If the voice moves down by slides within stressed syllables the head is called... .

A)scandent

B)stepping

C)falling

D)broken descending

E)sliding

@@@ Contemporary Linguistics

$$$ 1C

Morphology is…

A) the study of the physical properties of speech (or signed) production and perception

B) the study of sounds (or signs) as discrete, abstract elements in the speaker's mind that distinguish meaning

C) the study of internal structures of words and how they can be modified

D) the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences

E) the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences

$$$ 2D

Syntax is….

A) the study of the physical properties of speech (or signed) production and perception

B) the study of sounds (or signs) as discrete, abstract elements in the speaker's mind that distinguish meaning

C) the study of internal structures of words and how they can be modified

D) the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences

E) the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences

$$$ 3E

Semantics is ….

A) the study of the physical properties of speech (or signed) production and perception

B) the study of sounds (or signs) as discrete, abstract elements in the speaker's mind that distinguish meaning

C) the study of internal structures of words and how they can be modified

D) the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences

E) the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences

$$$ 4B

Phonology is ….

A) the study of the physical properties of speech (or signed) production and perception

B) the study of sounds (or signs) as discrete, abstract elements in the speaker's mind that distinguish meaning

C) the study of internal structures of words and how they can be modified

D) the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences

E) the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences

$$$ 5A

Pragmatics is …..

A) the study of how utterances are used in communicative acts, and the role played by context and non-linguistic knowledge in the transmission of meaning

B) the analysis of language use in texts (spoken, written, or signed) C) the study of internal structures of words and how they can be modified

D) the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences

E) the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences

$$$ 6C

Discourse analysis is ….

A) the study of the physical properties of speech (or signed) production and perception

B) the study of sounds (or signs) as discrete, abstract elements in the speaker's mind that distinguish meaning

C) the analysis of language use in texts (spoken, written, or signed)

D) the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences

E) the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences

$$$ 7A

Natural as well as human-taught communication systems in animals, compared to human language is studied by…

A) Biolinguistics

B) Clinical linguistics

C) Computational linguistics

D) Evolutionary linguistics,

E) Historical linguistics

$$$ 8C

Computational implementations of linguistic structures are studied by…

A) Biolinguistics

B) Clinical linguistics

C) Computational linguistics

D) Evolutionary linguistics,

E) Historical linguistics

$$$ 9D

The origin and subsequent development of language by the human species are studied by…. .

A) Biolinguistics

B) Clinical linguistics

C) Computational linguistics

D) Evolutionary linguistics

E) Historical linguistics

$$$10A

Historical linguistics or diachronic linguistics is…

A)the study of language change over time.

B) the study of the structures in the human brain that underlie grammar and communication.

C) the study of the cognitive processes and representations underlying language use.

D) the study of the common properties of diverse unrelated languages, properties that may, given sufficient attestation, be assumed to be innate to human language capacity.

E) the study of the origin and subsequent development of language by the human species.

$$$ 11B

The application of linguistic theory to the field of Speech-Language Pathology is studied in …. . A) Biolinguistics

B) Clinical linguistics

C) Computational linguistics

D) Evolutionary linguistics

E) Historical linguistics

$$$12E

Language change over time is studied by… .

A) Biolinguistics

B) Clinical linguistics

C) Computational linguistics

D) Evolutionary linguistics

E) Historical linguistics

$$$13D

Linguistic typology is the study of…. .

A) language change over time.

B) the structures in the human brain that underlie grammar and communication.

C) the cognitive processes and representations underlying language use.

D) the common properties of diverse unrelated languages, properties that may, given sufficient attestation, be assumed to be innate to human language capacity.

E) the origin and subsequent development of language by the human species.

$$$ 14E

Developmental linguistics is the study of…. .

A) language change over time.

B) the structures in the human brain that underlie grammar and communication.

C) the cognitive processes and representations underlying language use.

D) the common properties of diverse unrelated languages, properties that may, given sufficient attestation, be assumed to be innate to human language capacity.

