1. Composition

2. Affixation

3. suffixation

4. prefixation

5. Derivation

5. Tuesday is ……

1. Tiw’s day

2. Moon’s day

3. Wooden’s day

4. Thunor’s day

5. Saturn’s day

6. Wednesday is ……

1. Wooden’s day

2. Moon’s day

3. Tiw’s day

4. Thunor’s day

5. Saturn’s day

7. Thursday is ……

1. Thunor’s day

2. Moon’s day

3. Tiw’s day

4. Wooden’s day

5. Saturn’s day

8. Saturday is ……

1. Saturn’s day

2. Moon’s day

3. Tiw’s day

4. Thunor’s day

5. Wooden’s day

9. Whiskey is …… word

1. Celtic

2. Scottish

3. Picts

4. Irish

5. American

10. The Latin borrowing of the Old period can be divided into …… periods or layers.

1. two

2. three

3. four

4. five

5. six

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1. The second layer of Latin borrowings contains the words concerning …… and the ……

1. religion and the church

2. products

3. names of the objets of material only

4. culture

5. abstract

2. When a vowel occurs between two consonants it becomes ……

1. short

2. long

3. ugly

4. comparative

5. leveled

3. The vowels are …… before two consonants.

1. shortened

2. leveled

3. aspivated

4. reduced

5. lengthened

4. Middle English period affected the …… vowels.

1. unstressed

2. stressed

3. reduced

4. leveled

5. weakened

5. All unstressed vowels were weakened and reduced to the …… vowels.

1. neutral

2. final

3. middle

4. long

5. short

6. The infinitive suffix – an – was reduced to ……

1. - en

2. - ed

3. - un

4. - mis

5. - un

7. The nominative plural ending – as became

1. - es

2. - en

3. - ed

4. - mis

5. - as

8. All Old English diphthongs were ……

1. monophthongized

2. dipthongized

3. shortened

4. leveled

5. lengthened

9. Middle English nouns had …… cases:

1. 4

2. 7

3. 6

4. 2

5. 1

5. 10. Old English period is ……

1. the period of full endings

2. the period of leveled or reduced endings

3. the period of lost endings

4. the period of coming barbarians

5. the period of doing examples

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1. English vowels are classified according to main _________ _principles.

1. two

2. three

3. six

4. five

5. four

7. 2. English consonants are classified according to main ___________ principles.

1. three

2. four

3. two

4. six

5. five

7. 3. There are __________ plosives among. English consonant sounds.

1. six

2. nine

3. four

4. six

5. ten

7. 4. There are __________ diphthongs among English vowel sounds.

1. eight

2. nine

3. ten

4. six

5. seven

7. 5. How many neutral sounds are there among English vowel sounds?

1. one

2. two

3. three

4. four

5. five

7. 6. How many sounds are there in the English language?

1. 44

2. 30

3. 40

4. 26

5. 20

7. 7. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

1. 26

2. 30

3. 40

4. 20

5. 35

6. 8. How many types of plosion do you know?

1. three

2. five

3. four

4. two

5. six

6. 9. How many types of stress do you know?

1. three

2. four

3. six

4. night

5. nine

6. 10. How many interdental sounds are there among English consonant sounds?

1. two

2. five

3. seven

4. six

5. eight

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7. 1. There are ______ vowel diagraphs in the English language.

1. 13

2. 15

3. 10

4. 20

5. 18

6. 2. Where is nasal plosion?

1. sudden

2. black cat

3. battle

4. red rose

5. settle

6. 3. Where is loss of plosion?

1. kettle

2. black stone

3. sudden

4. pattern

5. red rose

6. 4. There are _________ types of plosion.

1. three

2. four

3. five

4. six

5. seven

6. 5. There are __________ affricates among English consonant sounds.

1. two

2. one

3. four

4. five

5. three

6. 6. Organs of speech are divided into __________ groups.

1. two

2. four

3. three

4. six

5. five

6. 7. How many long monophtongs are there among English vowels sounds?

1. five

2. six

3. three

4. eight

5. four

6. 8. How many short monophtongs are there among English vowel sounds.

