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English Quizzes and Trivia |
 High School (Secondary): the
period of time after Middle School from 9th through
12th grade.
English: a part of curriculum which is
based in the language of The United Kingdom. It includes
reading, writing and understanding its culture. English is
an vital part of transferring skills, knowledge and culture
from one generation to another in countries that have as
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English
"There was no word for the
color orange in English until about 450 years ago. "
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Huffington Post |
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World Literature
"In
1910, Virginia Woolf and her friends dressed up in
costumes and donned fake beards in order to convince
the Royal Navy they were a group of Abyssinian
princes."For more
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Huffington Post |
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Journalism
"In
the early times, forms of communication of news was
limited to word of mouth or gossip." For more
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Universalbyline |
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Poetry
"Mahabharata
is the
longest poem in the world.
It is an Indian epic poem which has around 1.8 million
words....... "For more
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Interestingreality |
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Grammar Composition
"‘I
am.’ is the shortest complete
sentence in the English
language."
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Bloomsbury |
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Reading
"On
average across the world people
spend 6.5 hours a week reading."
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AbeBooks |
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Spelling
"Silent e helps
a vowel say its name." This means that when a word ends with a vowel followed by
a consonant and then silent e, the
vowel has a long sound. That's the difference between rate and rat,
hide and hid, and cube and cub."
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InfoPlease |
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