Primary
The most common letter in English is E.
Did You Know? Fun Facts About the English Language
Fun facts about the English language, its letters, words and history, for students.
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Tip for school assemblies: pick 5 to 7 facts from different subjects and start each one with "Did you know that...".
Facts for Primary students
Primary
The English alphabet has 26 letters, including 5 vowel letters: A, E, I, O and U.
Primary
In English, the word "I" is always written with a capital letter.
Primary
Words that read the same backwards and forwards are called palindromes, like "level" and "racecar".
Facts for Middle school students
Middle school
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the English alphabet.
Middle school
The word "facetious" contains all five vowels in alphabetical order.
Middle school
The word "bookkeeper" has three double letters in a row: oo, kk and ee.
Middle school
The dot above the letters i and j is called a "tittle".
Middle school
Words like "set" and "run" have hundreds of different meanings in English dictionaries.
Facts for Secondary students
Secondary
Many English words have Arabic roots, such as "algebra", "algorithm" and "coffee".
Secondary
English is an official language in more than 50 countries around the world.
Secondary
Shakespeare is credited with the first recorded use of many words, such as "lonely" and "bedroom".