Тема 2.Давні германські мови.

English belongs to the ___ family of languages.

Ugro-Finnic

*Indo-European

Turkic

Semitic

The vast Indo-European family of languages falls into ___ branches.

3

8

*12

20

English is a ___ language.

Slavonic

*Germanic

Celtic

Romanic

The earliest of the Germanic alphabets was ___.

*Runic

Latin

Gothic

Germanic

Bishop Ulfila invented ___ alphabet to translate the Bible into his mother tongue in the 4^th century.

Runic

Latin

*Gothic

Germanic

The latest alphabet used by all Germanic languages is ___.

Runic

*Latin

Gothic

Germanic

English belongs to the ___ group of languages.

East-Germanic

North-Germanic

*West-Germanic

Celtic

Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic are ___ languages.

East-Germanic

*North-Germanic

West-Germanic

Celtic

German, Dutch, Flemish and Yiddish are ___ languages.

East-Germanic

North-Germanic

*West-Germanic

Celtic

The best known of the East-Germanic languages is ___.

*Gothic

Burgundian

Vandalic

English

Choose the written record of Old High German.

*Insidor

Code[ Argenteus

Heliand

Elene

State the timeframe of Old High German choosing the correct answer from the list.

9-th – 16-th c.

*8-th – 11-th c.

9-th – 12-th c.

5-th – 16-th c.

Choose the written record of Old Saxon

Codex Argenmenteus

Muspilli

Thet Freske Riim

*Heliand

From the names given below choose the Germanic god of sea

*Njord

Frigg

Baldor

Thor

Choose the date when the Vandals sacked Rome

A. 410

B. 480

C. 378

*D. 455

From the names given below choose the Germanic goddess of love, fertility and beauty E.g. Sif, Loki, Baldor, Freyja

Sif

Loki

Baldor

*Freyja

Determine the morphological class of the Gothic verbs chosing answer from the list: A.strong; B.weak; C.preterite-present; D. Anomalous E.g. guitan-gaut-gutum-gutans

*A.strong

B.weak

C.preterite-present

D. Anomalous

From the names given below choose the Germanic god of light and joy E.g. Sif, Loki, Baldor, Freyja

Sif

Loki

*Baldor

Freyja

State the origin of the word E.g. Goth. auso “ear” choosing the correct answer from the list: Indo-European, Germanic, Greek, Latin.

*Indo-European

Germanic

Greek

Latin.

State the origin of the word E.g. Goth. alew “olive oil” choosing the correct answer from the list: Indo-European, Germanic, Greek, Latin.

Indo-European

Greek

Germanic

*Latin.

State the origin of the word E.g. Goth. aikelesjo “church” choosing the correct answer from the list: Indo-European, Germanic, Greek, Latin.

Indo-European

Latin.

*Greek

Germanic

State the origin of the word E.g. Goth. maplian “speak” choosing the correct answer from the list: Indo-European, Germanic, Greek, Latin.

Indo-European

*Germanic

Latin.

Greek

State the origin of the word E.g. Goth. fadar “father” choosing the correct answer from the list: Indo-European, Germanic, Greek, Latin.

*Indo-European

Germanic

Greek

Latin.

State the origin of the word E.g. Goth. tuggo “tongue” choosing the correct answer from the list: Indo-European, Germanic, Greek, Latin.

Indo-European

Greek

Germanic

*Latin.

State the origin of the word E.g. Goth. sprecan “speak” choosing the correct answer from the list: Indo-European, Germanic, Greek, Latin.

Indo-European

Latin.

*Greek

Germanic

State the origin of the word E.g. Goth. marei “sea” choosing the correct answer from the list: Indo-European, Germanic, Greek, Latin.

Indo-European

*Germanic

Latin.

Greek

Determine the part of speech of the word E.g. Goth. ains

*numeral

noun

verb

adverb

Determine the part of speech of the word E.g. Goth. hauhaba

noun

numeral

adjective

*adverb

Determine the part of speech of the word E.g. Goth. wit

adverb

*pronoun

noun

numeral

Determine the part of speech of the word E.g. Goth. ubils

noun

adverb

*adjective

numeral

Determine the part of speech of the word E.g. Goth. driugan

* verb

adjective

pronoun

adverb

Determine the part of speech of the word E.g. Goth. fimf

adverb

* numeral

pronoun

adjective

Determine the part of speech of the word E.g. Goth. figgrs

* noun

adverb

adjective

pronoun