3. The first famous book in Old English is

a) Beorwuulf;

b) Bowulf;

c) Beowulf;

4. What is the Danelaw?

a) a border between Danes and Spanish;

b) the Common law for Danes;

c) the border between English and Danes;

5. The main 3 declensions were called:

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

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

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

6. 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

7. Chose what is not correct. The grammatical means that the English language used were primarily:

1. mutation of consonants

2. suffixation

3. Vowel gradation

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

1. neuture.

2. masculine.

3. feminine.

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

1. dog

2. house

3. wife

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

1. Common Indo-European Words

2. Common Icelandic Words

3. Anglo-Saxon Words

11. The suffix -dom was used to :

1. build up nouns that show guarantee

2. build up nouns that show quantity

3. build up nouns that show quality

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

1. Monday

2. Friday

3. Sunday

13. 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

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

1. build up a noun from an adverb

2. build up an adjective from a noun

3. build up a noun from an adjective

15. In OE new words appeared as a result of

1. root mutation

2. word derivation

3. vowel composition

16. 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.

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

1. Franks, Italians, Irish

2. Germans, Goths, Vandals

3. Angles, Saxons, jutes, Frisians

18. 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.

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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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 №15

Choose the correct answer:

1. King Alfred was famous for:

a) Making a treaty with Normans

b) Making the Anglo-Saxons speak English

c) Defending the South of England against the Danes

2. The first English Parliament appeared in:

1. 1121

2. 1223

3. 13^th century

3. 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

4. What were three main consequences of the Norman Conquest?

a) The strengthening of king’s power;

b) The vanishing of the English language;

c) The penetration of new words into English.

5. What is the Danelaw?

a) a border between Danes and Spanish;

b) the border between English and Danes;

c) the common law for Danes and English.

6. The main 3 declensions were called:

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

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

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

7. 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

8. Chose what is not correct. The grammatical means that the English language used were primarily: