1.8.2. Вопросы для проведения контроля по материалам 8 – 15 недели:

1. Choose the date of the first English written records.

a) 7^th c.

b) 3^rd c.

c) 11^th c.

d) 15^th c.

2. Choose the dates of the second period in the history of English.

a) From the 8^th c. till the end of the 11^th c.

b) From the 11^th c. till half of the 14^th c.

c) From the later 14^th c. till the end of the 15^th c.

d) From the mid 17^th c. to the close of the 18^th c.

3. The Roman occupation of Britain lasted:

a) 100 years

b) 200 years

c) 400 years

d) 50 years

4. Choose the name of the capital of Wesse durins the reigh of Alfred.

a) London

b) Winchester

c) Worcester

d) Lancaster

5. Choose the name of the OE dialect of the Jutes.

a) Mercian

b) Kentish

c) West Saxon

d) Northumbrian

6. Choose the date when “Beowulf” was written.

a) 3^rd c.

b) 7^th or 8^th c.

c) 1066

d) 1475

7. Point out the phonetic change explaining the following vowel modification which took place in Early OE.

Gt alls WS eall NE all

Gt ahtau WS eahta NE eight

OHG arm WS earm NE arm

a) Diphthongisation

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Breaking

d) Splitting

8. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the interchange of vowels in d?ge, dagas (NE day – Dat, sg. and Nom.Pl.)

b??, ba?ian (NE bath, bathe).

a) Breaking

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Splitting of [a] in Early OE

d) Diphthongisation

9. Point out the phonetic change explaining the following vowel modification which took place in Early OE.

North ald WS eald NE old

OHG nah WS neah NE near

Gith hardus WS heard NE hard

a) Breaking

b) Diphtongisation

c) Palatal Mutation

d) Splitting

10. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the root – vowels in OE and in parallels from other OG languages.

Gt langiza OE lengra NE longer

Gt sandian OE sendan NE send

Gt ubils OE yfel NE evil

a) Diphthongisation

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Breaking

d) Splitting

11. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the vowels in:

Gt auso OE eare NE ear

GT kiusan OE ceosan NE choose

GT diups OE deop NE deep

a) Development of diphthongs in Early OE.

b) Breaking

c) Palatal Mutation

d) Diphthongisation

12. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the interchange of vowels in the forms of the degrees of comparison.

heah – hierra – hiehst NE high

strang – strengra – strengest NE strong

a) Breaking

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Development of diphthongs in Early

d) Diphthongisation

13. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the vowel interchange in hw?l – hwalas (Nom, sg. and pl. M. - a), p?? – pa?um (Nom, sg., Dat.pl. M.a) Ne whale, path

a) Splitting of [a]

b) Palatalisation

c) Breaking

d) Lengthening in open syllables

14. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the interchange of vowels in the forms of the OE degrees of comparison.

long – lengra – lengest eald – ieldra - ieldest

a) Palatal Mutation

b) Breaking

c) Development of diphthongs in Early OE

d) Splitting

15. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the vowels in

OHG scal WS sceal NE shall

Gt scadus WS sceadu NE shade

L castra WS ceaster NE chester

a) Palatal Mutation

b) Breaking

c) Diphthongisation

d) Splitting

16. Define the modern descendant of the OE word scinan, which developed in accordance with regular phonetic and spelling changes.

a) to skin

b) to ski

c) to shine

d) to shrink

17. Define the modern descendant of the OE word steorfan, which developed in accordance with regular phonetic and spelling changes.

a) strive

b) to stir

c) to strave

d) to shine

18. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the interchange of vowels in.

