Тема 3.Давня англійська мова

Old English is the period of ___ endings.

unstressed

*long

leveled

lost

The Old English period began in ___.

400 BC

400 AD

*700 AD

1100 AD

Old English lasted till ___.

700

*1100

1200

1500

Old English ___ is diphthongization of a short vowel before certain consonant clusters.

*fracture

palatalization

mutation

lengthening

Old English ___ is a vowel change under the influence of the initial palatal consonants.

fracture

*palatalization

mutation

lengthening

Old English ___ is a change of vowel caused by partial assimilation to the following vowel.

fracture

palatalization

*mutation

lengthening

The stress in Old English mostly fell on the ___ syllable of a word.

*first

second

third

last

Old English substantives possessed the categories of ___.

number and gender

gender and case

number and case

*number, gender and case

Old English substantives had __ cases: ___.

a) two – common and possessive

*four – nominative, genitive, dative and accusative

Six - no-minative, ge-nitive, dative, accusative, ablative and vocative

four – nominative, genitive, ablative and vocative

Old English substantives had __ genders: ___.

two – masculine and feminine

*three – masculine, feminine and neuter

no

two – common and neuter

The noun having different endings in different cases was declined according to the ___ declension.

*strong

weak

minor

individual

The noun having the same endings in different cases was declined according to the ___ declension.

strong

*weak

minor

individual

Old English adjectives possessed the categories of ___.

number

gender

case

*points a, b, c and degrees of comparison

Old English personal pronouns had ___ cases: ___.

two – common and objective

three – nominative, genitive and objective

*four – nominative, genitive, dative and accusative

four – nominative, genitive, dative and objective

Old English possessive pronouns were derived from the ___ case of the personal pronouns.

nominative

*genitive

dative

accusative

Old English verbs had ___ moods: ___.

two – the Indicative and the Imperative

*three - the Indicative, the Subjunctive and the Imperative

four- the Indicative, the Subjunctive, the Suppositional and the Imperative

two – the Indicative and the Subjunctive

Old English verbs distinguished ___ tenses by inflection: ___.

*two – the present and the past

three – the present, the past and the future

one – the present

two – the present and the future

In Old English the verb had ___ basic forms: ___.

three – the Infinitive, the past simple, Participle II

*four - the Infinitive, the past singular, the past plural, Participle II

two – the Infinitive and the past simple

three – the Infinitive, the past singular and the past plural

Old English ___ verbs derive their past tense forms and Participle II by means of dental suffixes.

strong

*weak

preterite-present

irregular

Old English ___ verbs derive their past tense forms and Participle II by means of gradation.

*strong

weak

preterite-present

irregular

The present tense forms of the Old English ___ verbs are derived from old preterite forms and the past tense forms have the dental suffixes.

strong

weak

*preterite-present

irregular

In Old English ___ was the most important way of developing the vocabulary.

*word-building

borrowing

conversion

development of meaning

There were ___ sources for borrowing in Old English: ___.

*two – Latin and Celtic

three – Latin, Celtic and Scandinavian

two – Latin and Scandinavian

three – Celtic, French and Scandinavian

Choose the time of King Alfred’s reign

A. 878 -914

B. 753-803

C. 337-364

*D. 871-899

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. win “wine”

*Latin borrowing

Native

Skandinavian borrowing

Celtic borrowing

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. cese “cheese”

*Latin borrowing

Skandinavian borrowing

Native

Celtic borrowing

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. scinn “skin”

Latin borrowing

*Skandinavian borrowing

Celtic borrowing

Native

State the origin of the Old English word E.g.bannoc “a bit, piece”

*Native

Celtic borrowing

Skandinavian borrowing

Latin borrowing

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. luh “lake”

*Celtic borrowing

Skandinavian borrowing

Native

Latin borrowing

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. nama “name”

Skandinavian borrowing

*Native

Celtic borrowing

Latin borrowing

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. eorl “nobleman

Native

Celtic borrowing

Latin borrowing

*Skandinavian borrowing

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. ambeht “servant”

Skandinavian borrowing

Native

*Celtic borrowing

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. lilie “lily”

Skandinavian borrowing

*Latin borrowing

Celtic borrowing

Native

State the origin of the Old English word E.g. beran “bear”

*Native

Celtic borrowing

Latin borrowing

Skandinavian borrowing

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. Goth. sah > seah

palatal diphthongization

back mutation

independent vowel changes

*Old English Breaking

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. Goth. ubils > OE yfel

back mutation

*i-mutation

independent vowel changes

Old English Breaking

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. Angl. hira > WS hiora

palatal diphthongization

*back mutation

Old English Breaking

independent vowel changes

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. OE melcan > OE meolcan

*Old English Breaking

back mutation

independent vowel changes

palatal diphthongization

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. Goth. diups > deop

palatal diphthongization

*independent vowel changes

Old English Breaking

back mutation

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. Goth. matis > OE mete

*Anglo-Frisian Brightening

palatal diphthongization

back mutation

independent vowel changes

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. OE hefun > OE heofon

back mutation

*back mutation

independent vowel changes

Old English Breaking

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. Goth. mannisk > OE mennisc

* i-mutation

back mutation

Old English Breaking

independent vowel changes

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. OE feh > OE feoh

palatal diphthongization

* Old English Breaking

back mutation

independent vowel changes

Explain the sound correspondence in the pair of words E.g. Goth. hatis > OE hete

* i-mutation

palatal diphthongization

independent vowel changes

back mutation

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. fearhper “bull”

*compounding

suffixation

prefixation

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. freondscipe “fienship”

compounding

*suffixation

prefixation

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. cidhad “childhood”

*suffixation

compounding

prefixation

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. cirisbeam “cherry-tree”

prefixation

*compounding

suffixation

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. bessettan “beset”

*prefixation

suffixation

compounding

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. ceorlboren “low-born”

suffixation

*compounding

prefixation

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. fordip “death”

suffixation

compounding

* prefixation

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. deoplic “deep”

*suffixation

prefixation

compounding

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. forecweden “aforesaid”

*compounding

suffixation

prefixation

-

Define the type of word formation of the OE word E.g. scipere “sailor”

prefixation

*suffixation

compounding

-