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МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №1

Choose the Correct answer:

1. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a glide

  2. a double sound

  3. a velum

2. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. historical

  3. clinical

3. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

  1. have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

  2. have variable bound morphemes

  3. use no bound forms

4. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

5. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

6. To the Northern Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. OLD SCOTTISH, OLD ENGLISH, OLD IRISH

  2. OLD NORWEGIAN, OLD DANISH, OLD SWEDISH, OLD ICELANDIC

  3. GOTHIC, VANDALIC, OLD FRENCH

7. In Germanic the accent (or stress) is mainly _ of the word.

  1. on the root

  2. on the prefix

  3. on the suffix

8. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. The Indo-European verbal system was simplified

  2. The Indo-European verbal system became more complicated.

  3. The Indo-European verbal system did not change.

9. What is NOT one of the phonetic peculiarities of Germanic languages?

  1. Reduction of unstressed syllables;

  2. Reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. A fixed stress on the first syllable;

10. To the East Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. Russian, Bulgarian, Polish

  2. Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian

  3. Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian

11. What is "ablaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. vowel mutation

12. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. One consonant shift occurred in Germanic.

  2. Two consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

  3. Three consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

13. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Franks, Italians, Irish

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

14. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. Germanic languages thus have three types of verbs, weak, strong and unregular.

  2. Germanic languages have two types of verbs, weak (regular) and strong (irregular).

  3. Germanic languages thus have four types of verbs, weak, regular, strong and irregular.

15. What is "umlaut"?

  1. Vowel gradation;

  2. mutation of root vowels

  3. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

16. Who were Anglii?

a) English people;

b) Amish people;

c) Anglo-Saxons;

d) Ancestors of the modern English.

17. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449;

b) 49BC;

c) 49AD;

d) 449 AD.

18. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Bowulf;

c) Beowulf;

d) Beovvulff.

19. The noun paradigm in Old English had:

a) 3 numbers, 2 cases, 5 declensions;

b) 2 numbers, 3 cases, 3 declensions;

c) 2 numbers, 4 cases, 5 declensions;

d) 2 numbers, 2 cases, no declensions;

20. There were five declinable parts of speech in Old English:

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the participle.

  2. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the participle.

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the verb.

  4. the noun, the pronoun, the conjunction, the numeral, the participle.

Утверждено на заседании кафедры теории языка, литературы и социолингвистики

Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №2

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

2. What is a synonym to the term "a glide"?

  1. a diphthong

  2. a double sound

  3. a velum

3. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

  1. have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

  2. have variable bound morphemes

  3. do not use bound forms

4. What language belongs to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Russian

  3. English

5. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. speech

  3. language

6. To the Northern Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. OLD SCOTTISH, OLD ENGLISH, OLD IRISH

  2. OLD NORWEGIAN, OLD DANISH, OLD SWEDISH, OLD ICELANDIC

  3. GOTHIC, VANDALIC, OLD FRENCH

7. In Germanic the accent (or stress) is mainly _ of the word.

  1. on the root

  2. on the prefix

  3. on the suffix

8. What is NOT one of the phonetic peculiarities of Germanic languages?

  1. Reduction of unstressed syllables;

  2. Reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. A fixed stress on the first syllable;

9. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. The Indo-European verbal system did not change.

  2. The Indo-European verbal system became more complicated.

  3. The Indo-European verbal system was simplified.

10. To the East Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. French, Spanish, Latin

  2. Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic

  3. Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian

11. What is "ablaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. vowel mutation

12. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. One consonant shift occurred in Germanic.

  2. Two consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

  3. Three consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

13. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Iberians, Macedonians

  2. Goths, Vandals, Germans

  3. Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

14. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. Germanic languages thus have three types of verbs, weak, strong and unregular.

  2. Germanic languages have two types of verbs, weak (regular) and strong (irregular).

  3. Germanic languages thus have four types of verbs, weak, regular, strong and irregular.

15. What is "umlaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. mutation of root vowels

  3. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

16. Who were Anglii?

a)

Slaves;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern

English.

17. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449;

b) 49BC;

c) 449 AD.

18. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Beowulf;

c) Bewulf;

19. The noun paradigm in Old English had:

a) 3 numbers, 2 cases, 5 declensions;

b) 2 numbers, 3 cases, 3 declensions;

c) 2 numbers, 4 cases, 5 declensions;

20. There were five declinable parts of speech in Old English:

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the participle.

  2. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the participle.

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the verb.

Утверждено на заседании кафедры теории языка, литературы и социолингвистики

Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №3

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. How many vowels were in OE?

a) 5 b) 10 c) 14 d) 20

2. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. English

  2. Turkish

  3. Eskimo languages

3. What is a synonym to the term "a glide"?

  1. a double sound

  2. a velum

  3. a diphthong

4. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

4. What language belongs to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Russian

  3. English

5. To the Northern Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. OLD SCOTTISH, OLD ENGLISH, OLD IRISH

  2. OLD NORWEGIAN, OLD DANISH, OLD SWEDISH, OLD ICELANDIC

  3. GOTHIC, VANDALIC, OLD FRENCH

6. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. language

  2. speech

  3. tongue

7. In Germanic the accent (or stress) is mainly _ of the word.

  1. on the prefix

  2. on the root

  3. on the suffix

8. What is NOT one of the phonetic peculiarities of Germanic languages?

  1. Reduction of unstressed syllables;

  2. Reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. A fixed stress on the first syllable;

9. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. The Indo-European verbal system did not change.

  2. The Indo-European verbal system became more complicated.

  3. The Indo-European verbal system was simplified.

10. To the East Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian

  2. French, Spanish, Latin

  3. Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic

11. What is "umlaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. vowel mutation

12. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. One consonant shift occurred in Germanic.

  2. Two consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

  3. Three consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

13. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Iberians, Macedonians

  2. Goths, Vandals, Germans

  3. Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

14. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. Germanic languages thus have three types of verbs, weak, strong and unregular.

  2. Germanic languages have two types of verbs, weak (regular) and strong (irregular).

  3. Germanic languages thus have four types of verbs, weak, regular, strong and irregular.

15. What is "ablaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. mutation of root vowels

  3. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

16. Who were Anglii?

a) Slaves;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern

English.

17. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449;

b) 49BC;

c) 449 AD.

18. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Beowulf;

c) Bewulf;

19. The noun paradigm in Old English had:

a) 3 numbers, 2 cases, 5 declensions;

b) 2 numbers, 3 cases, 3 declensions;

c) 2 numbers, 4 cases, 5 declensions;

20. There were five declinable parts of speech in Old English:

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the participle.

  2. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the participle.

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the verb.

Утверждено на заседании кафедры теории языка, литературы и социолингвистики

Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №4

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

  1. use no bound form

  2. have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

  3. have variable bound morphemes

2. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

3. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a glide

  2. a double sound

  3. a velum

4. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

5. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

6. To the Northern Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. OLD SCOTTISH, OLD ENGLISH, OLD IRISH

  2. OLD NORWEGIAN, OLD DANISH, OLD SWEDISH, OLD ICELANDIC

  3. GOTHIC, VANDALIC, OLD FRENCH

7. In Germanic the accent (or stress) is mainly _ of the word.

  1. on the root

  2. on the prefix

  3. on the suffix

8. There were five declinable parts of speech in Old English:

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the participle.

  2. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the participle.

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the verb.

9. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. One consonant shift occurred in Germanic.

  2. Two consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

  3. Three consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

10. To the East Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. French, Latin, Gaelic

  2. Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian

  3. Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian

11. What is "ablaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. vowel mutation

12. What is NOT one of the phonetic peculiarities of Germanic languages?

  1. Reduction of unstressed syllables;

  2. Reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. A fixed stress on the first syllable;

13. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Franks, Italians, Irish

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

14. Who were Anglii?

a) Amish people;

b) Anglo-Saxons;

c) Ancestors of the modern English.

15. What is "umlaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. mutation of root vowels

  3. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

16. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. Germanic languages thus have three types of verbs, weak, strong and unregular.

