
- •Теоретическая грамматика
- •Morphology
- •Metonymy
- •63. The morphological level has two level units:
- •133. In accordance with these criteria (semantic, morphological and syntactic) English words form the following classes:
- •136. One of the chief features characterizing an analytical language is….
- •Morpheme
- •Morphology
- •Lexicology
133. In accordance with these criteria (semantic, morphological and syntactic) English words form the following classes:
A) the noun, the adjective, the adverb, the pronoun, the numeral, the preposition, the conjunction, the verb.
B) the noun, the case, the adverb, the pronoun, the numeral, the preposition, the conjunction, the verb.
C) the noun, the pronoun, the numeral, the preposition, the conjunction, the verb.
D) the noun, the article, the adjective, the adverb, the pronoun, the numeral, the preposition, the conjunction, the verb.
E) the noun, the adjective, the adverb, the pronoun, the numeral, the preposition, the plural form, the verb.
134. In accordance with these criteria English words form the following classes: the noun, the adjective, the adverb, the pronoun, the numeral, the preposition, the conjunction, the verb.
A) semantic, morphological and syntactic
B) pragmatics, morphological and syntactic
C) semantic, syntagmic and syntactic
D) pragmatics, syntagmic and syntactic
E) semantic, morphological and paradigmatic
135. Semantic, morphological and syntactic - criteria of the English … .
A) words formation
B) sounds formation
C) phonemes formation
D) words pronunciation
E) words articulation
136. One of the chief features characterizing an analytical language is….
A) a wide use of prepositions which denote relations between objects and to connect words in the sentence
B) a wide use of conjunctions which denote relations between objects and to connect words in the sentence
C) a wide use of prepositions which denote relations between objects and to connect sounds in the sentence
D) a wide use of morphemes which denote relations between objects and to connect words in the sentence
E) a wide use of syllables which denote relations between objects and to connect words in the sentence
137. … is used to denote a quality or feature of an object.
A) The adjective
B) The noun
C) The verb
D) The pronoun
E) The number
138. Adjectives have two main syntactical functions: they may be used as … .
attributes or predicatives
subject and predicate
subject and attribute
object and predicate
predicate and adverbial modifier of manner
139. … is generally used to denote some circumstances or characteristic features of an event, its time, place, manner.
A) The adverb
B) The noun
C) The verb
D) The pronoun
E) The number
140. … may be subdivided into the following groups: time or frequency, place or direction, manner, measure or degree, interrogative, connective adverbs
A) Adverbs
B) The noun
C) The verb
D) The pronoun
E) The number
141. … are otherwise, however, nevertheless, yet, still, therefore
A) Connective adverbs
B) Adverbs of time or frequency
C) Adverbs of place or direction
D) Adverbs of manner
E) Adverbs of measure or degree
142. Now, then, after, before, yesterday, tomorrow, often, always, seldom, ever, never, already, still are …
A) adverbs of time or frequency
B) adverbs of place or direction
C) adverbs of manner
D) adverbs of measure or degree
E) interrogative adverbs
143. Outside, inside, up, down, here, there, forward, backward, north, south are … .
adverbs of place or direction
adverbs of time or frequency
adverbs of manner
adverbs of measure or degree
interrogative adverbs
144. Well, badly, quickly, slowly, kindly, beautifully are … .
A) adverbs of manner
adverbs of place or direction
adverbs of time or frequency
adverbs of measure or degree
interrogative adverbs
145.Half, much, little, nearly, almost, quite, hardly, exceedingly, enough, too, rather are … .
A) adverbs of measure or degree
B) adverbs of manner
adverbs of place or direction
adverbs of time or frequency
interrogative adverbs
146. Where, when, why, how are … .
A) interrogative adverbs
B) adverbs of manner
C) adverbs of place or direction
D) adverbs of time or frequency
E) interrogative adverbs
147. ... are subdivided into personal, possessive, demonstrative , definite, negative , reflexive, interrogative and reciprocal.
A) Pronouns
B) Adverbs
C) Nouns
D) Verbs
E) Numbers
148. … are words which denote the number of some objects.
A) Numerals
B) Adverbs
C) Nouns
D) Verbs
E) Pronouns
149. The grammatical structure of language comprises two major parts –
A) morphology and syntax.
A) phonology and syntax.
A) morphology and semantics.
A) phonology and semantics.
A) morphology and didactic.
150. … denotes the relations between the given object and other objects, phenomena or events.
A) The preposition
B) The pronoun
C) The adverb
D) The noun
E) The verb
151. English is…
Mainly an analytical language
A synthetic language
An agglutinative language
An asyndetic language
An Asian language
152. What are two main parts of theoretical grammar?
Morphology and syntax
Morphology and phrase
Morphology and sentence
Morpheme and word
Syntax and text
Which one is not a type of word-form derivation?
Subject
Synthetic type
Analytical type
Supplative formation
Sound alteration
Choose the correct definition of a morpheme:
It is the smallest meaningful unit of the word
It is the biggest part of the sentence
It is a secondary member of the sentence
It is predication
It is a syntactic bond
155. Affixal morphemes are subdivided into …
Prefixes and suffixes
Phonemes and allomorphs
Inner inflexion and outer inflexion
Allomorphs and morphemes
Root morphemes and inflexions
156. Supplative formation is characterised by …
A complete change of the root
Affixation
An analytical form of the word
A change of a grammatical meaning
A formation of past simple.
157.Henry Sweet divided all parts of speech into …
Declinable and indeclinable
Lexical and grammatical
Animate and inanimate
Continuous and discontinuous
Modal and auxiliary
158. Ch. Fries divided all parts of speech into…
4 classes and 15 groups
Animate and inanimate
Perfect and non-perfect
Passive and active
Notional and structural
159. Point out the principles of classification of parts of speech:
Meaning, form, function
Meaning, form, predication
Meaning, form, coordination
Function, meaning, sentence
Negative form, positive form
All parts of speech can be divided into …
Notional and structural
Morphological and structural
Four classes (article, verb, preposition and numeral)
Covert and overt
Lexical and syntactic
161. Noun as a part of speech has a categorial meaning of
Substance
Process
Property
Quality
Quantity
162. What does the category of case express?
The relation between the thing denoted by the noun and other things
The relation between the verb and the other verb
The relation between the noun and the numeral
The relation between the noun and the article
The relation between the thing and the subject
163.Which of the following is not a meaning of the genitive case:
Common case
Possessive genitive
Genitive of measure
Descriptive genitive
Genitive of origin
164. The category of time-correlation shows …
If the action is viewed as prior to other situations or irrespective of them
The tense of the verbs
The aspect of the verb
If the subject of the sentence is the agent or object of the action
If the action is real or not
165. The category of voice is based on the opposition of…
Passive and active voice
Perfect and non-perfect form
Continuous and non-continuous form
Direct and indirect form
Reflexive or reciprocal voice
The category of Mood shows the relation between …
The action expressed by the predicate verb and reality
The thing denoted by the noun and other things
The verb and the other verb
The noun and the numeral
The noun and the article
167. What is the main problem of the category of tense?
The number of tenses
The meaning of tenses
The case of tenses
The gender of tenses
The absence of discontinuous morpheme
168. What are the subclasses of the adjectives?
Qualitative and relative
Abstract and concrete
Collective and class
Animate and inanimate
Singular and plural
169. What is the status of the article?
It’s a part of speech
It’s a phrase
It’s a supra-phrasal unit
It’s a clause
It’s a connector
170. What is the meaning of prepositions?
Relation between things and phenomena
Quantity
Points to things
Property
Direction
171. What are the main syntactic notions?
The phrase and the sentence
The word and the morpheme.