1. seven

2. eight

3. nine

4. ten

5. eleven

6. 9. There are ___________ consonant sounds in the English language.

1. twenty four

2. twenty

3. twenty one

4. twenty five

5. twenty seven

6. 10. There are ____________ vowel sounds in the English language.

1. twenty

2. thirty

3. forty

4. fifty

5. twenty five

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7. 1. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

1. twenty six

2. twenty four

3. twenty eight

4. twenty

5. twenty one

6. 2. There are vowel letters in the English alphabet.

1. six

2. ten

3. fifteen

4. five

5. eight

6. 3. There are __________ consonant letters in the English alphabet.

1. twenty

2. twenty two

3. twenty five

4. twenty four

5. twenty one

6. 4. English intonation has got _________ basic tones.

1. two

2. three

3. four

4. five

5. six

6. 5. English consonants are classified according to _________ main principles.

1. three

2. five

3. ten

4. nine

5. six

6. 6. English vowels are classified according to __________ main principles.

1. two

2. five

3. ten

4. seven

5. eight

6. 7. How many English phonemes do you know?

1. 44

2. 24

3. 30

4. 20

5. 25

6. 8. How many long and short monophtongs do you know?

1. twelve

2. ten

3. eight

4. six

5. five

6. 9. Organs of speech are divided into __________ groups.

1. two

2. four

3. six

4. eight

5. ten

6. 10. How many basic tunes in English do you know?

1. two

2. four

3. six

4. five

5. ten

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7. 1. What type of English pronunciation should be taught in our country?

1. Received pronunciation

2. General American

3. Canadian English

4. New Zealand English

5. Australian English.

6. 2. Which style of pronunciation should be taught first at schools and universities?

1. full

2. colloquial

3. jargonisms

4. americanisms

5. borrowings

6. 3. In language with ___________ type of stress the place of stress is always the same.

1. fixed

2. free

3. level

4. consonant

5. unstressed

6. 4. Stress is indicated by placing a stress mark ___________ the stressed syllable.

1. before

2. after

3. on the third

4. on the first

5. on the second

6. 5. When one or more syllables in a word are made prominent, they are perceived as______ .

1. stressed

2. unstressed

3. half-stressed

4. level

5. emphatic

6. 6. What organs of speech belong to the vibrator mechanism?

1. the vocal cards and glottis

2. the lungs, the wind pipe

3. the glottis, the pharynx

4. the nasal cavity

5. the mouth cavity

6. 7. Where is lateral plosion?

1. kettle

2. sudden

3. pattern

4. black cat

5. red rose

6. 8. Complete the proverb: “Every country has its … “

1. customs

2. traditions

3. history

4. memory

5. laws

6. 9. Complete the proverb: “He who makes no …, makes nothing.”

1. mistakes

2. toys

3. presents

4. peace

5. happiness

6. 10. Complete the proverb: “Men may meet but … never”.

1. mountains

2. birds

3. stones

4. forests

5. oceans

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7. 1. Complete the proverb: “In doing we …”

1. learn

2. teach

3. revise

4. recall

5. think

6. 2. Complete the proverb: “ It is never too late to …”

1. learn

2. do

3. think

4. work

5. start

6. 3. Complete the proverb: “Knowledge is …”

1. power

2. life

3. happiness

4. hope

5. luck

6. 4. Complete the proverb: “Live and …”

1. learn

2. live

3. earn

4. think

5. eat

6. 5. Complete the proverb: “East or West…”

1. home is best

2. north is best

3. south is best

4. nothing is best

5. no correct answer

6. 6. Complete the proverb: “Better late …”

1. than never

2. than ever

3. than always

4. than not

5. no correct answer

6. 7. Complete the proverb: “Never put off till tomorrow…”

1. what you can do today

2. what you cannot do today

3. what you can do two days later

4. what you cannot do now

5. no correct answer

6. 8. Complete the proverb: “The devil is not so black …”

1. as he is painted

2. as he is described

3. as he is shown

4. as he is seen

5. no correct answer

6. 9. Complete the proverb: “An English man’s home (or house) …”

1. is his castle

2. is his roof

3. is his life

4. is his soul

5. no correct answer

6. 10. Complete the proverb: “When the cat’s away, the … … will play”

1. mice

2. dogs

3. pets

4. animals

5. kittens

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7. 1. Complete the proverb: “Everybody’s business is … business”

1. nobody’ s

2. somebody ‘s

3. someone’ s

4. his

5. her

6. 2. Complete the proverb: “Every … praises his own broth”.

