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O. Jespersen’s parts of speech classification is based on the … of the words

Function.

Meaning.

Form.

Structure.

Distribution.

The phrase “crying loudly” is …

Verb phrase, progressive, subordination.

Adverb phrase, regressive, subordination.

Adjective, phrase, regressive.

Noun phrase, regressive, subordination.

Adverb phrase, progressive, predication.

The purpose of practical grammar is…

To present the knowledge of the grammatical structure of language in terms of rules that should be obeyed.

To introduce different views of language.

To develop the students’ ability to digest scientific information.

To present a systematic study of the grammatical structure of language.

To investigate different methods of teaching English.

The method expressing a syntactical relationship, which consists in making a subordinate word take a form similar to that of the word to which it is subordinate is called…

Agreement.

Government.

Coordination.

Predication.

Cumulation.

Etymologically, pronoun means a word used instead of…

Noun

Particle

Article

Interjection

Verbal

A one – member sentence is a sentence…

Which contains one only notional parts of speech.

Which contains only one principal member.

Which one word omitted.

With one clause.

Which contains only one adjective.

Those verbs that have affixes are called…

Derivative.

Transitive.

Terminative.

Complex.

Compound.

According to… there are distinguished only “common” and “genitive” cases.

Two-case theory.

Theory of positional cases.

Theory of prepositional cases.

Common-genitive theory.

Three-case theory.

Kruisinga’s (Kruisinger) treatment of phrases is:

Close and loose syntactic groups.

The theory of three ranks.

Endocentric and Exocentric.

Headed and non-headed.

Noun clusters and verb clusters.

The “rheme” in the following sentence: But it is the first time that I am summoned by the husband in the case is…

The first time.

I am summoned.

But.

By the husband.

In the case.

The complex sentences is…

If I let this chance slip, I’m a fool.

She is a very faithful creature and I trust her.

He was a clever and pleasant man to deal with.

Try to be neither good nor bad.

Logical but unpleasant was the job.

New terms that the scientists employ to express the grammatical peculiarity of compound sentence are…

“double” and “multiple” sentences.

“multiple: and “triple” sentences.

“independent” and “dependent” sentences.

“copulative” and “adversative” sentences.

“complex” and “composite” sentences.

Ch. Fries divided all parts of speech into…

Notional and functional.

4 classes and 15 groups.

Declinable and indeclinable.

Distributional and non-distributional.

Positional and functional.

Simple sentences can be converted into complex ones by:

Expanding into subordinate clauses.

chunking.

Expanding into coordinate clauses.

Both expanding into coordinate and subordinate clauses.

Contracting.

The author of the following statement “Syntax shows the agreement and right disposition of words in a sentence” is…

R. Lowth.

Otto Jespersen.

M. Blokh.

H. Sweet.

B. Ilyish.

Aspect can be expressed by…

Lexical (terminative and non-terminative verbs) and grammatical (continuous and non-continuous forms) means.

Lexical means only (terminative, ingressive, effective and durative aspects).

Discontinuous morphemes only (e.g.: He is speaking).

Grammatical means only (continuous and non-continuous forms).

Means of opposition “Aspect – Tense”.

On the basis of linear characteristics… and … morphemes are distinguished.

Continuous and discontinuous.

Bound and free.

Covert and overt.

Segmental and supra-segmental.

Additive and replacive.

In accordance with their relation to the continuous form the verbs may be …

Dynamic and stative.

Transitive and intransitive.

Notional and functional.

Modal and auxiliary.

Finite and non-finite.

The word is the language unit of …

Lexemic level.

Phonetic level.

Phrasemic level.

Morphemic level.

Proposemic level.

Equipollent opposition is …

A contrastive pair of members in which one member is characterized by the presence or absence of a certain feature.

The expression of a certain degree of one and the same categorical feature.

A generalized correlation of lingual forms by means of which a certain function is expressed.

The expression of the grammatical meaning by means of different roots united in one and the same paradigm.

A system of expressing a generalized grammatical meaning by means of paradigmatic correlation and grammatical forms.

The verb is a part of speech which…

Has a categorical meaning of “process”.

Has a categorical meaning of “substance” or “thingness”

Expresses the dependencies and interdependencies of substantive referents.

Has a categorical meaning of “property/quality”.

Shows the quality of the action.