  2. Germanic languages have two types of verbs, weak (regular) and strong (irregular).

  3. Germanic languages thus have four types of verbs, weak, regular, strong and irregular.

17. When did Angles and Saxons arrive in England?

a) 1449;

b) 49BC;

c) 449 AD.

18. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Beowulf;

c) Bewulf;

19. The noun paradigm in Old English had:

a) 3 numbers, 2 cases, 5 declensions;

b) 2 numbers, 4 cases, 3 declensions;

c) 2 numbers, 2 cases, no declensions;

20. Finnish is an ... language.

  1. incorporating

  2. agglutinative

  3. isolating

Утверждено на заседании кафедры теории языка, литературы и социолингвистики

Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №5

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. Who were Anglii?

a) English people;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern English.

2. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449;

b) 49BC;

c) 449AD;

3. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Beowulf;

c) Bowulf;

4. The noun paradigm in Old English had:

a) 3 numbers, 2 cases, 5 declensions;

b) 2 numbers, 4 cases, 3 declensions;

c) 2 numbers, 2 cases, no declensions;

5. There were five declinable parts of speech in Old English:

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the participle.

  2. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the participle.

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the verb.

6. How many vowels were in OE?

a) 5 b) 10 c) 14

7. The Romans under Julius Caesar first landed in Britain:

a) in 55 AD b) in 55 BC c) in 45 AD

8. In ___ AD Roman legions were recalled from Britain to defend Italy from some Gothic tribes.

a) 300 AD b) 450 AD c) 410 AD

9. _____ is the year when Christianity was officially introduced to the inhabitants of the island.

a) 597 AD

b) 97AD

c) 67 BC

10. West Germanic group consisted of:

a) Old German, Old Norse, Latin

b) Agles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

c) Old Gothic, Old Russian, Afrikaans

11. Finnish is an ... language.

  1. incorporating

  2. agglutinative

  3. isolating

12. What is a "speech community"?

  1. a speech given at a special meeting

  2. a community of multinational speakers

  3. a group that uses any given language

13. What Indo-European language is already dead?

  1. Tocharian

  2. Latin

  3. Hellenic

14. Language is ...

  1. the ability to speak

  2. utterance

  3. a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc. by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols

15. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a glide

  1. a double sound

  2. a velum

16. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Franks, Italians, Irish

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, jutes, Frisians

17. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

18. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

  1. have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

  2. have variable bound morphemes

  3. use not bound forms

19. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

20. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

Утверждено на заседании кафедры теории языка, литературы и социолингвистики

Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №6

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Beowulf;

c) Bowulf;

2. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449;

b) 49BC;

c) 449AD;

3. Who were Anglii?

a) English people;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern English.

4. The noun paradigm in Old English had:

a) 3 numbers, 2 cases, 5 declensions;

b) 2 numbers, 4 cases, 3 declensions;

c) 2 numbers, 2 cases, no declensions;

5. There were five declinable parts of speech in Old English:

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the participle.

  2. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the participle.

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the verb.

6. How many vowels were in OE?

a) 5 b) 10 c) 14

7. In ___ AD Roman legions were recalled from Britain to defend Italy from some Gothic tribes.

a) 300 AD b) 450 AD c) 410 AD

8.

The Romans under Julius Caesar first landed in Britain:

a) in 55 AD b) in 55 BC c) in 45 AD

9. _____ is the year when Christianity was officially introduced to the inhabitants of the island.

a) 597 AD

b) 97AD

c) 67 BC

10. West Germanic group consisted of:

a) Old German, Old Norse, Latin

b) Agles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

c) Malaysian, Gothic, Afrikaans

11. Finnish is an ... language.

  1. incorporating

  2. agglutinative

  3. isolating

12. What is a "speech community"?

  1. a speech given at a special meeting

  2. a community of multinational speakers

  3. a group that uses any given language

13. What Indo-European language is already dead?

  1. Tocharian

  2. Latin

  3. Hellenic

14. Language is ...

  1. the ability to speak

  2. utterance

  3. a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc. by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols

15. What is a synonym to the term "glide"?

  1. a diphthong

  2. a double sound

  3. a velum

16. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Franks, Italians, Irish

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, jutes, Frisians

17. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

18. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

a) have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

b) have variable bound morphemes

c) use not bound forms

19. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

20. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

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Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №7

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. The noun paradigm in Old English had:

a) 3 numbers, 2 cases, 5 declensions;

b) 2 numbers, 4 cases, 3 declensions;

c) 2 numbers, 2 cases, no declensions;

2. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449 AD;

b) 49 BC;

c) 449AD;

3. Who were Anglii?

a) Anglicans;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern English.

4. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Beowulf;

c) Bowulf;

5. There were five declinable parts of speech in Old English:

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the participle.

  2. the noun, the pronoun, the verb, the adverb, the participle.

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the conjunction, the numeral, the verb.

6. How many vowels were in OE?

a) 3 b) 10 c) 14

7. In ___ AD Roman legions were recalled from Britain to defend Italy from some Gothic tribes.

a) 300 BC b) 450 AD c) 410 AD

8. The Romans under Julius Caesar first landed in Britain:

a) in 55 AD b) in 55 BC c) in 450 BC

9. _____ is the year when Christianity was officially introduced to the inhabitants of the island.

a) 597 AD

b) 97AD

c) 67 BC

10. West Germanic group consisted of:

a) Old German, Old Norse, Latin

b) Agles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

c) Malaysian, Gothic, Afrikaans

11. Finnish is an ... language.

  1. incorporating

  2. agglutinative

  3. isolating

12. What is a "speech community"?

  1. a speech given at a special meeting

  2. a community of multinational speakers

  3. a group that uses any given language

13. What Indo-European language is already dead?

  1. Tocharian

  2. Latin

  3. Hellenic

14. Language is ...

  1. the ability to speak

  2. utterance

  3. a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc. by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols

15. What is a synonym to the term "glide"?

  1. a diphthong

  2. a double sound

  3. a velum

16. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Franks, Italians, Irish

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, jutes, Frisians

17. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

18. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

a) have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

b) have variable bound morphemes

c) use not bound forms

19. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

20. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

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Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №8

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

2. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449 BC;

b) 49 BC;

c) 449AD;

3. Who were Anglii?

a) Anglicans;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern English.

4. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Beowulf;

c) Browulf;

5. There were five declinable parts of speech in Old English:

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the numeral, the participle.

  2. the noun, the pronoun, the verb, the adverb, the participle.

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the conjunction, the numeral, the verb.

6. In ___ AD Roman legions were recalled from Britain to defend Italy from some Gothic tribes.

a) 300 BC b) 450 AD c) 410 AD

7. How many vowels were in OE?

a) 3 b) 10 c) 14

8. The Romans under Julius Caesar first landed in Britain:

a) in 55 AD b) in 55 BC c) in 450 BC

9. _____ is the year when Christianity was officially introduced to the inhabitants of the island.

a) 597 AD

b) 97AD

c) 67 BC

10. West Germanic group consisted of:

a) Old German, Old Norse, Latin

b) Agles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

c) Germans, Gothic, Afrikaans

11. Finnish is an ... language.

  1. incorporating

  2. agglutinative

  3. isolating

12. What is a "speech community"?

  1. a speech given at a special meeting

  2. a community of multinational speakers

  3. a group that uses any given language

13. What Indo-European language is already dead?

  1. Tocharian

  2. Latin

  3. Hellenic

14. Language is ...

  1. the ability to speak

  2. utterance

  3. a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc. by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols

15. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a glide

  2. a double sound

  3. a velum

16. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Franks, Italians, Irish

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, jutes, Frisians

17. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

18. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

a) have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

b) have variable bound morphemes

c) use not bound forms

19. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

20. The noun paradigm in Old English had:

a) 3 numbers, 2 cases, 5 declensions;

b) 2 numbers, 4 cases, 3 declensions;

c) 2 numbers, 2 cases, no declensions;

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Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №9

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449 BC;

b) 49 BC;

c) 449AD;

2. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

3. Who were Anglii?

a) Former Frisians;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern English.

4. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beowulf;

b) Beorwulf;

c) Browulf;

5. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. The Indo-European verbal system was simplified

  2. The Indo-European verbal system became more complicated.

  3. The Indo-European verbal system did not change

6. In ___ AD Roman legions were recalled from Britain to defend Italy from some Gothic tribes.

a) 300 BC b) 450 AD c) 410 AD

7. How many vowels were in OE?

a) 3 b) 10 c) 14

8. The Romans under Julius Caesar first landed in Britain:

a) in 55 AD b) in 55 BC c) in 450 BC

9. _____ is the year when Christianity was officially introduced to the inhabitants of the island.

a) 597 AD

b) 97AD

c) 67 BC

10. West Germanic group consisted of:

a) Old German, Old Norse, Latin

b) Agles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

c) Germans, Gothic, Afrikaans

11. Finnish is an ... language.

  1. incorporating

  2. agglutinative

  3. isolating

12. What is a "speech community"?

  1. a speech given at a special meeting

  2. a community of multinational speakers

  3. a group that uses any given language

13. What Indo-European language is already dead?

  1. Tocharian

  2. Latin

  3. Hellenic

14. Language is ...

  1. the ability to speak

  2. utterance

  3. a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc. by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols

15. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a glide

  2. a double sound

  3. a consonant

16. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Franks, Italians, Irish

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, jutes, Frisians

17. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

18. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

a) have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

b) have variable bound morphemes

c) use not bound forms

19. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

20. What is NOT one of the phonetic peculiarities of Germanic languages?

  1. Reduction of unstressed syllables;

  2. Reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. A fixed stress on the first syllable;

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Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №10

Choоse the Correct answer:

1. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Frisians, Italians, Gaelic

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, jutes, Frisians

2. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

3. Who were Anglii?

a) Former Frisians;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern English.

4. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beowulf;

b) Beorwulf;

c) Brovvulf;

5. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. The Indo-European verbal system was simplified

  2. The Indo-European verbal system became more complicated.

  3. The Indo-European verbal system did not change

6. In ___ AD Roman legions were recalled from Britain to defend Italy from some Gothic tribes.

a) 300 AD b) 450 AD c) 410 AD

7. How many vowels were in OE?

a) 9 b) 10 c) 14

8. The Romans under Julius Caesar first landed in Britain:

a) in 55 AD b) in 55 BC c) in 450 BC

9. _____ is the year when Christianity was officially introduced to the inhabitants of the island.

a) 597 AD

b) 97AD

c) 67 BC

10. Finnish is an ... language.

  1. incorporating

  2. agglutinative

  3. isolating

11. West Germanic group consisted of:

a) Old German, Old Norse, Latin

b) Agles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

c) Germans, Gothic, Afrikaans

12. What is a "speech community"?

  1. a speech given at a special meeting

  2. a community of multinational speakers

  3. a group that uses any given language

13. What Indo-European language is already dead?

  1. Tocharian

  2. Latin

  3. Hellenic

14. Language is ...

  1. the ability to speak

  2. utterance

  3. a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc. by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols

15. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a glide

  2. a double sound

  3. a consonant

16. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449 BC;

b) 49 BC;

c) 449AD;

17. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

a) have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

b) have variable bound morphemes

c) use not bound forms

18. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

19. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

20. What is NOT one of the phonetic peculiarities of Germanic languages?

  1. Reduction of unstressed syllables;

  2. Reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. A fixed stress on the first syllable;

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Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №11

Chоose the correct answer:

1. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

2. To the East Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. Russian, Bulgarian, Polish

  2. Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian

  3. Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian

3. What is "ablaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. vowel mutation

4. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. Germanic languages thus have three types of verbs, weak, strong and unregular.

  2. Germanic languages have two types of verbs, weak (regular) and strong (irregular).

  3. Germanic languages thus have four types of verbs, weak, regular, strong and irregular.

5. What day of the week was named in honor of Anglo-Saxon gods?

  1. Monday

  2. Friday

  3. Sunday

6. The main 3 declensions were called:

  1. the weak, the rich and the root-declension.