The theme and the rheme
The noun and the verb
The figures and numbers
172. What syntactic functions do you know?
Subject, predicate, object, attribute and adverbial modifier
Subject and predicate
Word order and prosody
Predication, coordination and subordination
Declarative and interrogative
173. What is a syntactic bond?
A syntagmatic relation between word-forms, word-groups and sentences
A syntactic function
The meaning of the words
A sentence
A clause
174. Which of the following is not a syntactic bond?
Speculation
Predication
Subordination
Coordination
Cumulation
175. Which of the following are the types of the Object:
Direct, indirect, complex and cognate
Simple, compound nominal, compound verbal
Formal and informal
Semi-composite and semi-compound
Elementary and compound
176. Type of syntactic bond between the headword and the adjunct is …
Subordination
Predication
Coordination
Cumulation
Speculation
177. Type of syntactic bond between the subject and the predicate is …
Predication
Subordination
Coordination
Cumulation
Speculation
178.Coordination is a syntactic bond which exists between…
The units of syntactically equal rank
The units of unequal rank
The subject and predicate
The head-word and the adjunct
The predicate and object
179. The main two principles of classification of the phrase are according to…
The head component and the structure
The purpose of the utterance and the structure
The members of the sentence
The head-word and adjunct
The coordination and predication
180. According to the structure the phrase may be…
Simple or compound
Two member or one member
Closed or open
Fixed or flexible
Coordinate or predicative
181. What is the composition of the following phrase: “out of”
Functional words
Notional words
Notional and functional words
Modal words
Conjunctions
From the point of view of their structure, sentences can be:
Simple or composite
Affirmative, declarative, negative
Subordinate or principle
Pronominal or suggestive.
Rhetorical, alternative.
What members are called the secondary members of the sentence?
The object, the attribute and the adverbial modifier
The subject and the object
The object and the predicate
The subject and the predicate
The second member after the subject
Which of the following is a main member of the sentence?
A subject
An attribute
An adverbial modifier
A part of object
The main clause
185. One-member sentence is a sentence …
Which contains only one principal member
With one word omitted
With one clause
Which contains only one adjective
Which contains one thing
186. The compound sentences consists of two or more…
Clauses of equal rank, which form one syntactical whole in the meaning and intonation
Clauses, one is the basic element, whereas the other is a part of the first
Phrases
Words
Nouns
187. Semi-complex sentence is a sentence with…
Predicative constructions
Two equal clauses
Two members
One member
No clauses
188. Semi-compound sentence is a sentence with …
Homogeneous predicates
Predicative constructions
Two equal clauses
One member
No clauses
189. What is another term for the “Actual Division of the sentence”?
Functional sentence perspective
Member of the sentence
Composite sentence
Elliptical sentence
Parts of the sentence model
What are two principal types of texts?
The monologue and the dialogue
The monologue and the supra-phrasal unit
The question and the answer
The order and the request
The statement and the question
191. Note the hierarchy of the language levels from the lowest to the highest.
phonological, morphological, syntactical, supersyntactical
morphological, phonological, syntactical, supersyntactical
phonological, syntactical, morphological, supersyntactical
phonological, morphological, supersyntactical, syntactical
phonological, syntactical, supersyntactical, morphological
192. Note the hierarchy of the language levels from the highest to the lowest.
supersyntactical, syntactical, morphological, phonological
syntactical, supersyntactical, morphological, phonological,
supersyntactical, syntactical, phonological, morphological
phonological, morphological, supersyntactical, syntactical
phonological, syntactical, supersyntactical, morphological
193. Define the list of relative adjectives:
surgical, mediaeval, tabular
supreme, reddish, hearty
extreme, pretty, low
awkward, complete, round
good, tight, bright
194. Define the list of qualitative adjectives:
extravagant, reddish, hearty
surgical, mediaeval, tabular
woolen, wooden, silver
leather, biological, daily
defensive, industrial, temporary
195. State the lexico-grammatical class of the following noun “cat”
animate, non-human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, concrete
animate, human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, abstract
inanimate, non-human, countable, abstract
196. State the lexico-grammatical class of the following noun “man”
animate, human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, abstract
inanimate, non-human, countable, abstract.
animate, human, uncountable, concrete
197. State the lexico-grammatical class of the following noun “life”
inanimate, non-human, countable, abstract.
animate, human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, concrete
animate, human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, uncountable, abstract
198. State the lexico-grammatical class of the following noun “company”
inanimate, non-human, countable, concrete
animate, human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, abstract
inanimate, non-human, uncountable, concrete
animate, non-human, countable, concrete
199. State the lexico-grammatical class of the following noun “taste”
inanimate, non-human, countable, abstract
animate, human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, uncountable, abstract
inanimate, non-human, uncountable, concrete
200. State the lexico-grammatical class of the following noun “hair”
inanimate, non-human, uncountable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, concrete
inanimate, non-human, countable, abstract
inanimate, non-human, uncountable, abstract
animate, non-human, uncountable, concrete
201. State what part of speech the underlined word belongs to: The snow soon turned to rain.
Adverb
Noun
Adjective
Word of the category of state
Preposition 202. State what part of speech the underlined word belongs to: The snow turned into slush. Noun
Adjective
Word of the category of state
Auxiliary verb
Preposition
203. State what part of speech the underlined word belongs to: He fell sick.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Word of the category of state
Preposition 204. State what part of speech the underlined word belongs to: He soon fell asleep.