E). the development of linguistic ability in individuals, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood.

$$$ 15A

Sociolinguistics is the study of …

A) variation in language and its relationship with social factors.

B) the structures in the human brain that underlie grammar and communication.

C) linguistic factors that place a discourse in context.

D) the common properties of diverse unrelated languages, properties that may, given sufficient attestation, be assumed to be innate to human language capacity.

E). the development of linguistic ability in individuals, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood.

$$$ 16C

Stylistics is the study of … .

A) variation in language and its relationship with social factors.

B) the structures in the human brain that underlie grammar and communication.

C) linguistic factors that place a discourse in context.

D) the common properties of diverse unrelated languages, properties that may, given sufficient attestation, be assumed to be innate to human language capacity.

E). the development of linguistic ability in individuals, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood.

$$$ 17B

Neurolinguistics is the study of…. .

A) variation in language and its relationship with social factors.

B) the structures in the human brain that underlie grammar and communication.

C) linguistic factors that place a discourse in context.

D) the common properties of diverse unrelated languages, properties that may, given sufficient attestation, be assumed to be innate to human language capacity.

E). the development of linguistic ability in individuals, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood.

$$$ 18C

Psycholinguistics is the study of … .

A) variation in language and its relationship with social factors.

B) the structures in the human brain that underlie grammar and communication.

C) the cognitive processes and representations underlying language use.

D) the common properties of diverse unrelated languages, properties that may, given sufficient attestation, be assumed to be innate to human language capacity.

E). the development of linguistic ability in individuals, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood.

$$$ 19D

Historical linguistics is also called ….

A) “etymology”

B) "synchronic linguistics"

C) “semeiotics”

D) "diachronic linguistics"

E) “glossematics”

$$$ 20A

……studies languages in a given moment in time without regarding its previous stages.

A) "Synchronic linguistics"

B) "diachronic linguistics"

C) “semeiotics”

D) “glossematics”

E) “etymology”

$$$ 21 B

What is the task of Etymology of English language?

A) The characteristic peculiarities of the vocabulary of a given languages to a given stage.

B) The origin of various words, their changes and development.

C) Morphological structure of English words.

D) Semantic structure of English words at a given.

E) Syntactical structure of English language.

$$$ 22 D

What language is the term “Lexis” derived from?

A) Latin.

B) German.

C) Sanscrit.

D) Greek.

E) French.

$$$ 23 B

What noun suffix came to English from Latin :

A) -tion

B) -ment

C) -age

D) -ess

E) -ance

$$$ 24 E

Define the productive noun-forming suffix:

A) -ed

B) -less

C) -y

D) -hood

E) -ness

$$$ 25 C

What part of speech can be formed with the help of these affixes –er, -ing, -ness:

A) verb

B) adjective

C) noun

D) adverb

E) numeral

$$$ 26 C

An affix placed within the word...

1. prefix

2. suffix

3. infix

4. inflection

5. root

$$$ 27 B

Suffixes may be classified according to:

A) their form

B) their origin

C) their syntactic function

D) their grammatical category

E) their phonetic structure

$$$ 28 D

Name one of the types of affixes:

A) phoneme

B) word

C) derivatives

D) infix

E) morpheme

$$$ 29 C

Prefix is one of the type of... .

A) a word

B) a word combination

C) an affix

D) a root

E) a stem

$$$ 30 D

Name one of the miner types of word formation

A) word composition

B) affixation

C) conversion

D) back-formation

E) inflection

$$$ 31 C

Name one of the main types of word formation in English

A) sound interchange

B) back-formation

C) conversion

D) reduplication

E) shortening

$$$ 32 B

One of the principal approaches in linguistic science.

A) Morphological

B) Diachronic

C) Syntactical

D) Phonological

E) logical

$$$ 33 C

Point out one of the causes of semantic changes of words in any language

A) synchronic

B) diachronic

C) linguistic

D) functional

E) polysemantic

$$$ 34 B

Morphemes are subdivided into.