  2. the poor, the strong and the root-declension.

  3. the weak, the strong and the root-declension.

7. Where from did the Normans came?

a) Scotland;

b) Ireland;

c) France;

8. What was the name of the warrior who gained the power over the English?

a) William the Conquaror;

b) William the Conqueror;

c) Wiliam the Conquerore

9. The first King after the Norman Conquest whose native tongue was English was:

a) King Harold

b) King Alfred the Great

c) King Henry IV

10. The first English Parliament appeared in:

  1. 1121

  2. 1223

  3. 13th century

11. What was the main consequence of the Norman Conquest?

a) The strengthening of king’s power;

b) The establishment of new aristocracy;

c) The overall usage of the French language;

12.The names “Wales” and “Welsh” came from the word “willas” that means

a) willows;

b) foreigners;

c) wills;

13. The noun changed in ME the following way:

a) The noun paradigm was complicated: 3 numbers, 2 cases, more declensions;

b) The noun paradigm was simplified: 2 numbers, 3 cases, less declensions;

c) The noun paradigm was simplified: 2 numbers, 2 cases, less declensions;

14. The pronoun changed in ME the following way:

a) The pronoun paradigm was simplified: 3 numbers, 5 cases, 4 genders;

b) The pronoun paradigm was simplified: 2 numbers, 2 cases, 2 genders;

c) The pronoun paradigm was simplified: 2 numbers, 2 cases, 3 genders;

15. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a glide

  2. a double sound

  3. a consonant

16. When did English arrive in England?

a) 1449 BC;

b) 49 BC;

c) 449AD;

17. Isolating languages are the ones that ...

a) have many bound forms which stuck together to form words, the boundaries between morphemes are clear-cut

b) have variable bound morphemes

c) use not bound forms

18. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Eskimo languages

  3. English

19. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. clinical

  3. historical

20. What is NOT one of the phonetic peculiarities of Germanic languages?

  1. Reduction of unstressed syllables;

  2. Reduplication of unstressed syllables;

  3. A fixed stress on the first syllable;

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Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №12

Choose the correct answer:

1. When did the Norman Conquest take place?

a) 1066;

b) 1160;

c) 1060;

2. Where did the main battle during the Norman Conquest happen?

a) La Manche;

b) Hastings;

c) London;

3. What Indo-European language is already dead?

  1. Tocharian

  2. Latin

  3. Hellenic

4. Language is ...

  1. the ability to speak

  2. utterance

  3. a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc. by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols

5. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a double sound

  2. a glide

  3. a velum

6. Which of the following words is not a language feature?

  1. biological

  2. historical

  3. clinical

7. The second great invasion took place in

a) 784 BC

b) 700 AD

c) 783 AD

8. To the Northern Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. OLD SCOTTISH, OLD ENGLISH, OLD IRISH

  2. GOTHIC, VANDALIC, OLD FRENCH

  3. OLD NORWEGIAN, OLD DANISH, OLD SWEDISH, OLD ICELANDIC

9. In Germanic the accent (or stress) is mainly _ of the word.

  1. on the prefix

  2. on the root

  3. on the suffix

10. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. The Indo-European verbal system was simplified

  2. The Indo-European verbal system became more complicated.

  3. The Indo-European verbal system did not change.

11. To the West Germanic group belong the following tribes:

  1. Franks, Italians, Irish

  2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

  3. Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians

12. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. One consonant shift occurred in Germanic.

  2. Two consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

  3. Three consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

13. What is "umlaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. mutation of root vowels

  3. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

14. What words mentioned in the movie DIDN NOT come from Vikings?

    1. thrust

    2. please

    3. die

15. The suffix -linʒ was used to :

  1. show that something was very ugly

  2. show that something was very beautiful

  3. show that something was very dear

16. What is wrong? The Old English vocabulary consisted of:

  1. Common Indo-European Words

  2. Common Icelandic Words

  3. Anglo-Saxon Words

17. What words mentioned in the movie DIDN NOT come from Anglo-Saxons?

  1. dog

  2. house

  3. wife

18. There were the following declinable parts of speech in Old English

  1. the noun, the pronoun, the participle, the adjective, the numeral

  2. the noun, gerund, the participle, the adjective, the numeral

  3. the noun, the pronoun, the conjunction, the adjective, the numeral

19. The main 3 declensions were called:

  1. the weak, the rich and the root-declension.

