What is a syntactic bond?

A). A syntactic function

B). A syntagmatic relation between word-forms, word-groups and sentences

C). The meaning of the words

D). A sentence

E). a word –form

$$$ 102C

Which of the following is the definition of the sentence?

A). The sentence is a unit of language, that is a system of two member oppositions.

B). The sentence is a nominative unit of language, which represents a concrete

thing or a whole situation.

C). The sentence is the immediate integral unit of speech built up of words according to a definite syntactic pattern and distinguished by a contextually relevant communicative purpose.

D). The word sentence is used to refer to any passage, spoken or written, of whatever length, that does form a unified whole

E) two or more elements which are grammatically equal

$$$ 103A

Which of the following is not a feature of the sentence?

A). The sentence is a ready-nude unit

B). The sentence is a unit of speech, which is intonationally delimited

C). The sentence is characterized by predication.

D). The sentence is a unit of speech

E) The sentence is a nominal element consisting of some components

$$$ 104B

What is "predication"

A). It is a relation between the subject and the verb

B). It is the expression of the relation of the utterance to reality

C). It is a predicative link word

D). It is a modal verb

E). It is an analytical form

$$$ 105C

Which of the following is not a classification of the sentence?

A). The classification according to the purpose of the utterance

B). The classification according to the actual division

C). The classification according to the head component

D). The classification according to the structure

E). The classification according to the meaning

$$$ 106 C

The declarative sentence expresses:

A). An inducement

B). A question

C). A statement

D). An exclamation

E). A request

$$$ 107C

Which of the following statement about an exclamatory sentence is wrong?

A). The exclamatory sentence docs not possess any concrete. set of qualities that could place them on one and the same level with the three cardinal communicative types of sentences.

B). The property of exclamation should be considered as an accompanying feature which is effected with the system of the three cardinal communicative types of sentences

C). The exclamatory sentence expresses the interrogation, intention, negation and satisfaction.

D). The exclamation may be expresses by a one-member sentence conveying a signal of alarm

E) The exclamation may be expressed by vocatives

$$$ 108C

What are the main parameters of the classification of a simple sentence?

A). The number of the predicative lines

B). The type of the subjective-predicative relation

C). The structure and the purpose of the utterance

D). The way of expansion and the way of expressing the members of the sentence

E). The members of the sentence

$$$ 109D

From the point of view of their structure, sentences can be:

A). Affirmative, declarative, negative

B). Simple and composite

C). Subordinate and principle

D). Simple, composite and semi-composite

E). Predicative and composite

$$$ 110C

What is the elliptical sentence?

A). A sentence which contains only one predicative line

B). A sentence full of homogeneous members

C). A sentence with one or more of its parts left out, which can be easily restored

D). An unexpanded sentence

E). AN expanded sentence

$$$ 111D

What is O. Jespersen's viewpoint on the problem of the members of the sentence:

A). The direct object must be treated as a part of a predicate

B). The predicate is not an independent part of the sentence as it agrees with the third person singular of the subject in present time sphere

C). He introduced semi-notional members of the sentence- connectives, specifies and parenthesis

D). The subject and the object are of the same rank in the structure of the sentence, for they participate in conveying "the principal thought"

E). The subject and the predicate are of the same rank

$$$ 112A

Which of the following is a definition of the subject:

A). It is a unit that indicates who or what is engaged in carrying out the action specified by the verb

B). It is a member of predication containing the mood and the tease components of predicativity

C). It answers the question “who”\ "whom", "what” and denotes an object

D). It is a part of a sentence which qualifies a noun, a pronoun or any other part of speech

E). It is connected with the members of the sentence

$$$ 113C

According to the meaning the Attribute may be:

A). Loose and close,

B). Pre-position and post-position

C). Qualitative, quantitative and circumstantial

D). Adjectival, pronounal and stative

E) Cognate, , vocative

$$$ 114 D

Point out the adverbial modifier:

A). She made her way back to the boat deck

B). The feature was in her power

C). She was most anxious to stay young.

D). Helson watched her with annoyance.