Gt sandjan OE sendan

OE dohtor OE dehter

OE eald OE ieldra

a) Breaking

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Diphthongisation

d) Splitting

19. How is the following way of form – building of the degrees of comparison of adjectives called?

OE god – bettra – betst NE good

OE yfel – wiersa – wierest NE bad

a) Suffixation

b) Suffixation plus vowel interchange

c) Suppletion

d) Palatal Mutation

20. How can the OE word order be defined ?

a) as relatively free

b) as fixed and direct

c) as inverted

d) as strict

21. What languages were the following place names borrowed from?

Kent, York, London, Avon, Thames, Dover?

a) Latin

b) Celtic

c) Old Norse

d) French

22. Determine the part of speech of the OE words leorn – ere, fisc – ere, boc – ere.

a) The adjective

b) The verb

c) The noun

d) The pronoun

23. Choose the correct translation of wicia? Finnas.

a) живут финны

b) жили финны

c) будут жить финны

d) ходят финны

24. Choose the correct translation of for he.

a) путешествовал он

b) путешествует он

c) путешествовали они

d) для него

25. Determine the class of the strong verb writan.

a) Class I

b) Class II

c) Class V

d) Class VII

26. Determine the class of the weak verb habban.

a) Class I

b) Class II

c) Class III

d) Class VII

27. Define the OLD English form of the Modern English verb could.

a) cupe

b) cy?an

c) cl?pan

d) cudan

28. Determine the part of speech of the OE words modig, halig, bysig.

a) The Verb

b) The Noun

c) The Adjective

d) The pronoun

29. Determine the part of speech of the OE words freond – lic, sceand – lic, woruld - lic

a) The verb

b) The adjective

c) The noun

d) The pronoun

30. Choose the correct translation of he bad.

a) Ждали его

b) Он ждал

c) Ждут его

d) Будут ждать его

Вопросы для подготовки к экзамену

1. Choose the date of the first English written records.

a) 7^th c.

b) 3^rd c.

c) 11^th c.

d) 15^th c.

2. Choose the dates of the second period in the history of English.

a) From the 8^th c. till the end of the 11^th c.

b) From the 11^th c. till half of the 14^th c.

c) From the later 14^th c. till the end of the 15^th c.

d) From the mid 17^th c. to the close of the 18^th c.

3. The Roman occupation of Britain lasted:

a) 100 years

b) 200 years

c) 400 years

d) 50 years

4. Choose the name of the capital of Wesse durins the reigh of Alfred.

a) London

b) Winchester

c) Worcester

d) Lancaster

5. Choose the name of the OE dialect of the Jutes.

a) Mercian

b) Kentish

c) West Saxon

d) Northumbrian

6. Choose the date when “Beowulf” was written.

a) 3^rd c.

b) 7^th or 8^th c.

c) 1066

d) 1475

7. Point out the phonetic change explaining the following vowel modification which took place in Early OE.

Gt alls WS eall NE all

Gt ahtau WS eahta NE eight

OHG arm WS earm NE arm

a) Diphthongisation

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Breaking

d) Splitting

8. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the interchange of vowels in d?ge, dagas (NE day – Dat, sg. and Nom.Pl.)

b??, ba?ian (NE bath, bathe).

a) Breaking

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Splitting of [a] in Early OE

d) Diphthongisation

9. Point out the phonetic change explaining the following vowel modification which took place in Early OE.

North ald WS eald NE old

OHG nah WS neah NE near

Gith hardus WS heard NE hard

a) Breaking

b) Diphtongisation

c) Palatal Mutation

d) Splitting

10. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the root – vowels in OE and in parallels from other OG languages.

Gt langiza OE lengra NE longer

Gt sandian OE sendan NE send

Gt ubils OE yfel NE evil

a) Diphthongisation

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Breaking

d) Splitting

11. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the vowels in:

Gt auso OE eare NE ear

GT kiusan OE ceosan NE choose

GT diups OE deop NE deep

a) Development of diphthongs in Early OE.

b) Breaking

c) Palatal Mutation

d) Diphthongisation

12. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the interchange of vowels in the forms of the degrees of comparison.

heah – hierra – hiehst NE high

strang – strengra – strengest NE strong

a) Breaking

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Development of diphthongs in Early

d) Diphthongisation

13. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the vowel interchange in hw?l – hwalas (Nom, sg. and pl. M. - a), p?? – pa?um (Nom, sg., Dat.pl. M.a) Ne whale, path

a) Splitting of [a]

b) Palatalisation

c) Breaking

d) Lengthening in open syllables

14. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the interchange of vowels in the forms of the OE degrees of comparison.