A) stem and infix

B) root and affixes

C) stem and infix

D) root and suffix

E) root and prefix

$$$ 35C

Find the metaphor in the following word combinations:

A) Fleet Street

B) change of a situation

C) fading beauty

D) to beg a thousand pardon

E) snow white

$$$ 36D

Find the metonymy in the following word combinations:

A) a burning wish

B) the mouth of a pot

C) a blooming rose

D) hope of the family

E) the evil eye

$$$ 37B

Find homonyms proper in the following pairs of words

A) steel-steal

B) bark(n) – bark(v)

C) lead(v) – lead(n)

D) piece – peace

E) wind(n) – wind(v)

$$$ 38D

Find the synonymic dominant in the following group of synonyms: intelligent, keen, sharp, clever, able.

A)keen

B)able

C)sharp

D)clever

E) intelligent

$$$ 39 B

Synonyms where the members of a synonymic group can replace each other in any given context.

A) contextual synonyms

B) total synonyms

C) stylistic synonyms

D) ideographical synonyms

E) contextual synonyms

$$$ 40 A

Point out compound adjective:

A)soul-stirring

B)week-end

C)brain-trust

D)hurry-scurry

E)go-between

$$$ 41 E

From the words given in brackets choose English counterpart of the following Russian synonyms: заседание, съезд

A) meeting, assembly

B) gathering, convention

C) conference, sitting

D) company, congress

E) sitting, congress

$$$42 D

Point out the type of the following set-expressions: Red type, to kick the bucket, tit for tat:

A) phraseological unites

B) phraseological combinations

C) idiomatic compounds

D) phraseological fusions

E) found word combinations

$$$ 43C

Name one of the ways borrowings enter the language:

A) through morphological structure

B) through word formation

C) through oral speech

D) through assimilation

E) through syntactical structure

$$$ 44A

Point out one of the criteria for determining borrowed words:

A) the morphological structure and grammatical forms of words

B) semantic structure of words

C) the intonation of sentences

D) stylistic reference

E0 syllabic structure

$$$ 45D

The most frequent transfers of the name of one object to another based on association of similarity

A) metonymy

B) synecdoche

C) simile

D) metaphor

E) euphemisms

$$$ 46C

Find the polysemantic word in the following examples:

A) to run (move with quick steps), a run (act of running)

B) night, knight

C) loud voice, loud color

D) tear (n) - tear (v) E) lead (n) – lead (v)

$$$ 47A

What are the main characteristic features of the morphemes?

A) They can not be used independently, they are always parts of the words

B) They may be described as the basic units of language, uniting meaning and form

C) They can be used as a complete utterance

D) They fulfill different grammatical functions, and may take different functional affixes

E) They can be used as independent elements with the definite meaning

$$$ 48E

Pick out metonymy from the following three sentence:

Silence on both sides. ”Have you lost your tongue, Jack?”

A) silence

B) have lost

C) Jack

D) both sides

E) tongue

$$$ 49A

Point out the type of the following set-expressions : to stand to one`s guns; to know the way the wind is blowing.

A) phraseological units

B) phraseological fusions

C) phraseological combinations

D) idiomatic word combinations

E) proverbs.

$$$ 50D

This comparatively new way of words-building has achieved a high degree of productivity nowadays, especially in American English.

A) Composition

B) word-formation by means of semi-affixes

C) affixation

D) conversion

E) shortening

$$$ 51 A

What is a morpheme?

A) It is the smallest meaningful segmental component of the word

B) It is a nominative unit of language

C) It is the form of the word which expresses the grammatical meaning

D) It is a class of lexemes characterized by some specific features

E) It is a class of words which have their variants of own

$$$ 52 B

What is the word?

A) It is the smallest segmental component of the word

B) It is a nominative unit of language

C) It is the form of the word which expresses the grammatical meaning

D) It is a class of lexemes characterized by some specific features

E) It is a type of word form derivation

$$$ 53 B

Which of the following is an example of the inner inflexion:

A) play -plays-playing

B) give-gave-given

C) be-was-were-been

D) have been working

E) was going

$$$ 54 A

According to the work of active organs of speech the consonants may be:

A) Labial.

