Теоретическая грамматика английского языка = Theoretical Grammar of the English Language. Учебное пособие

nation arrangement: parallel and ….” a) homogeneous

b) heterogeneous c) consecutive

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16. Match:

17.Define the type of the following composite sentences:

a)compound

b)complex

c)semi-compound

d)semi-complex

1.They had kept him in the house without the girl’s knowledge (A. Doyle).

2.I somehow felt that I had one prominent advantage over these gentlemen and that was good character (M. Twain).

3.The girl who served the cocktails and the caviare looked up at Caister with interested blue eyes ( J. Galsworthy).

4.He considered architecture to be truly an art (O. Henry).

5.She was outside on the step, gazing at the winter afternoon (K. Mansfield).

6.Her answer came quick and sharp (M. Twain).

7.His eyes rolled out again towards the object, and Caister followed them (Galsworthy).

8.It never occurred to him that he was not wanted. (Maugham)

9.I wanted you to come into the library for a moment (K. Mansfield)

10.Haven’t seen you since you left the old camp. ( J. Galsworthy)

18.What are the two distinguishing features of text as a lingual entity?

a)topical unity

b)functional perspective

c)succession of sentences

d)semantico-syntactic cohesion

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KEYS

Test 1

1.b; 2. d; 3. b; 4. b; 5. a; 6. c; 7. 1 c, 2 a, 3 d, 4 b; 8. c; 9. b; 10. d;

11.c, e, a, f, d, b; 12. c; 13. a; 14. c; 15. a; 16. c; 17. b; 18. a; 19. 1 b, 2 c, 3 a; 20. 1 b, 2 a, 3 c; 21. 1 b, 2 c, 3 a; 22. b; 23. d; 24. d; 25. a; 26. c;

27.a; 28. a.

Test 2

1.b; 2. 1 a, c, e; 2 b, f; 3 d, g; 3. c; 4. d; 5. c; 6. c; 7. c; 8. d; 9. d; 10. b;

11.d; 12. b; 13. c; 14. a; 15. c; 16. b; 17. a; 18. c; 19. c; 20. c; 21. 1 d, 2 a, 3 e, 4 c, 5 b.

23. a; 24. to weaken, friendly, powerfully; 25. c; 26. b; 27. d; 28. a.

Test 3 1. c

2.

3. ; 4. a; 5. b; 6. a;

7.1) more pleasant, 2) the truest, 3) unhappier, 4) gloomiest,

5)more hastily, 6) more – sooner;

8.1. small: 2. far, 3. superb, 4. interesting, 5. many, 6. nice

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9.

10 a; 11 1 a; 2 b.

Test 4

1. a; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. d; 6. b; 7. a; 8. c; 9. c; 10. d; 11. c; 12. 1a; 2c; 3b; 13.c; 14. b; 15. c; 16. c; 17. d; 18. b; 19. d; 20. 1b; 2d; 3c; 4a; 21. 1b; 2a; 3d; 4c; 22. d; 23.a; 24. b; 25. c; 26. c; 27.d; 28. c; 29. 1a; 2b; 3a; 4b; 30. 1a; 2b; 3b; 31.d; 32. a; 33.d.

Test 5

1. c; 2. b; 3. 1 c; 2 e; 3 a; 4 b; 5 d; 4. b; 5. c; 6. c; 7. 1 a; 2 b; 3a; 4 b;

8.c; 9. c; 10. d; 11. 1 d; 2 a; 3 b; 4 c;

12.

13. 1 c; 2 b; 3 a; 4 c; 5 b; 14. 1 b; 2 a; 3 c;

15.

16. b; 17. b; 18. b; 19. a; 20. 1 b; 2 a; 21. b; 22. a.

Test 6

1. c; 2. b; 3. 1 a, 2 b; 4. 1 a, 2 b, 3 a, 4 b; 5. 1 b, 2 a; 6. a; 7. c; 8. b; 9. 1 b, 2 a; 10. 1 a, 2 b, 3 a, 4 b; 11. b; 12. d; 13. a; 14. d; 15. c; 16. 1 d, 2 a, 3 b, 4 c; 17. 1 c, 2 a, 3 b, 4 d, 5 c, 6 c, 7 a, 8 b, 9 d, 10 b; 18. a, d; 19. 1a, 2b; 20. c; 21. b.