  2. the poor, the strong and the root-declension.

  3. the weak, the strong and the root-declension.

20. The suffix that was common for all declension was...

  1. -um

  2. -am

  3. -a

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Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №13

Choose the correct answer:

1. What was one of the main consequences of the Norman Conquest?

a) The strengthening of king’s power;

b) The overall usage of the French language;

c) The predominant usage of French by the king and his court;

2. The person who introduced printing to England was:

a) Johann Gutenberg

b) William Caxton

c) Henry Tudor

3. Who were Anglii?

a) English people;

b) Amish people;

c) Ancestors of the modern English.

4. Finnish is an ... language.

  1. incorporating

  2. agglutinative

  3. new

5. What is a "speech community"?

  1. a speech given at a special meeting

  2. a community of multinational speakers

  3. a group that uses any given language

6. What is a synonym to the term "diphthong"?

  1. a glide

  2. a double sound

  3. a velum

7. A national/regional language or a dialect is …

  1. tongue

  2. language

  3. speech

8. What languages belong to the analytical language type?

  1. Turkish

  2. Malaysian

  3. English

9. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. The Indo-European verbal system was simplified

  2. The Indo-European verbal system became more complicated.

  3. The Indo-European verbal system did not change.

10. The pronoun changed in ME the following way:

a) The pronoun paradigm was simplified: 3 numbers, 5 cases, 4 genders;

b) The pronoun paradigm was simplified: 2 numbers, 2 cases, 2 genders;

c) The pronoun paradigm was simplified: 2 numbers, 2 cases, 3 genders;

11. To the East Germanic group belong the following languages:

  1. Russian, Bulgarian, Polish

  2. Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian

  3. Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian

12. What is true about Germanic languages? Germanic became different from the other Indo-European language groups in seven main ways:

  1. One consonant shift occurred in Germanic.

  2. Two consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

  3. Three consonant shifts occurred in Germanic.

13. What is "umlaut"?

  1. vowel gradation;

  2. mutation of root vowels

  3. reduplication of unstressed syllables;

14. What day of the week was named in honor of Anglo-Saxon gods?

  1. Monday

  2. Friday

  3. Sunday

15. The suffix -ness/nis was used to :

  1. build up an adjective from a noun

  2. build up a noun from an adjective

  3. build up a noun from an adverb

16. What is wrong? The Old English vocabulary consisted of:

  1. Common Indo-European Words

  2. Common Icelandic Words

  3. Anglo-Saxon Words

17. Borrowings in OE were mainly from:

  1. Saxon

  2. Celtic

  3. Latin

18. The OE word "wifman" "woman" was ...

  1. masculine.

  2. neuture.

  3. feminine.

19. The main 3 declensions were called:

  1. the weak, the rich and the root-declension.

  2. the poor, the strong and the root-declension.

  3. the weak, the strong and the root-declension.

20. The suffix that was common for all declension was...

  1. -um

  2. -am

  3. -a

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Протокол № 3 от «02» ноября 2017 года

Составитель ________________ Бридко Т.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

Руководитель ОПОП ________________ Полховская Е.В.

(подпись) (фамилия и инициалы)

«______» ___________________________ 20 г.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФГАОУ ВО «КФУ ИМ. В.И. ВЕРНАДСКОГО»

Таврическая академия (структурное подразделение)

Институт иностранной филологии

Направление подготовки 45.03.01 «Филология»

профиль Английский язык и литература

Дисциплина История основного иностранного языка (английского)

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ №14

Choose the correct answer:

1. The first English Parliament appeared in:

  1. 1121

  2. 13th century

  3. 14th century

2. The first King after the Norman Conquest whose native tongue was English was:

  1. King Harold

  2. King Henry IV

  3. King Alfred the Great