<p></p><h4 style="text-align: center; "><b>Interesting facts about English</b>&nbsp;<br>April 23 is UN English Language Day, a day set aside by UNESCO "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization."<br>Not coincidentally, it`s also William Shakespeare`s birthday. So, in honor of UN English Language Day and the Bard, here are some fun facts about the English language. Instead of only focusing on grammar and other theoretical aspects, don`t forget to enjoy its more entertaining side.&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Over 840 million people speak English as a first or second language, which makes it the second most-spoken language right after Mandarin.&nbsp;</li></ul><ul><li>It is an official language of 67 countries.&nbsp;</li></ul><ul><li>A pangram sentence is one that contains every&nbsp;letter in the English language. "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a pangram.&nbsp;</li></ul><ul><li>The most difficult tongue twister in the English language is "Sixth sick sheik`s sixth sheep`s sick". Why not try it out on your friends and see if any of them can say it without making a mistake?</li></ul><ul><li>Over 80% of the information stored in computers worldwide is English.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul></h4><p></p><p></p><h3><p><br></p><p><b>Read the text and answer true (T) and false (F).&nbsp;</b><br></p><p>1. A pangram is a sentence that involves all English letters. [[1]]</p><p>2. English is number one most spoken language in the world. [[2]]</p><p>3. English is the only official language of UN. [[3]]</p><p>4. Shakespeare was born on April 23. [[4]]</p><p>5. An English day was set by UN in order to celebrate Shakespeare`s day.&nbsp; [[5]]</p><p><br></p></h3><br><br><p></p>