1. Castra, Woolwich, Greenport

2. pund, ynce, flasce

C) antefn, biscop, munuc

D) hand, sand, fox

45. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:

Other OG languages OE NE

Gt. sibun [v] seofon [v] seven

A) Voicing

B) Rhotacism

C) Breaking

D) Hardening

45. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:

Other OG languages OE NE

Gt. huzd hord hoard

A) Hardening

B) Voicing or devoicing

C) Rhotacism

D) Breaking

45. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:

Other OG languages OE NE

Gt. maiza māra more

A) Hardening

B) Voicing or devoicing

C) Rhotacism

D) Breaking

45. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:

Other OG languages OE NE

Gt. kiusan [s] cēosan [z] choose

A) Hardening

B) Voicing

C) Rhotacism

D) Breaking

45. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:

Other OG languages OE NE

Gt. hlaifs hlāfas loaves

A) Hardening

B) Voicing

C) Rhotacism

D) Breaking

45. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:

Other OG languages OE NE

Gt. guma Ʒuma ‘man’

A) Hardening

B) Voicing

C) Rhotacism

D) Breaking

45. Choose correctly the sort of reduced case – system the Infinitive had in OE.

A) The Nominative and Dative cases

B) The Nominative and Genitive cases

C) The Nominative and Accusative cases

D) The Genitive and Dative cases

45. Choose correctly the case of the following OE infinitive to beranne.

A) the “Dative” case

B)the “Genitive” case

C) the “Nominative” case

D) the “Accusative” case

45. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:

Other OG languages OE NE

O Icel rauðr rēad red

A) Voicing or devoicing

B) Rhotacism

C) Breaking

D) Hardening

45. Choose correctly the method of word derivation which arose in Late Middle English.

OE Late ME NE

lufu n – lufian vlove n – love (n) v love, n, v

chaunge n – (from Fr) – chaunge (n)vchange, n, v

A) Conversion

B) Sound Interchanges

C) Word Stress

D) Prefixation

61.Choose correctly the method of word derivation used as word – building means in the following examples: misjudge, unreasonable, overload.

A) Prefixation

B) Sound Interchanges

C) Word Stress

D) Conversion

62. Choose correctly the reason why the missionaries came to England in the sixth century.

A) To spread education

B) To convert England to Christianity

C) To plunder England

D) To build roads and baths

63. Choose correctly the language the personal pronouns they and she were borrowed from:

1. Old Scandinavian

2. Anglo - Norman

3. Latin

4. Africaans

64. Choose correctly the dialect the following works were borrowed from: haven, knife, take, root.

A) Scandinavian

B) Mercian

C) Saxon

D) Kentish

65. Choose correctly the number of words the English took from the French.

A) 5.000

B) 8.000

C) 10.000

D) 9.000

66. Choose correctly the name of the Scandinavians who had settled in France.

A) The Alemanias

B) The Swabians

C) The Normans

D) The Teutons

67. Choose correctly the date of the Rennaissance in Italy.

A) 410-650

B) 1200-1300

C) 1450-1600

D) 1300-1400

68. Choose correctly the country the following words were borrowed from: kangaroo, budgerigar.

A) China

B) Turkey

C) India

D) Australia

69. Choose correctly the country the following words were borrowed from: divan, shaul.

A) China

B) Percia

C) India

D) Turkey

70. Choose correctly the country the following words were borrowed from:skipper, deck, dock.

A) India

B) China

C) The Netherlands

D) Turkey

71. Choose the correct translation of the following OE sentence into Modern English.

Hwæt sceal ic singan?