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6. State the types of the oppositional reductions.

1. But she would remember it. “Where the what’s its name?” she would ask. “Don’t tell me you forgot what’s its name?”

2.Man conquers nature.

3.He is constantly grumbling.

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1. Give the definitions of the following notions:

a) allomorph;

b)grammatical paradigm;

c)equipollent opposition;

d)contrastive distribution.

2. Answer the questions:

1. What kind of meaning do affixes express?

2.What kind of morphemes are distinguished on the basis of selfdependence?

3.What grammar forms are called analytical?

4.Why are reflective categories called categories of secondary semantic value?

5.What ensures a stylistic load of transposition?

3. Analyse the morphemic composition of the following words:

a) actions;

b)undisputable;

c)children;

d)unconsciously.

4. Define the types of the morphemic distribution:

a) worked – spelled;

b)cat – cats;

c)children – toys.

5.Define the types of the oppositions:

a) he listens – he is listening;

b)is – are;

c)good – better – the best.

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6. State the types of the oppositional reductions.

1. Tonight we start for London.

2.She is too good, too kind, too everything.

3.She had been brought out of her simple yeses or noes and had grown used to fulsome explanations.

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1.How many constituent parts of language are there?

2.What is the unit of the proposemic level?

3.Is the following string synchronic or diachronic? thy, your

4.Give the definition of a system.

5.State the type of morphemic distribution (burned-burning).

6.State the type of morphemic distribution (casinos-casini).

7.Which scholar elaborated the principle of binary oppositions?

8.Are the relations between these units syntagmatic or paradigmatic? a book written by M. Atwood

9.Is a morph a unit of speech or language?

10.What is the function of a grammatical paradigm?

11.Give the example of binary privative opposition.

12.What kind of meaning do roots express?

13.Choose the case when two or more units of the plane of expression correspond to one unit of the plane of content?

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a)synonymy;

b)polysemy;

c)homonymy;

d)antonymy.

14.Define the type of word-form derivation of degrees of comparison:

a)sound –alteration;

b)analytical;

c)synthetic;

d)suppletive.

15.Who is the founder of the Prague school of Linguistics?

a)Hjelmslev;

b)Fries;

c)Trubetzkoy;

d)Harris.

16.What is the grammatical category?

17.Define the type of word-form derivation of degrees of comparison:

a)sound – alteration;

b)analytical;

c)synthetic;

d)suppletive.

18.Comparison of Adjectives’ – what kind of opposition is it? Choose the right answer.

a)gradual;

b)equipollent;

c)privative.

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1.Which scholar developed the systemic approach to the language?

2.What is the smallest language sign?

3.Are the relations between these units syntagmatic or paradigmatic?

written – writing

4.Which school developed the distributional method?

5.Is the following string synchronic or diachronic? thee, you

6.State the type of morphemic distribution (workedvisited).

7.State the type of morphemic distribution (worked-works).

8.Is a morpheme a unit of speech or language?

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9.What is the main difference between the word and the sentence?

10.Is the sentence a sign?

11.Give the example of grammatical meaning.

12.What kind of meaning do affixes express?

13.Which of the following units isn’t segmental?

a)word;

b)morpheme;

c)intonation;

d)syllable.

14.Define the type of word-form derivation of the irregular verb ‘run’:

a)sound –alteration;

b)analytical;

c)synthetic;

d)suppletive.

15.Choose the case when two or more units of the plane of content correspond to one unit of the plane of expression?

a)synonymy;

b)polysemy;

c)homonymy;

d)antonymy.

16.Which scholar formulated the principles of the method of immediate constituents?

a)Harris;

b)Fries;

c)Chomsky;

d)Trubetzkoy.

17.‘Comparison of Adjectives’ – what is it? Choose the right answer.

a)grammatical meaning;

b)grammatical form;

c)grammatical category;

d)grammatical paradigm.

18.What is the unit of supra-sentential level?

a)sentence;

b)paragraph;

c)dicteme;

d)occurseme.

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