B) Alveolar.

C) Velar.

D) Palatal.

E) Regressive.

$$$ 55 D

Define the type of the following syllable [pit]: (pit)

1. covered, open

2. uncovered, closed

3. uncovered, open

4. covered, closed

E) closed, unopen

$$$ 56C

Find the case of assimilation in the following examples:

A) Booty- beauty.

B) Less- loose.

C) at three.

D) Mostly. .

E) Knee

$$$ 57A

Define the type of the following syllable [si]: (see)

A) uncovered, open

B) closed, unopen

C) covered, closed

D) covered, open

E) uncovered, closed

$$$ 58C

Find the case of assimilation in the following examples:

A) Booty- beauty.

B) Less- loose.

C) worked,stopped

D) Mostly. .

E) Knee

$$$ 59E

Find the case of elision in the following examples:

A)kitten,garden

B)little , middle

C) back up

D) twinkle, twinkle little star

E) raspberry

$$$ 60 A

Find the case of nasal plosion in the following examples:

A)kitten,garden

B)little , middle

C) back up

D) twinkle, twinkle little star

E) raspberry

$$$ 61 B

Find the case of lateral plosion in the following examples:

A) small

B) in the middle

C) at that

D) twinkle

E)in case of

$$$ 62C

Environment or position of an element can be understood as ....

A) Any stretch of talk by one person before and after which there is silence on the part of the person

B)the meaning signalled by the parts of the sentence irrespective of their lexical meaning.

C)a set of neighbouring elements

D) total of all environments in which it occurs or class of elements that occur in the same position

E)a difference of two linguistic units occuring in the same position and changing one linguistic element into another linguistic form

$$$ 63D

The distribution of an element is understood as ....

A) Any stretch of talk by one person before and after which there is silence on the part of the person

B)the meaning signalled by the parts of the sentence irrespective of their lexical meaning.

C)a set of neighbouring elements

D) total of all environments in which it occurs or class of elements that occur in the same position

E)a difference of two linguistic units occuring in the same position and changing one linguistic element into another linguistic form

$$$ 64B

The structural meaning is understood as ....

A) Any stretch of talk by one person before and after which there is silence on the part of the person

B)the meaning signalled by the parts of the sentence irrespective of their lexical meaning.

C)a set of neighbouring elements

D) total of all environments in which it occurs or class of elements that occur in the same position

E)a difference of two linguistic units occuring in the same position and changing one linguistic element into another linguistic form

$$$ 65E

What is a contrastive distribution ?

A) Any stretch of talk by one person before and after which there is silence on the part of the person

B)the meaning signalled by the parts of the sentence irrespective of their lexical meaning.

C)a set of neighbouring elements

D) total of all environments in which it occurs or class of elements that occur in the same position

E)a difference of two linguistic units occuring in the same position and changing one linguistic element into another linguistic form

$$$ 66B

What is a morpheme ?

A) a variant of a morpheme occuring in certain environments

B)a lingual form which bears no partial phonetic semantic resemblance to any other form.

C)any group of phonemes

D)a linguistic form that enters some larger constructions

E)a sequence of phonemes

$$$ 67A

What is an allomorph ?

A) a variant of a morpheme occuring in certain environments

B)a lingual form which bears no partial phonetic semantic resemblance to any other form.

C)any group of phonemes

D)a linguistic form that enters some larger constructions

E)a sequence of phonemes

$$$ 68C

What is a construction ?

A) a variant of a morpheme occuring in certain environments

B)a lingual form which bears no partial phonetic semantic resemblance to any other form.

C)any significant group of words or morphemes

D)a linguistic form that enters some larger constructions

E)a sequence of phonemes

$$$ 69D

What is a constituent ?

A) a variant of a morpheme occuring in certain environments

B)a lingual form which bears no partial phonetic semantic resemblance to any other form.