A theoretical basis of textual linguistics is presented in the work of …

M.A.K. Halliday.

G.O. Curme.

H. Sweet.

J. Nesfield.

Ch. Kennedy.

Non-finite forms of the verb have…

Dual semantic nature.

Only nominal nature.

Only verbal nature.

Only adjectival nature.

Only adverbial nature.

The type of the syntactic bond in the following phrase “politically active” is…

Adjectival phrase.

Nominal phrase.

Verbal phrase.

Coordinate phrase.

Predicative phrase.

The transformational procedures in simple sentences are not carried out by means of…

Delete.

Expansion.

Permutation.

Omission.

Introducers.

The following is not the type of the semi-compound sentence.

Sentences with nominal phrase complication.

Sentences with participial phrases expressing a parallel event.

Sentences with infinitival phrases.

Sentences with coordinated subjects.

Sentences with coordinated predicates.

From the point of view of their structure, sentences can be …

Simple and composite.

affirmative, declarative, negative.

Pronominal and suggestive.

Subordinate or principal.

Elementary, compound and complex.

The “theme” of the sentence expresses.

The starting point of the communication.

The basis informative part of the communication.

Contextually relevant center.

Maximum new information.

The last point of the communication.

“Syntax” is a .. word meaning arrangement together.

Greek.

English.

Latin.

French.

Gothic.

The expression of the grammatical meaning by means of different roots united in one and the same paradigm is…

Grammatical opposition.

Gradual opposition.’

Grammatical category.

Non-contrastive distribution.

Equipollent opposition.

Non-contrastive distribution is…

The relations of different morphs having the same function in the identical environments.

The relation of formally different morphs having the same function in different environments.

The invariant-variant relations, connected on a non-linear basis.

A variant, an alternative of a morpheme.

The relations of different morphs in the identical environment.

Contrastive distribution is…

The relation of different morphs in the identical environment.

The relation of different morphs having the same function in the identical environments.

The relation of formally different morphs having the same function in different environments.

A variant, an alternative of a morpheme.

The invariant-variant relations, connected on a non-linear basis.

The category of time-correlation is based on the opposition of…

Continuous and non-continuos.

Passive and active.

Perfect and non-perfect.

Reflexive and reciprocal.

Present and past.

Nouns are divided into countable and uncountable nouns according to…

The quantitative structure.

The type of nomination.

The form of existence.

Their syntactic properties.

Their relation to the verb.

Repetition in the text is…

Lexical means of text connection.

a supra-sentential unit.

Syntactic means of text connection.

Lexical unit.

Lexico-grammatical means of text connection.

The transformational grammar ( T-Grammar) distinguishes … sentences.

Kernel.

Compound.

Simple.

Complex.

Elliptical.

… expresses the categorical semantics of property of a substance.

Adjective.

Adverb.

Participle.

Preposition.

Article.

The terms two-axis and one-axis constructions are used by…

M. Blokh.

B. Ilyish.

I. Ivanova.

O. Jesperson.

V. Burlakova.

On the basis of segmental relations … and … morphemes are distinguished.

Segmental and suprasegmental.

Covert and overt.

Additive and replacive.

Bound and free.

Continuous and discontinuous.

The type of the clause in the following sentence “Ever since we left the house it has not ceased snowing” is…

Adverbial clause of time.

Subject clause.

Adverbial clause of condition.

Adverbial clause of cause.

Attributive clause.

The “rheme” in the following sentence: Where is your hat? Is…

Hat.

Where.

Is

Your.

Is hat.

The paradigmatic and syntagmatic bonds were first suggested by:

F. De Saussure.

Noam Chomsky.

Iktenyeva.

M. Bloch.

Noan Chomsky.

A theoretical basis of textual linguistics is presented in the work of…

M.A.K. Halliday.

G.O. Curme.

H. Sweet.

J. Nesfield.

Ch. Kennedy.

The type of semi-complex: Our mother’s coming brought us strength is …

Sentence of nominal phrase complication.

Subject sharing sentence.

Object sharing sentence.

Sentence of attributive complication.

Sentence of adverbial complication.

The “rheme” in the following sentence “Even she was absent” is …

She.

She was.

Was.

Was absent.

Even.

The headword in the phrase “very clever” is expressed by…

An adjective.

A noun.

An adverb.

A stative word.

A pronoun.

