2. Voicing

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

Other OG languages OE NE

Gt. hlaifs hlāfas loaves

B)Voicing

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

Other OG languages OE NE

Gt. guma Ʒuma ‘man’

A) Hardening

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

A) The Nominative and Dative cases

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

A) the “Dative” case

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

Other OG languages OE NE

O Icelrauðr rēad red

D) Hardening

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

OE Late ME NE

lufun – lufian v loven – love (n) v love, n, v

chaungen – (from Fr) – chaunge (n)v change, n, v

A) Conversion

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

A) Prefixation

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

B) To convert England to Christianity

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

1. Old Scandinavian

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

A) Scandinavian

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

C) 10.000

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

C) The Normans

67. Choose correctly the date of the Rennaissance in Italy. C) 1450-1600

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

D) Australia

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

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

C) The Netherlands

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

Hwætscealicsingan? A) What shall I sing

72. Choose correctly the case the OE noun metes belongs to. B) Genitive

73. Choose correctly the case the OE noun musum belongs to. C) Dative

74. Choose the OE equivalent of the Modern English pronoun they. D)hīe

75. Choose correctly the dates of King Alfred’s rule. A) 871-899

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

77. Choose the date of the first written records in Old High German. A) 8th and 9th century

78. Point out the number of components the word consisted of in Old Germanic languages. D) 2

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

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

81. Point out the part of Britain occupied by the Angles. A) North of the Humber River

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

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

84. Determine the class of the strong verb findan. B) 3

85. Determine the form of the OE weak verb styrede. B) Past Tense

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

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

88. Define the case the OE pronoun mīnbelongs to. A) Genitive

89.Define the case the OE pronoun ure belongs to. B) Genitive

90. Define the case the OE pronoun us belongs to. C) Dative

91. Define the case the OE pronoun his belongs to. B) Genitive

92. Define the case the OE pronoun him belongs to. C) Dative

93. Define the case the OE demonstrative pronoun seo belongs to. A) Nominative

94. Define the case the OE demonstrative pronoun se belongs to. D)Nominative

95. Determine the class of the strong verb scacan. C) 6

96. Determine the form of the OE weak verb teald. A) Participle II

97. Determine the form of the OE weak verb libban. C) Infinitive

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

99. Define the declension the OE adjective blindan belongs to. A) weak

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

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

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

(-e)s come from? B) The Northern dialects

103. Choose the principal form the OE verbcuron(class 2 ) belongs to. D) Past Plural

104. Which century was Cornish spoken in Cornwall till? B) 18^thc

105. Choose the dates of the 6th period in the history of English - Normalization Period. A)1660-1800

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

C)the 7th and the 8th c

107. Choose the date of the battle of Hastings. 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

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

110. Choose the dates of the 5th period in the history of English-Early New English. B) 1350-1475

111. Choose the dates of the first pre-written period in the history of English. B) c. 700 – 1066

112. How long did the Roman occupation of Britain last? D) 400 years

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

114. When did the raiders from Scandinavia make their 1st plundering attacks on England? C) 8^thc

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

116. Choose the date of the first Scandinavian settlements in Iceland. A) the 9th c. A.D.

117. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Norwegian. D) 13th c

118. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Swedish. B) 13th c

119. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Saxon. B) 9th c

120. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Dutch. C) 12th c

121.Choose the dates of the 3rd period in the history of English-Early Middle English. A)1066-1350

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

D) 1350-1475

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

125. Choose the date when England was divided in two halves. B) 878

126. Choose the date when Canute was acknowledged as king of England. A) 1017

127. Choose the date when the written form of the West Saxon dialect developed into a bookish type of language. D) towards the 11 th c

128. Choose the dates of the earliest OE manuscript written in Kentish and Mercian. C) 8th c -9th c

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

languages: French, Latin and English. B) 1258

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

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

132. Choose the date when it was ruled that English should be used at schools in teaching Latin. C) 1349

133. Choose the dates of the William Shakespeare’s life. D) 1564 – 1616

134. Choose the date of the establishment of the Written Standard of the English national literary language. B) the middle of the 17th c

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

A) 1762

136. Choose the date when “Dictionary of the English language” by Dr. Samuel Johnson was first published. A) 1755

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

B) 1828

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

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

139. How can the OE word order be defined? D) as relatively free

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

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

142. Determine the class of the strong verb rīdan. B) Class I

143. Determine the part of speech of the OE words modig, halig, bysig. C) The adjective

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

D) The adjective

145. Choose the correct translation of hēbād. A) он ждал

146. Choose the correct translation of we willaÞsecgan. B) мы хотим сказать

147. Define the time when the form its was first recorded. D) 1598

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

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

150. Choose the date when the poem “Ormulum” was written. B) 1300