E). Mr. Johnson was awake.

$$$ 115B

According to the word the object modifies, it may be:

A). Object –pronoun, object -noun, object-infinitive

B). Object –to a verb, object –to an adjective, object to an adverb

C). Object -simple, object -phrasal, object-clausal

D). Object direct, indirect, cognate

E) . Prepositional, non-prepositional

$$$ 116 D

Predicative may not be confused with:

A). An object

B). A subject

C). An adverbial modifier

D). A predicate

E) conjunction

$$$ 117A

What two notions does Bas Aarts distinguish to avoid ambiguity of the status of the subject, the predicate and the object:

A). Predicator and predicate

B). Complement and derivator

C). Modifier and determiner

D). Subjective complement, Predicator and object complement

E). adjunct and modifier

$$$ 118D

Which classification is common to subject, object and adverbial modifier:

A). According to the word they modify

B). According to the way of expressing

C). According to the types

D). According to the structure

E). According to the purpose

$$$ 119A

Stale the type of the subject "it" in the following sentence: "Number 25." — "It is just around the bend, to the left."

A). Notional

B). Impersonal

C). Introductory

D). Emphatic

E). finite

$$$ 120C

What is A.Smirnitsky's opinion concerning the object and the predicative:

A). He subdivides the objects into verbal, adjectival and nounal

B). He calls the object a modifier, and the predicative as a predicator

C). He subdivides the complements into Predicative complements (predicative) and Objective complements (Objects)

D). He calls the object a substance-modifier and the predicative a process-modifier of the subject-person

E). He proves the relation between them

$$$ 121C

Which of the following underlined parts is a predicative:

A). Mr Curry was out until half-past nine.

B). I am looking for a quiet room with breakfast

C). Mr. Curry was an avid reader.

D). He looked round him quickly

E). He was having his dinner.

$$$ 122A

Poutsma used the term "composite" as a common term for...

A). the compound and complex sentences

B). the simple and all compound sentences

C). the supra-sentential unit

D). the discourse

E). discourse

$$$ 123B

What does «the clause» mean?

A). A grammatical unit, containing a subject and a predicate

B). A syntactic unit, containing a subject and a predicate

C). A discourse

D). A lexico-grammatical unit , which excludes the secondary members of the sentence

E) An intercourse

$$$ 124C

The trichotomic classification is a division of a sentence into...

A). Simple and compound

B). Simple, composite and complex

C). Simple, compound and complex

D). Primary, secondary and tertiary

E). Free and bound

$$$ 125A

What is the weak link in the trichotomic classification?

A). The concept of the compound sentence, containing syntactically independent coordinate clauses or sentences

B). The concept of the composite sentence

C). The concept of the complex sentence, containing syntactically dependent predicative clauses

D). The concept of the word order

E). The concept of communication

$$$ 126D

What new terms did the scientists employ to express the grammatical peculiarity of compound sentence?

A). "Multiple" and "triple" sentences

B). "Independent" and "dependent" sentences

C). "Copulative" and "Adversative" sentences.

D). "Double" and "Multiple" sentences

E). Headed and Non-headed

$$$ 127A

Which of the following is a semi-compound sentence?

A). No.38,39 and 40 were incorporated together as the Balaclava Private Hotel.

B). He had no wish to make a collection of cut dogs leads.

C). Men are so. extraordinary when it's a question of money.

D). Miss Amy Carnaby fell back, her hand went to her ample breast.

E). She sat motionless.

$$$ 128D

Which of the following is a semi-complex sentence?

A). The room was .very small and much overcrowded.

B). A few minutes later you gave the alarm that the dog had been stolen

C). She said her tonic tasted unpleasant.

D). He heard people calling.

E). Many happy returns of the day, darling.

$$$ 129C

Which of the following is not the feature of the compound sentence:

A). Communicative integrity

B). Several predicative lines

C). Predicative lines are connected coordinately

D). Predicative lines are connected subordinately

E). By clauses

$$$ 130A

What may the notion "discourse" mean?

A). A border unit which lies between the sentence and the text

B). A coherence within the text, including linguistic cohesion

C). One of the text connective means

D). One of the principal types of the text

E). One of the means of expressing quality

$$$ 131D

"Ellipsis" is .... means of text connection

A). Lexico-grammatical

B). Lexical

C). Grammatical

D). Syntactic

E). Semantic

$$$ 132B

Point out the predicative clause

A). He stared at it as if it could tell him something.

B). Another thing was I admit I was scared.

C). If the ship sank, she would have some warning.

D). The notion that the vast mass of machinery might obey her made her smile.

E) Men are so extraordinary when it is a question of money

$$$ 133A

How does the principal clause dominate the subordinate one:

A). Positionally

B). Lexically

C). Structurally

D). Morphologically

E). semantically

$$$ 134A

What does the conjunction "but" in a compound sentence imply?

