- •Sample tests english phonology
- •Grimm’s Law;
- •Verner's Law;
- •Phonologization.
- •16. What process in oe do these examples illustrate? Choose the correct answer.
- •17.What process in oe do these examples illustrate? Choose the correct answer.
- •26. What process in oe do these examples illustrate? Choose the correct answer.
- •Middle english phonology
- •Vowels in Middle English were not similar to those of Old English.
- •Modern (new) english phonological system
- •Otto Jespersen;
- •Histotical grammar of the english language oe Verbs
- •45. Choose the incorrect letter.
- •47. Choose the correct letter.
- •Me verbs
- •Decrease of weak verbs.
- •True. EModE verbs
- •64. Choose the incorrect letter.
- •Oe nouns
- •The weak adjective declension;
- •The strong adjective declension;
- •Wiersa, wierrest, wierst;
- •Betera, betst;
- •The genitive case;
- •Development of english vocabulary and word-formation
- •Me period and formation of the national literary English
- •The Normans also didn’t control education.
- •Middle English, pilgrims, Canterbury Cathedral;
- •238. When did England found her first colony abroad?
- •240. American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English is. Analyse the statement and choose the correct letter.
- •Rhyming slang;
- •Slaughter, thrift, trust, window, flat, loose, low, odd, tight;
- •Graph, phone, telephone, phonograph, dictaphone, or appendicitis.
- •Fruit, fry, grape, gravy, gruel, herb, jelly, lemon, lettuce, mince;
- •Authority, bailiff, baron, chamberlain, chancellor, constable, coroner, council;
- •Accuse, adultery, advocate, arrest, arson, assault, assize, attorney, bail, bar;
- •Abbey, baptism, cardinal, cathedral, chant, chaplain, charity, clergy;
- •Guard, lieutenant, moat, navy, peace, retreat, sergeant, siege, soldier.
- •Pork, poultry, raisin, roast, salad, salmon, sardine, saucer, sausage, spice, stew, sugar;
- •Islet circlet, streamlet, ringlet, leaflet, booklet.
- •Disappoint, disdain, disagree ,disown, disburden;
- •282. In Early Modern English verbs are commonly produced from nouns and adjectives by means of conversion. Analyse the statement and choose the correct letter.
- •Miscellaneous
Histotical grammar of the english language oe Verbs
44. Fill in the gap. Choose the correct letter.
In OE verbs were divided into …
strong or weak verbs;
regular and irregular;
preterite;
participle II.
45. Choose the incorrect letter.
a) Strong verbs form their preterite and participle II by change of the root-vowel.
b) Weak verbs form their preterite and participle II by addition of a dental suffix.
c) The OE system of finite verb-forms includes three tenses –Present, Future and Preterite.
c) The OE system of finite verb-forms includes three moods–Indicative, Subjunctive and Imperative.
46. There were the following major verb categories in OE. Choose the incorrect statement.
a) mood: Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive.
b) person: 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
c) number: Sg. (Singular) and Pl.(Plural), Dual.
d) conjugation: strong (the Ablaut) and weak (suffixes-d/-t).
47. Choose the correct letter.
a) The strong verbs in OE were subdivided into 8 classes.
b) The strong verbs in OE were subdivided into 7 classes.
c) The strong verbs in OE were subdivided into 6 classes.
d) The strong verbs in OE were subdivided into 3 classes.
48. How many classes (groups) were the weak verbs in OE divided into? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.
a) The weak verbs in OE were subdivided into 2 classes.
b) The weak verbs in OE were subdivided into 3 classes.
c) The weak verbs in OE were subdivided into 4 classes.
d) The strong verbs in OE were subdivided into 6 classes.
49. How are OE Present-Preterite verbs called nowadays? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.
a) regular verbs;
b) irregular verbs;
c) modal verbs;
d) auxiliary verbs.
50. What group of OE verbs are the following verbs (witan, cunnan, þurfan, dearan , munan, sculan , magan ) referred to? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.
a) regular verbs;
b) irregular verbs;
c) modal verbs;
d) auxiliary verbs.
51. Match OE Present-Preterite verbs with their modern equivalents. Choose the correct variant.
a) 1,2; 2, 1; 3, 4; 4,3; 5, 6; 6, 7; 7,5
b) 1,5; 2, 1; 3, 4; 4,3; 5, 6; 6, 7; 7,2
c) 1,2; 2, 4; 3, 4; 4,1; 5, 6; 6, 7; 7,5
d) 1,7; 2, 1; 3, 4; 4,3; 5, 6; 6, 2; 7,5
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52. What features were typical of anomalous verbs in OE? Answer the question and choose the incorrect letter.
a) Anomalous verbs in OE used several different stems for their tenses.
b) There were a few anomalous verbs in OE.
c) Anomalous verbs were met very rarely in the texts.
d) Future action was expressed by the Present forms, sometimes using verbs of modality.
53. Match OE anomalous verbs with their modern equivalents. Choose the correct variant.
a) 1,2; 2, 1; 3, 4; 4,3;
b) 1,4; 2, 1; 3, 3; 4,2;
c) 1,2; 2, 4; 3, 4; 4,1;
d) 1,3; 2, 4; 3, 4; 4,1;
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54. How many non-finite forms were there in OE? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.
a) 1;
b) 4;
c) 3;
d) 2
55. Choose the correct statement.
a) In OE the Infinitive resembled the noun and had the category of
Nominative Case and Dative Case.
b) In OE the Infinitive resembled the adjective and had the category of
Nominative Case and Dative Nominative.
c) In OE the Infinitive resembled the adverb and had the category of
Nominative Case and Dative Nominative.
d) In OE the Infinitive resembled the pronoun and had the category of
Nominative Case and Dative Nominative.
56. Choose the correct statement.
a) In OE Participles I and II resembled the verb, the adverb and the adjective.
b) In OE Participles I and II resembled the verb, the pronoun and the adjective.
c) In OE Participles I and II resembled the verb, the noun and the adjective.
d) In OE Participles I and II resembled the adverb, the pronoun and the adjective.