Word of the category of state
Adverb
Noun
Adjective
Preposition
205. State what part of speech the underlined word belongs to: Her dreams have come true.
Auxiliary verb
Adverb
Verb
Adjective
Modal verb
206. State what part of speech the underlined word belongs to: There used to be a cinema here before the war.
Preposition
Adverb
Conjunction
Interjection
Word of the category of state Explain to what classes of pronouns the following pronouns belong to: my, your, his/her/its, our, their.
Possessive
Reflexive
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Indefinite Explain to what classes of pronouns the following pronouns belong to: myself, yourself, himself/herself/itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Reflexive
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Indefinite
Reciprocal
Explain to what classes of pronouns the following pronouns belong to: That, these, this, those, such, so
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Indefinite
Reciprocal
Reciprocal
Explain to what classes of pronouns the following pronouns belong to: Which, what, why, who, where, which.
Interrogative
Possessive
Reflexive
Demonstrative
Indefinite
211. Explain to what classes of pronouns the following pronouns belong to: Some, something, someone, one, any, anybody, anyone, anything, no, nobody, none
Indefinite
Negative
Interrogative
Possessive
Reflexive
Explain to what classes of pronouns the following pronouns belong to: Each other, one another
Reciprocal
Possessive
Reflexive
Demonstrative
Indefinite
213. Explain to what classes of pronouns the following pronouns belong to: Neither , all, each, both, either, every, everything, everybody
Universal
Possessive
Indefinite
Reciprocal
Negative
214. According to the type of syntagmatic relations word-groups can be divided into:
coordinate, subordinate, predicative
simple, expanded, extended
premodification, postmodification, mixed modification
limiters, determiners, adjectiavals
coordinate, qualitative, predicative
215. According to the structure word-groups can be divided into:
simple, expanded, extended
coordinate, subordinate, predicative
coordinate, qualitative, predicative
simple, adjectiavals, limiters
premodification, postmodification, mixed modification
216. The noun-phrase consists of a noun-head and an adjunct or adjuncts with relations of modification between them. Three types of modification are distinguished here:
pre-modification, post-modification, mixed modification
simple modification, expanded modification, extended modification
limiter modification, determiner modification, adjectiaval modification
coordinate modification, qualitative modification, predicative modification
coordinate modification, subordinate modification, predicative modification
217. Pre-adjectivals occupy the position before adjectivals. They fall into two groups:
limiters, determiners
coordinate, subordinate
pre-adjectivals and adjectiavals.
qualitative, predicative
expanded, extended
218.Noun-phrases with post-posed may be classified according to the way of connection into:
prepositionless and prepositional
coordinate, subordinate
limiters, determiners
expanded, extended
qualitative, predicative
219. Verb-phrases can be classified according to the nature of their complements into:
nominal, adverbial and mixed complementation.
premodification, postmodification, mixed modification
simple, expanded, extended
coordinate, qualitative, predicative
nominal, adverbial
220. Define the example of expanded structure of the Verb-phrase:
to write and issue the novel, to cook soap and beefsteak
to read an English book.
to give examples
to learn by heart the English texts
to play games
221. According to the structure Verb-Phrases may be classified into:
basic, expanded, extended
coordinate, qualitative, predicative
nominal, adverbial
coordinate, subordinate
basic, coordinate
222. The grammatical relations observed in Noun-Phrases with pre-posed adjuncts may convey the following meanings:
subject-predicate relations, object relations, adverbial relations
prepositionless, propositional
pre-modification, post-modification, mixed modification
nominal, adverbial
basic, expanded, extended
223. Define an example of subject-predicate relations:
weather change
health service, women hater
morning star
world peace, country house
button eyes
224. Major parts of the grammatical structure of language are:
morphology and syntax
morphology and lexicology
syntax and phonetics
phonetics and morphology
syntax and phraseology
225.What are the units morphology deals with?
Morpheme and word
Morpheme and sentence
Word and sentence
Words and word-groups
Sentence and text
226.What does the units syntax deal with?
Word-groups, sentences and texts
Morphemes and words
Morphemes and sentences
Morphemes and word-groups
Texts and separate words
227.What does the syntactic unit mean?