A). A concessive relationship

B). A mere addition

C). Emphasizes the exclusion of one of die alternatives

D). A restatement of what was said in the first clause

E). Termination of the action

$$$ 135C

What is the problem of the principal clause?

A). What die discrimination is based on

B). If the very existence of either of clause is supported by the existence of the

other

C). Whether the treatment of the Subject and the predicative clauses as genuinely subordinate ones is rational or not

D). The semantic of the principal clause is of question

E). Its dependence on the subordinate clause

$$$ 136C

What may the scholars mean under the "text"?

A). A word and a sentence

B). Any supra-phrasal unit and a discourse

C). A novel, a poem, a monologue and a dialogue

D). A word, a phrase, a sentence, any supra-phrasal unit, a novel and so on

E). A morpheme and a word group

$$$ 137B

State the type of coordination in the following sentence: Usually they were friendly but sometimes they were critical.

A). Copulative

B). Adversative

C). Disjunctive

D). Causative-consecutive

E). Subjective

$$$ 138B

What two main objects of text linguistics does O.I Moskalskaya differentiate?

A). Discourse and text

B). Microtext and macrotext

C). Monologue and dialogue

D). Written or oral text

E). grammar and lexics

$$$ 139E

There are two views on the problem of anticipatory “it”.

A). This is not a complex sentence, but a compound one.

B). This is a semi- composite sentence.

C). This is a clause introduced by the anticipatory “it”, or the clause is appositive.

D). This is an adverbial clause

E). This is just a subject clause introduced by the anticipatory “it”, or the clause is appositive

$$$ 140C

What is the main criterion of the compound sentence?

A). It contains several predicative lines

B). It dominates the subordinate clause

C). It usually describes the events in their natural order

D). It may be proved by equivalent transformation of the non-anticipatory construction into anticipatory one

E). It may be mixed with complex sentences

$$$ 141C

Which of the following model of the sentence deals with immediate constituents:

A). Parts of the sentence model

B). Distributional model

C). IC model

D). Transfomational model

E). Compositional model

$$$ 142 A

Why according to L.S. Barkhudarov, the Imperative mood isn't considered to be a mood form:

A). Because it can be regarded as an elliptical sentence

B). Because it isn't expressed by the form 'should + lnf”

C). Because it expresses the aspect of an action

D). Because it expresses the gender of an action

E) Because it expresses request

$$$ 143A

What is the categorical meaning of a verb ?

A). process

B). substance

C). property

D). quality

E). quantity

$$$ 144 A

The category of number of the verb shows ...

A). Whether the action is associated with one or more doers

B). The number of the actions in the sentence

C). The number of listeners in the sentence

D). Whether the action was done once or more times

E). The number of objects in the sentence

$$$ 145C

According to their meaning and function in a sentence the verbs are classified into:

A). Countable and uncountable

B). Plural and singular

C). Notional and structural

D). Dynamic and stative

E). Dynamic and durative

$$$ 146C

The category of time-correlation shows ...

A). the tense of the verbs

B). the aspects of the verb

C). Whether the action is viewed as prior to other situations or irrespective of them

D). whether the subjects of the sentence is the agent or object of the action

E). whether the action is real or not

$$$ 147D

Which of the following is a grammatical meaning of the category of voice?

A). the process of action irrespective of timing

B). the time of the action

C). the priority

D). the direction of the process as regards the participants of the situation

E). the relation to the reality

$$$ 148A

What is the main problem of the category of tense?

A). the number of tenses

B). the meaning of tenses

C). the case of tenses

D). the gender of tenses

E). the absence of discontinuous morpheme

$$$ 149D

How many grammatical categories do the finite forms of the verb have?

A). four (tense mod. number, person)

B). three (case, person, gender)

C). two (voice, tense)

D). seven (tense, voice, mood, person, number, aspect, time-correlation)

E). one (degrees of comparison)

$$$ 150A

What aspects does the verb have in English?

A). continuous and non-continuous

B). past and present

C). active and passive

D). perfect and non-perfect

E). indicative and imperative

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№	Названия глав /Тараудың атауы	Количество вопросов/Сұрақ саны	Таңдау /Выборка	Күрделілігі/сложность
1	The development of Linguistics before the 19th century	100	15	3
2	Phonetics as a branch of Linguistics	100	15	2
3	Problems of phonostylistics	100	15	3
4	Contemporary Linguistics	100	10	2
5	Problems of grammar	150	5	2
		550	60