ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’! It is a type of lung disease caused by inhaling ash . There is no word in the English language that rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. ‘Queueing’ is the only word with five consecutive vowels (five vowels in a row). This is a great word to use when you play hangman!
  • 4.
  • 5. Do you know what is special about the following sentence? ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’. This type of sentence is called a ‘pangram’ as it uses every letter in the English language.
  • 6. Riddles :Can you work out the answers to these fun English riddles?  1. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?  2. What type of cheese is made backwards?  3. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?  4. What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?  5. Which month has 28 days?
  • 7. Answers  1)A clock 2)Edam (spell ’made’ backwards) 3)The C (sea)  4)A teapot  5)All of them!!