C)any significant group of words or morphemes

D)a linguistic form that enters some larger constructions

E)a sequence of phonemes

$$$ 70C

What is the pronunciation Standard of the Great Britain?

A) Western English

B) Eastern English

C) Received Pronunciation

D) General American English

E) Northern English

$$$ 71A

Which type of pronunciation is known to be the pronunciation standard of the USA:

A) General American.

B) The Southern type.

C) The Eastern type.

D) The "Black English".

E) Yorkshire English.

$$$ 72E

Melody, sentence-stress, rhythm, tempo,tembre are…

A) the degree of intonation

B) the type of intonation

C) stylistic devices

D) styles of intonation

E) the components of intonation

$$$ 73B

Why are there typologically identical sounds in all existing language?

A) because almost all the languages have identical phonetic structure

B) People belonging to different races and nationalities possess identical speech apparatus

C) It is explained by the grammatical laws of the languages

D) Because all the languages have absolutely spectrally identical sounds

E) It is explained by the phonetical laws of the languages

$$$ 74B

What is palatalization?

softness of consonants

softness of vowels

adaptation of

loss of sounds in speech

hardness of consonants

$$$ 75A

Find one of the components of the English phonetic structure.

syllabic;

acoustic;

auditory;

intensity.

E) loudness

$$$ 76B

Why are there typologically identical sounds in all existing language?

A) because almost all the languages have identical phonetic structure

B) People belonging to different races and nationalities possess identical speech apparatus

C) It is explained by the grammatical laws of the languages

D) Because all the languages have absolutely spectrally identical sounds

E) It is explained by the phonetical laws of the languages

$$$ 77A

Find one of the components of the English phonetic structure.

intonation;

acoustic;

auditory;

intensity.

E) loudness

$$$ 78B

The allophones which do not undergo any distinguishable changes in the chain of speech are called....

A) Subsidiary allophones.

B) Principal allophones.

C) Material allophones.

D) Phonemic allophones.

E) Contrastive allophones.

$$$ 79 C

What is the grammatical meaning of "person"?

A) It shows if the action is associated with one doer or with many

B) It reflects the relation of the action denoted by the verb to reality from (lie

speaker's point of view

C) It presents an action as associated by the speaking person with himself or

persons addressed or others

D) It shows if the action is taken in its progress, or it's simply stated, its nature

being unspecified.

E) whether the action is done once or more times

$$$ 80 A

English is...

A) mainly an analytical language

B) a synthetic language

C) an agglutinative language

D) an asyndeton language

E)$ 21A_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ an Asian language

$$$ 81 D

What are the main two parts of theoretical grammar?

A) morphology and phrase

B) morphology and sentence

C) Morpheme and word

D) Morphology and syntax "

E) Syntax and text

$$$ 82 C

What does the morphology deal with?

A) with sentence

B) with phrases and text

C) with morphemes and words

D) with syntactic bonds

E) with members of the sentence

$$$ 83 A

Henry Sweet divided all parts of speech into ...

A) declinable and indeclinable

B) lexical and grammatical

C) animate and inanimate

D) continuous and discontinuous

E) modal and auxiliary

$$$ 84 B

All parts of speech can be divided into ...

A) morphological and structural

B) notional and structural

C) four classes (article, verb, preposition and numeral)

D) covert and overt

E) lexical and syntactic

$$$ 85 B

Classes of words, which have some common lexico-grammatical features, are called:

A) grammatical notions

B) parts of speech

C) phrases

D) interjections

E) grammatical categories

$$$ 86 D

Noun as a part of speech plays the following functions in the sentence:

A) connectors

B) no function at all

C) Only attribute and predicative

D) Any function with the exception of that of a simple verbal predicate.

E) Predicate

$$$ 87C

What is the grammatical meaning of "person"?

A) It shows if the action is associated with one doer or with many

B) It reflects the relation of the action denoted by the verb to reality from (lie

speaker's point of view

C) It presents an action as associated by the speaking person with himself or

persons addressed or others

D) It shows if the action is taken in its progress, or it's simply stated, its nature

being unspecified.