long – lengra – lengest eald – ieldra - ieldest

a) Palatal Mutation

b) Breaking

c) Development of diphthongs in Early OE

d) Splitting

15. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the vowels in

OHG scal WS sceal NE shall

Gt scadus WS sceadu NE shade

L castra WS ceaster NE chester

a) Palatal Mutation

b) Breaking

c) Diphthongisation

d) Splitting

16. Define the modern descendant of the OE word scinan, which developed in accordance with regular phonetic and spelling changes.

a) to skin

b) to ski

c) to shine

d) to shrink

17. Define the modern descendant of the OE word steorfan, which developed in accordance with regular phonetic and spelling changes.

a) strive

b) to stir

c) to strave

d) to shine

18. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the interchange of vowels in.

Gt sandjan OE sendan

OE dohtor OE dehter

OE eald OE ieldra

a) Breaking

b) Palatal Mutation

c) Diphthongisation

d) Splitting

19. How is the following way of form – building of the degrees of comparison of adjectives called?

OE god – bettra – betst NE good

OE yfel – wiersa – wierest NE bad

a) Suffixation

b) Suffixation plus vowel interchange

c) Suppletion

d) Palatal Mutation

20. How can the OE word order be defined ?

+ a) as relatively free

b) as fixed and direct

c) as inverted

d) as strict

21. What languages were the following place names borrowed from?

Kent, York, London, Avon, Thames, Dover?