The aim of Theoretical grammar is…

To present systematic study of the grammatical structure of Modern English.

To make introduction to the lexical level of Modern English.

To introduce different views of language.

To prescribe a set of rules based on the so-called standard English.

To investigate different methods of teaching English grammar.

The type of the underlined clause in the following sentence "Even a feather shows which way the wind is blowing” is…

Object clause.

Subject clause.

Attributive clause.

Adverbial clause.

Predicative clause.

50. Noam Chomsky suggests the … model of sentence analysis.

Transformational.

Distributive.

Actual division.

Parts of the sentence.

Immediate constituents.

The gerund is the non-finite form of the verb which combines the properties of…

The noun and the verb.

The verb and the adverb.

The adjective and the verb.

The noun and the pronoun.

The noun and the adjective.

The pronoun cannot …

Show the time of the action.

Substitute for some word.

Substitute for some phrase.

Express grammatical categories of case, number, gender, person.

Stand for a general concept.

The terms “surface grammar” and “deep grammar” were used by…

Noam Chomsky.

C.F. Hockkett.

Otto Jespersen.

G.N. Leech.

V. Burlakova.

According to their meaning verbs can be…

Terminative ad durative.

Dynamic and stative.

Finite and non-finite.

Notional and functional.

Transitive and intransitive.

The ungrammatical sentence in the following list is …

They days grew.

They bought a car.

They reached their car slowly.

E Greco pale at the sight of her.

She has rocked the child into sleep.

“Predication” is a syntactic bond between ….

A nominal element and a predicative element in predicative constructions.

Two or more elements which are not grammatically equal, i.e. one of them is a headword and others are subordinated to it.

Two or more elements which are grammatically equal.

The units of syntactically equal rank.

Adjuncts.

Harris suggests … principal patterns of Kernel sentences.

Seven.

Two.

Three.

Five.

Nine.

The pronoun in the following sentence We approved neither plan is in the function of …

The subject.

The attribute.

The object.

The predicative.

The adverbial modifier.

The infinitive has the following grammatical categories…

Of aspect, time – correlation and voice.

Of mood, aspect, time – correlation.

Of person, number, tense.

Of priority, voice.

Of tense, aspect, voice.

Grammatical opposition is…

A generalized correlation of lingual forms by means of which a certain function is expressed.

A form of the word which expresses the grammatical meaning.

The significance of a certain relation expressed by a dependent part of a word.

The significance of a certain arrangement of elements.

A form of the word which expresses the phonetical meaning.

Both cardinal and ordinal numerals can have certain functions of …

Nouns and adjectives.

Nouns and adverbs.

Adjectives and verbs.

Nouns and verbs.

Pronouns and prepositions.

The category of Mood shows…

The relation between the action expressed by the predicate verb and reality.

The relation between the thing denoted by the noun and things.

The relation between the verb and the other verb.

The relation between the noun and the numeral.

The relation between the noun and the article.

What is a syntactic bond?

A syntagmatic relation between word – forms, word – groups and sentence.

A syntactic function.

The meaning of the words.

A sentence.

A clause.

All parts of speech can be divided into…

Notional and structural.

morphological and structural.

Four classes (article, verb, preposition and numeral).

Covert and overt.

Lexical and syntactic.

Predication is a type of syntactic bond which:

Exists between the subject and the predicate.

Unites any words in a sentences.

Exists between the head-word and the adjunct.

Exists between two equal sentences.

Connects two prepositions.

Noun as a part of speech plays the following function in the sentence:

Any function with the exception of that of a simple verbal predicate.

Connectors.

No function at all.

Only attribute and predicative.

Predicate.

The category of time-correlation shows…

Whether the action is viewed as prior to other situations or irrespective of them.

The tense of the verbs.

The aspects of the verb.

Whether the subjects of the sentence is the agent or object of the action.

Whether the action is real or not.

The category of gender in English is…

A category of noun.

A category of numeral.

A category of adjective.

A category of adverb.

A category of verb.

What is the status of the article?

It’s a part of speech.

It’s a phrase.

It’s a supra-phrasal unit.

It’s a clause.

It’s a connector.

What syntactic functions do you know?

Subject, predicate, object, attribute and adverbial modifier.

Subject and predicate.

Word order and prosody.

Predication, coordination and subordination.

Declarative and interrogative.