E) whether the action is done once or more times

$$$ 88A

English is...

A) mainly an analytical language

B) a synthetic language

C) an agglutinative language

D) an asyndeton language

E)$ 21A_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ an Asian language

$$$ 89D

What are the main two parts of theoretical grammar?

A) morphology and phrase

B) morphology and sentence

C) Morpheme and word

D) Morphology and syntax "

E) Syntax and text

$$$ 90 C

What does the morphology deal with?

A) with sentence

B) with phrases and text

C) with morphemes and words

D) with syntactic bonds

E) with members of the sentence

$$$ 91A

Suppletive formation is characterized by...

A) a complete change of the root

B) affixation

C) an analytical form of the word

D) a change of a grammatical meaning

E) a formation of past simple.

$$$ 92A

Henry Sweet divided all parts of speech into ...

A) declinable and indeclinable

B) lexical and grammatical

C) animate and inanimate

D) continuous and discontinuous

E) modal and auxiliary

$$$ 93 B

All parts of speech can be divided into ...

A) morphological and structural

B) notional and structural

C) four classes (article, verb, preposition and numeral)

D) covert and overt

E) lexical and syntactic

$$$ 94 B

Classes of words, which have some common lexico-grammatical features, are called:

A) grammatical notions

B) parts of speech

C) phrases

D) interjections

E) grammatical categories

$$$ 95 D

Noun as a part of speech plays the following functions in the sentence:

A) connectors

B) no function at all

C) Only attribute and predicative

D) Any function with the exception of that of a simple verbal predicate.

E) Predicate

$$$ 96 D

What language is the term “Lexis” derived from?

A) Latin.

B) German.

C) Sanscrit.

D) Greek.

E) French.

$$$ 97 B

Name one of the basic objects of lexicology ?

A) Morphemes.

B) Words.

C) Syllables

D) Intonation.

E) Phonemes.

$$$ 98 B

Name one of the main objects of semasiology.

A) Morphemes.

B) Polysemy.

C) Word combinations.

D) Phonemes

E) The origin development of word meaning.

$$$ 99 D

What branch of lexicology studies semantic structure of words?

A) Etimology.

B) Special lexicology.

C) General lexicology.

D) Semasiology.

E) Descriptive lexicology.

$$$ 100 C

Name one of the main types of word formation in English

A) sound interchange

B) back-formation

C) conversion

D) reduplication

E) shortening

@@@ Problems of grammar

$$$ 1B

The theoretical grammar is a science because it:

A). Explains fundamentals of structure of language in accordance with the latest developments in linguistics

B). Has its own object of investigation, aims and approaches of investigation

C). Introduces the most important problems of the grammatical structure of language

D). Studies the importance of grammatical structure

E). Initiates the students into the most important problems of the grammatical structure of language

$$$ 2A

What is the purpose of the theoretical grammar of the English language?

A). To present a systematic study of the grammatical structure of Modern English and to introduce different views of language

B). To prescribe a set of normative rules based on the so-called standard English

C). To investigate different methods of teaching English

D). To help the students to learn as many words and phrases as possible

E). To help the learners of English language

$$$ 3D

The purpose of practical description is:

A). to introduce different views of language

B). to develop the students ability to digest scientific information

C). to present a systematic study of the grammatical structure of language

D). to present the knowledge of the grammatical structure of language in terms of rules that should be obeyed

E). to teach the students the difference between the functional and notional parts of speech

$$$ 4C

The level of language which deals with the phrase is called:

A). Phonemic

B). Lexemic

C). Phrasemic

D). Prosemic

E). Proposemic

$$$ 5B

Language in the narrow sense of the word is:

A). the manifestation of the system of language in the process of intercourse

B). a system of means of expression

C). a nominative unit of language

D). a context for itself

E). the hierarchy of language levels

$$$ 6D

O. Jespersen is a representative of:

A). the pre-normative grammar

B). the normative grammar

C). the prescriptive grammar

D). the classical scientific grammar

E). the textual linguistics

$$$ 7B

Whose work illustrates an attempt at giving a theoretical basis of textual linguistics?