a) Latin

b) Celtic

c) Old Norse

d) French

22. Determine the part of speech of the OE words leorn – ere, fisc – ere, boc – ere.

a) The adjective

b) The verb

c) The noun

d) The pronoun

23. Choose the correct translation of wicia? Finnas.

a) живут финны

b) жили финны

c) будут жить финны

d) ходят финны

24. Choose the correct translation of for he.

a) путешествовал он

b) путешествует он

c) путешествовали они

d) для него

25. Determine the class of the strong verb writan.

a) Class I

b) Class II

c) Class V

d) Class VII

26. Determine the class of the weak verb habban.

a) Class I

b) Class II

c) Class III

d) Class VII

27. Define the OLD English form of the Modern English verb could.

a) cupe

b) cy?an

c) cl?pan

d) cudan

28. Determine the part of speech of the OE words modig, halig, bysig.

a) The Verb

b) The Noun

c) The Adjective

d) The pronoun

29. Determine the part of speech of the OE words freond – lic, sceand – lic, woruld - lic

a) The verb

b) The adjective

c) The noun

d) The pronoun

30. Choose the correct translation of he bad.

a) Ждали его

b) Он ждал

c) Ждут его

d) Будут ждать его

31. Choose the correct translation of we willa? secgan.

a) Мы будем говорить

b) Мы хотим сказать

c) Нам хотят сказать

d) Нам скажут

32. Choose the Modern English equivalent of the OE word “ic”.

a) I

b) You

c) We

d) it

32. Define the case the OE noun fiscum (sq.) belongs to

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

33. Define the case the OE noun deores (sq.) belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

34. Define the case the OE noun enda (pl.) belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

35. Define the case the OE noun talu (o – stems F.) belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

36. Define the case the OE noun namena (n – stems M) belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

37. Define the case the OE noun fota (root – stem., M) belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

38. Define the case the OE noun musum belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

39. Choose the Modern English equivalent of the OE pronoun зe.

a) I

b) you

c) she

d) he

40. Choose the OE equivalent of the Modern English pronoun they.

a) hie

b) he

c) hire

d) hine

41. Choose the OE equivalent to the Modern English prononoun she.

a) eow

b) heo

c) he

d) hie

42. Define the case the OE pronoun min belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

43. Define the case the OE pronoun ure belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

44. Define the case the OE pronoun us belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

45. Define the case the OE pronoun his belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

46. Define the case the OE pronoun him belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

47. Define the case the OE pronoun pin belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

49. Define the case the OE demonstrative pronoun seo belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

50. Define the case the OE demonstrative pronoun se belongs to.

a) Nominative

b) Genitive

c) Dative

d) Accusative

51. Define the class the OE pronoun hwa belongs to.

a) Personal

b) Demonstrative

c) Interrogative

d) Indefinite

52. Define the class the OE pronoun hw?t belongs to.

a) Personal

b) Demonstrative

c) Interrogative

d) Indefinite

53. Define the class the OE pronoun an belongs to.

a) Personal

b) Demonstrative

c) Interrogative

d) Indefinite

54. Define the class the OE pronoun nanping belongs to.

a) Personal

b) Demonstrative

c) Interrogative

d) Indefinite

55. Define the class the OE pronoun nan belongs to.

a) Personal

b) Demonstrative

c) Interrogative

d) Indefinite

56. Define the declension the OE adjective blindan belongs to.

a) regular

b) irregular

c) strong

d) weak

57. Define the degree of comparison the OE pronoun softra belongs to.

a) Positive

b) Comparative

c) Superlative

d) Indicative

58. Define the degree of comparison the OE adjective ieldra belongs to.

a) Positive

b) Comparative

c) Superlative

d) Indicative

59. Define the degree of comparison the OE adjective ealdest belongs to.

a) Positive

b) Comparative

c) Superlative

d) Indicative

60. Define the degree of comparison the OE adjective m ara belongs to.

a) Positive

b) Comparative

c) Superlative

d) Indicative

61. Define the degree of comparison the OE adjective wiersa belongs to.

a) Positive

b) Comparative

c) Superlative

d) Indicative

62. Choose the grammatical category which does not belong to the OE Finite Verb.

a) number

b) person

c) case

d) tense

63. Choose the grammatical category which does not belong to the OE Finite Verb.

a) Present Tense

b) Past Tense

c) Future Tense

d) Mood

64. Choose the principal form the OE verb writan (Class I) belongs to.

a) Infinitive

b) Past singular

c) Past Plural

d) Participle II

65. Choose the principal form the OE verb wrat (Class I) belongs to.

a) Infinitive

b) Past singular

c) Past Plural

d) Participle II

66. Choose the principal form the OE verb curon (Class II) belongs to.

a) Infinitive

b) Past singular

c) Past Plural

d) Participle II

67. Choose the principal form the OE verb holpen (Class III) belongs to.

a) Infinitive

b) Past singular

c) Past Plural

d) Participle II

68. Choose the principal form the OE weak verb lifd (Class III) belongs to.

a) Infinitive

b) Past singular

c) Past Plural

d) Participle II

69. Choose the principal form the OE weak verb locian (Class II) belongs to.

a) Infinitive

b) Past singular

c) Past Plural

d) Participle II

70. Choose the language the OE word cradol (NE cradle) was borrowed from.

a) Gothic

b) Old Dutch

c) Latin

d) Celtic

71. Choose the language the OE word candel (NE cradle) was borrowed from.

a) Gothic

b) Old Dutch

c) Latin

d) Celtic

72. Choose the language the OE word scol (NE school) was borrowed from.

a) Gothic

b) Old Dutch

c) Latin

d) Celtic

73. Define the part of speech of the OE words freodom, wisdom.

a) noun

b) pronoun

c) adjective

d) adverb

74. Define the part of speech of the OE words woruldlic, freonlic.

a) noun

b) pronoun

c) adjective

d) adverb

75. Define the part of speech of the OE words freondice, hearde.

a) noun

b) pronoun

c) adjective

d) adverb

76. Choose the language the words sky, skill were borrowed from.

a) Latin

b) Celtic

c) French

d) Scandinavian

77. Define the total number of Scandinavian borrowings belonging to Standard English.

a) 1000

b) 2000

c) 300

d) 900

78. What is the date of the Norman invasion of Britain?

a) 900

b) 1475

c) 1066

d) 893

79. What is the date of the introduction of printing?

a) 1576

b) 1475

c) 1770

d) 1066

80. Define the dates of the 5^th period Early New English.

a) From the mid 17^th to the close of the 18^th c.

b) From the later 14^th till the end of the 15^th c.

c) From 1475 to 1660

d) From 1660 to 1800