1. cook

2. man

3. person

4. shop-assistant

5. waiter

6. 3. Complete the proverb: “Little strokes fell great …”

1. oaks

2. trees

3. pines

4. branches

5. birches

6. 4. Complete the proverb: “Promise little, but … much”

1. do

2. think

3. advise

4. dictate

5. love

6. 5. Complete the proverb: “Among the blind the one-eyed man is …”

1. king

2. tzar

3. prince

4. tyrant

5. hero

6. 6. Complete the proverb: “Every day is not …”

1. Sunday

2. Monday

3. Tuesday

4. Wednesday

5. Thursday

6. 7. Complete the proverb: “A good name is better than …”

1. riches

2. glory

3. money

4. treasure

5. gold

6. 8. Complete the proverb: “Honesty is the best …”

1. policy

2. thing

3. reputation

4. work

5. no correct answer

6. 9. Complete the proverb: “Life is made up of …”

1. little things

2. great things

3. little deeds

4. great works

5. little strokes

6. 10. Complete the proverb: “No news … news”

1. good

2. happy

3. bad

4. the worst

5. the best

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7. 1. Complete the proverb: “The morning sun never lasts a …”

1. day

2. week

3. month

4. year

5. century

6. 2. Complete the proverb: “While there is life there is …”

1. hope

2. love

3. happiness

4. appetite

5. no correct answer

6. 3. Complete the proverb: “Don’t count your… before they are hatched”

1. chickens

2. pets

3. animals

4. cattle

5. sheep

6. 4. Complete the proverb: “Don’t swap … when crossing a stream”

1. horses

2. camels

3. elephants

4. animals

5. no correct answer

6. 5. Complete the proverb: “Don’t teach your … to suck eggs”.

1. grandmother

2. grandfather

3. grandparents

4. parents

5. elder generation

6. 6. Complete the proverb: “Every … has a puddle”

1. path

2. way

3. route

4. street

5. no correct answer

6. 7. Complete the proverb: “If a … bray at you, don’t bray at him”.

1. donkey

2. dog

3. lion

4. wolf

5. bear

6. 8. Complete the proverb: “Never try to … what nobody doubts”.

1. prove

2. tell

3. say

4. request

5. no correct answer

6. 9. Complete the proverb: “Of two … choose the lesser”.

1. evils

2. troubles

3. things

4. questions

5. no correct answer

6. 10. Complete the proverb : “Practice what you …”

1. preach

2. teach

3. play

4. say

5. no correct answer

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9. 1. Complete the proverb: “ … was not built in a day”

1. Rome

2. Italy

3. Spain

4. Greece

5. Moscow

6. 2. Complete the proverb: “Those who live in ... houses should not throw stones”

1. glass

2. rich

3. poor

4. wooden

5. no correct answer

6. 3. Complete the proverb: “There is a ... in every flock”

1. black sheep

2. white sheep

3. grey sheep

4. brown sheep

5. No correct answer

6. 4. Complete the proverb: “... wife must (or should) be above suspicion”

1. Caesar’ s

2. Richard’ s

3. Henry’ s

4. William’s

5. King’ s

6. 5. Complete the proverb: “An ... home ( or house) is his castle”

1. Englishman’ s

2. Frenchman’ s

3. German’ s

4. American’ s

5. Belgian’ s

6. 6. Complete the proverb: “Gifts from ... are dangerous”

1. enemies

2. frends

3. group-mates

4. school-mates

5. no correct answer

6. 7. Complete the proverb: “... is neither bought nor sold”

1. love

2. life

3. hope

4. happiness

5. no correct answer

6. 8. Complete the proverb: “Marriages are made …”

1. in heaven

2. everywhere

3. in a special place

4. in churches

5. no correct answer

6. 9. Complete the proverb: “All roads lead to …”

1. Rome

2. Italy

3. Spain

4. Greece

5. America

6. 10. The communicative centre is associated with the most important __________ of the intonation group or of the sentence.

1. word or words

2. sentence or sentences

3. sound or sounds

4. phoneme or phonemes

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6. 1. Intonation is a complex unity of __________ in pitch, stress, tempo and timbre.

1. variations

2. pauses

3. dashes

4. changings

5. no correct answer

6. 2. Each intonation –group is characterized by a definite ___________

1. intonation pattern

2. intonation structure

3. sense-group

4. tone-group

5. no correct answer

6. 3. Intonation serves ______________ sentences and intonation-groups

1. to form

2. to organize

3. to formulate

4. no correct answer

5. sense-group

6. 4. Intonation serves _____________ communicative type of sentences and intonation –groups.

1. to define

2. to express

3. to determine

4. to point out

5. no correct answer

6. 5. Intonation serves ____ the speaker’s thoughts

1. to express

2. to determine

3. to point out

4. to define

5. no correct answer

6. 6. Intonation serves __________ the attitudinal meaning.

1. to convey

2. to define

3. to determine

4. to point out

5. no correct answer

6. 7. The nucleus is the most important part of the _______.

1. intonation pattern

2. tone – group

3. sense – group

4. intonation structure

5. no correct answer

6. 8. The nucleus __________ the communicative type of the sentence.

1. defines

2. expresses

3. points out

4. decides

5. no correct answer

6. 9. The nucleus ________ the semantic value of the intonation-group

1. determines

2. expresses

3. points out

4. decides

5. no correct answer

6. 10. The nucleus _________ the communicative centre of the intonation – group or of the whole sentence.

1. indicates

2. expresses

3. points out

4. decides

5. no correct answer

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7. 1. Where is a statement?

1. I like apples.

2. Can you prove it.

3. Right you are.

4. Try it again.

5. No correct answer.

6. 2. Where is a question?

1. How much does it cost.

2. Do it.

3. Heavens.

4. She likes an ice-cream.

5. No correct answer.

6. 3. Where is an imperative?

1. Phone him.

2. It’s Mother’s.

3. Which book is missing.

4. Thank you.

5. No correct answer.

6. 4. Where is an exclamation?

1. Fine.

2. She is out now.

3. Repeat it, then.

4. Which one.

5. No correct answer.

6. 5. What degree of word stress differentiates GA pronunciation from BR pronunciation?

1. tertiary

2. primary

3. secondary

4. level

5. partial

6. 6. __________ percent of the population of England speak RP.

1. great

2. small

3. 30 %

4. 50 %

5. 10 %

6. 7. What is the most accepted term for the English literary pronunciation?

1. Received Pronunciation

2. British pronunciation

3. Southern English pronunciation

4. Northern English pronunciation

5. Standard Scottish

6. 8. English is the only state language in ___________.

1. the USA, Australia

2. Canada, Japan

3. Kazakhstan, Egypt

4. India, South Africa

5. Russian Federation, Poland

6. 9. How would you define the stress in the words – ‘garden-‘gardening – ‘gardener ?

1. constant

2. shifting

3. level

4. logical

5. unstressed

6. 10. The muscular tension theory was proposed by _________ .

1. L. V. Sherba

2. N. Zhinkin

3. O. Jesperson

4. V. Vassylliev

5. S.F. Leontyeva

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7. 1. The treatment of a language as a system was characteristic of the grammarians of the …

1. 17^th century

2. 16^th century

3. 13^th century

4. 19^th century

5. 20^th century

9. 2. “Grammaire générale de Port-Royal” was published in …

1. 1660

2. 1670

3. 1665

4. 1760

5. 1860

11. 3. Who laid the foundation of a new linguistic theory acknowledging the study of a system of a given language as such?

1. Ferdinand de Saussure

2. William Ryan

3. John Stainbek

4. Alfred Mansfield

5. Mark Twain

4. The English language is considered to be

1. Analytical

2. Synthetical

3. Anabolic

4. Symbol

5. Anatomic

14. 5. Comparatively few grammatical inflections are one of the chief features characterizing an… language.