A). G.O.Curmc

B). M.A.K.Halliday

C). H.Sweet

D). J.Nesfield

E). W.Bullokar

$$$ 8A

What is the morpheme?

A). It is the smallest meaningful segmental component of the word

B). It is a nominative unit of language

C). It is the form of the word which expresses the grammatical meaning

D). It is a class of lexemes characterized by some specific features

E). It is a class of words which have their variants of own

$$$ 9B

What is the word?

A). It is the smallest segmental component of the word

B). It is a nominative unit of language

C). It is the form of the word which expresses the grammatical meaning

D). It is a class of lexemes characterized by some specific features

E). It is a type of word form derivation

$$$ 10B

Which of the following is an example of the inner inflexion:

A). play -plays-playing

B). give-gave-given

C). be-was-were-been

D). have been working

E). was going

$$$ 11C

Traditional classification of the morpheme is a division of the word into:

A). A root morpheme and a suffix

B). A root morpheme and an overt

C). A root morpheme and derivational morphemes

D). Inner inflexion and outer inflexion

E). A root morpheme and a bound one

$$$ 12A

The derivational morphemes:

A). are used to derive new words

B). are unchangeable

C). convey the fundamental lexical meaning of the word

D). are self-dependent

E). are inconvenient

$$$ 13D

What is the grammatical meaning?

A). It is a combination of some words and parts of speech

B). It is the smallest part of the morpheme

C). It is a system of expressing a generalized grammatical meaning by means of paradigmatic correlation of grammatical forms

D). It is the significance of a certain relation expressed by a dependent part of a word

E). It is the meaning of the correlated words

$$$ 14A

The form which expresses the grammatical meaning is:

A). A grammatical form

B). A grammatical meaning

C). A grammatical category

D). A sentence

E). A coexistence of words and morphemes

$$$ 15C

A system of expressing a generalized grammatical meaning by means of paradigmatic correlation of grammatical forms is...

A). A grammatical form

B). A grammatical meaning

C). A grammatical category

D). A sentence

E). A phrase

$$$ 16C

What are the main characteristics of the notional parts of speech?

A). They unite words of complete nominating meaning and are unchangeable

B). They unite words of incomplete nominating meaning and are unchangeable

C). They unite words of complete nominating meaning, they are changeable, they play independent functions in the sentence

D). They are changeable, unite words of incomplete nominating meaning, play independent function in the sentence.

E). They are immediate parts of phrases

$$$ 17A

What is a grammatical opposition:

A). A generalized correlation of lingual forms by means of which a certain function is expressed.

B). a significance of a certain relation expressed by a dependent part of a word

C). A system of expressing a generalized grammatical meaning by means of

paradigmatic correlation of grammatical forms

D). a grammatical category

E). a grammatical construction

$$$ 18A

Ch . Fries divided all parts of speech into...

A). 4 classes and 15 groups

B). Animate and inanimate

C). Perfect and non-perfect

D). Passive and active

E ).Continuous and non-continuous

$$$ 19B

The main criteria of classification of parts of speech are:

A). Meaning, form and semantic

B). Meaning, form and function

C). Grammatical meaning, grammatical form and grammatical category

D). Exchangeability, combinability and nominating meaning

E). Independence of the other grammatical categories

$$$ 20C

What is the grammatical meaning of "person"?

A). It shows if the action is associated with one doer or with many

B). It reflects the relation of the action denoted by the verb to reality from (lie

speaker's point of view

C). It presents an action as associated by the speaking person with himself or

persons addressed or others

D). It shows if the action is taken in its progress, or it's simply stated, its nature

being unspecified.

E) whether the action is done once or more times

$$$ 21A

English is...

A). mainly an analytical language

B). a synthetic language

C). an agglutinative language

D). an asyndeton language

E)$ 21A. an Asian language

$$$ 22D