A) What shall I sing

B) Why shall I sing

C) I shall sing a song

D) I shall not sing

72. Choose correctly the case the OE noun metes belongs to.

A) Nominative

B) Genitive

C) Dative

D) Accusative

73. Choose correctly the case the OE noun musum belongs to.

A) Nominative

B) Genitive

C) Dative

D) Accusative

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

1. hira

2. hire

3. he

4. hīe

75. Choose correctly the dates of King Alfred’s rule.

A) 871-899

B) 899-902

C) 781-799

D) 861-899

76. Find out the Old West Germanic language in the list given below.

A) Old Norse

B) Frisian

C) Anglian

D) Gothic

77. Choose the date of the first written records in Old High German.

A) 8th and 9th century

B) 12th and 13th c

C) 3rd and 4th c

D) 19th and 20th c

78. Point out the number of components the word consisted of in Old Germanic languages.

A) 4

B) 5

C) 3

D) 2

79. Choose the name of the capital of Wessex during the reign of King Alfred.

A) Lancaster

B) London

C) Worcester

D) Winchester

80. Point out the survival of the Britonnic branch in modern France.

A) Armorican

B) Erse

C) Kymric

D) Cornish

81. Point out the part of Britain occupied by the Angles.

A) North of the Humber River

B) Kent and the Isle of Wight

C) The Thames and the South coast

D) The Eastern part of Britain

82. Define the case the OE noun namena (n - stems M) belongs to.

A) Dative

B) Nominative

C) Genitive

D) Accusative

83. Define the case the OE noun fota (root - stem., M) belongs to.

А) Genitive

B) Nominative

C) Dative

D) Accusative

84. Determine the class of the strong verb findan.

A) 2

B) 3

C) 5

D) 7

85. Determine the form of the OE weak verb styrede.

A) Past plural

B) Past Tense

C) Infinitive

D) Participle II

86. Choose the principal form the OE verb wrītan (Class I) belongs to.

A) Infinitive

B) Past singular

C) Past Plural

D) Participle II

87. Define the case the OE noun talu (o - stems F.) belongs to.

A) Genitive

B) Nominative

C) Dative

D) Accusative

88. Define the case the OE pronoun mīn belongs to.

A) Genitive

B) Nominative

C) Dative

D)Accusative

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

A) Nominative

B) Genitive

C) Dative

D)Accusative

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

A) Nominative

B) Genitive

C) Dative

D)Accusative

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

A) Nominative

B) Genitive

C) Dative

D)Accusative

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

A) Nominative

B) Genitive

C) Dative

D)Accusative

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

A) Nominative

B) Genitive

C) Dative

D)Accusative

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

A) Accusative

B) Genitive

C) Dative

D)Nominative

95. Determine the class of the strong verb scacan.

A) 7

B) 3

C) 6

D) 1

96. Determine the form of the OE weak verb teald.

A) Participle II

B) Past Tense

C) Infinitive

D) Past plural

97. Determine the form of the OE weak verb libban.

A) Participle II

B) Past Tense

C) Infinitive

D) Past plural

98. Choose correctly the form of the degree of comparison of the OE adjective ieldest.

A) Positive

B) Supplative

C) Superlative

D) Comparative

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

A) weak

B)regular

C)irregular

D)strong

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

A) Indicative

B) Positive

C) Superlative

D) Comparative

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

A) person

B) number

C) case

D) tense

102. Which dialect did the Modern English verb ending of the 3d person singular –

(-e)s come from?

A) The East Midland dialect

B) The Northern dialects

C) The Kentish dialect

D) The London Dialect

103. Choose the principal form the OE verb curon (class 2 ) belongs to.

A) Participle 2

B) Infinitive

C) Past Singular

D) Past Plural

104. Which century was Cornish spoken in Cornwall till?

A) 14^thс

B) 18^thc

C) 15^thс

D) 19^thс

105. Choose the dates of the 6th period in the history of English - Normalization Period.

A) 1660-1800

B) 1066-1350

C) 1800-1945

D) 450-700

106. Choose the dates of the temporary rise of the kingdom of Northumbria in the OE period.

A) the 3rd and the 5th c

B) the 5th and the 7th c

C) the 7th and the 8th c

D) the 11th and the 13th c

107. Choose the date of the battle of Hastings.

A) 1042

B) 1017

C) 1035

D) 1066

108. Choose correctly the word order pattern the following Middle English sentence represents: Husbondes at chiche – doore I have had five.

A) OSV

B) VOS

C) OVS

D) SOV

109. Choose correctly the word order pattern the following Middle English sentence represents: Thus taught me my dame.

A) OSV

B) VOS

C) OVS

D) SOV

110. Choose the dates of the 5th period in the history of English-Early New English.

A) 1476-1660

B) 1350-1475

C) 1800-1945

D) 450-700

111. Choose the dates of the first pre-written period in the history of English.

A) c. 450 - c. 700

B) c. 700 – 1066

C) 1066 – 1350

D) 1350 – 1475

112. How long did the Roman occupation of Britain last?

A)200 years

B) 100 years

C) 300 years

D) 400 years

113. Point out the right subdivision of the Germanic tribes the invaders of Britain came from.

A)North

B) West

C) East

D)South

114. When did the raiders from Scandinavia make their 1st plundering attacks on England?

A) 11^th с

B) 10^th с

C) 8^thc

D) 1475

115. Choose correctly the word order pattern the following Middle English sentence represents: I him folwed.

A) OSV

B) VOS

C) OVS

D) SOV

116. Choose the date of the first Scandinavian settlements in Iceland.

A) the 9th c. A.D.

B) the 7th c. A.D.

C) the 1st c. A.D.

D) the 3rd c. A.D.

117. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Norwegian.

A) 7th c

B) 8th c

C) 12th c

D) 13th c

118. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Swedish.

A)10th c

B) 13th c

C) 12th c

D) 7th c

119. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Saxon.

A) 8th c

B) 9th c

C) 12th c

D) 10th c

120. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Dutch.

A)13th c

B) 8th c

C) 12th c

D) 7th c

121. Choose the dates of the 3rd period in the history of English-Early Middle English.

A)1066-1350

B) 1350-1475

C) 1800-1945

D) 450-700

122. Choose the dates of the 4th period in the history of English: Classical Middle English.

A)450-700

B) 1600-1800

C) 1800-1945

D) 1350-1475

123. Choose the dates of the Germanic settlement of Britain.

A) 7th c.A.D.

B) 6 th c.A.D.

C) 1066

D) 449 A.D.

124. Choose the dates of the transitional period from the tribal and slave-owning system to feudalism.

A) from the 7th till the 11th

B) from the 11th till the 15th

C) from the 5th till the 11th

D) from the 12th till the 13th

125. Choose the date when England was divided in two halves.

A) 1017

B) 878

C) 1066

D) 1475

126. Choose the date when Canute was acknowledged as king of England.

A) 1017

B) 878

C) 1066

D) 1475

127. Choose the date when the written form of the West Saxon dialect developed into a bookish type of language.

A) towards the 7 th c

B) towards the 12 th c

C) towards the 9 th c

D) towards the 11 th c

128. Choose the dates of the earliest OE manuscript written in Kentish and Mercian.

A) 10th c -11th c

B) 7th c -8th c

C) 8th c -9th c

D) 5th c -7th c

129. Choose the date of the issue of the famous Proclamation by Henry III written in 3

languages: French, Latin and English.

A) 1017

B) 1258

C) 1035

D) 1042

130. Choose the date when the domination of the French language in England came to an end.

A) in the course of the 14th c

B) in the course of the 15th c

C) in the course of the 12th c

D) in the course of the 13th c

131. Choose the date when Edward III gave his consent to an act of Parliament ordaining that English should be used in the law courts.

A) 1362

B) 1258

C) 1035

D) 1042

132. Choose the date when it was ruled that English should be used at schools in teaching Latin.

A) 1258

B) 1362

C) 1349

D) 1042

133. Choose the dates of the William Shakespeare’s life.

A) 1240 - 1300

B) 1360 - 1420

C) 1420 - 1480

D) 1564 – 1616

134. Choose the date of the establishment of the Written Standard of the English national literary language.

A) the middle of the 18th c

B) the middle of the 17th c

C) the middle of the 12th c

D) the middle of the 10th c

135. Choose the date when “A short introduction to English Grammar” by Robert Lowth was written.

A) 1762

B) 1878

C) 1666

D) 1475

136. Choose the date when “Dictionary of the English language” by Dr. Samuel Johnson was first published.

A) 1755

B) 1878

C) 1666

D) 1475

137. Choose the date of the publication of “Dictionary of the English Language” by Noah Webster.

A) 1755

B) 1828

C) 1666

D) 1475

138.Choose the dates when the influx of French words reached new peaks in New English.

A) in the early 15th and in the early 17th c

B) in the late 16th and in the late 18th c

C) in the late 15th and in the late 17th c

D) in the early 16th and in the early 18th c

139. How can the OE word order be defined?

A) as fixed and direct

B) as inverted

C) as strict

D) as relatively free

140. What languages were the following place names borrowed from? Kent, York, London, Avon, Thames.

A) Celtic

B) Latin

C) Old Norse

D) French

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

A) The adjective

B) The noun

C) The verb

D) The pronoun

142. Determine the class of the strong verb rīdan.

A) Class II

B) Class I

C) Class V

D)Class VII

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

A) The verb

B) The noun

C) The adjective

D) The pronoun

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

A) The verb

B) The noun

C) The pronoun

D) The adjective

145. Choose the correct translation of hē bād.

A) он ждал

B) ждалиего

C) ждут его

D) будут ждать

146. Choose the correct translation of we willaÞ secgan.

A) мы будем говорить

B) мы хотим сказать

C) нам хотят сказать

D) нам скажут

147. Define the time when the form its was first recorded.

A) 1066

B) 1278

C) 1475

D) 1598

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

A) Celtic

B) Gothic

C) Old Dutch

D) Latin

149. Choose the language the OE word candel (NE candle) was borrowed from.

A) Latin

B) Gothic

C) Old Dutch

D) Celtic

150. Choose the date when the poem “Ormulum” was written.

A) 1212

B) 1300

C) 1295

D) 1200