ИСТОРИЯ ЯЗЫКА
1. When did Roman legions under Emperor Claudius invade Britain?
A. In A.D. 43
B. In 1477
C. In 55 B.C
D. In 893
2. Find out the Old East Germanic language in the list given below
A. Gothic
B. Frisian
C. Anglian
D. Old Norse
3. When is the Proto- Germanic supposed to have split from related Indo- European tongues?
A. Sometime between the 15th and 10th c B.C
B. Sometime between the 5th and 1st c B.C
C. Sometime between the 25th and 20th c B.C
D. Sometime between the 3rd and 5th c A.D
4. When did Ulfilas, a West Germanic bishop, make a translation of the Gospels from Greek into Gothic using a modified form of the Greek alphabet?
A. in the 4th c A.D
B. in the 10th c A.D
C. in the 4th c B.C
D. in the 10lh c B.C
5. Find out the Old West Germanic language in the list given below
A. Anglian
B. Gothic
C. Burgunian
D. Vandalic
6. Choose the date of the first written records in Old High German
A. 8th and 9th c
B. 12lh and 13th c
C. 3rd and 4th c
D. 19th and 20th c
7. Choose the date of the establishment of the Written Standard of New High German
A. 16lh c
B. 11th c
C. 14th c
D. I8th c
8. Point out the phonetic change which took place in Proto-Germanic
PIE PG
L.nox G nacht
R. ночь
A. independent vowel change
B. palatal mutation
C. breaking
D. splitting
9. Point out the vowel change explaining the vowel modification in Proto-Germanic
PIE PG
L mater OE modor
R мать
A. independent vowel change
B. palatal mutation
C. breaking
D. splitting
10. Point out the vowel change explaining the vowel modification in Late PG
PIE G
L ventus OE wind
R ветер
A. mutation of vowels
B. independent vowel change
C. splitting
D. breaking
11. Point out the vowel change explaining the vowel modification in Late PG
PIE G
Lith sunus OE sunu
R сын
A. mutation of vowels
B. independent vowel change
C. splitting
D. breaking
12. Point out the vowel change explaining the vowel modification in Late PG
PIE G
Celt hurnan OE horn
A. mutation of vowels
B. independent vowel change
C. splitting
D. breaking
13. Point out the act of Grimm's law the following examples belong to:
L pedis OE fōt
R пена OE fām
A. Act l
B. Act 3
C. Act 2
D. The examples do not belong to Grimm's law
14. Point out the act of Grimm's law the following examples belong to
R болото OE pōl
R слабый OE slæpan
A. Act 2
B. Act l
C. Act 3
D. The examples do not belong to Grimm's law
15. Point out the act of Grimm's law the following examples belong to
R два OE twā
R еда OE etan
A. Act 2
B. Act l
C. Act 3
D. The examples do not belong to Grimm's law
16. Point out the act of Grimm's law the following examples belong to
Sanscrit bhārāmi OE bere
Sanscrit bhrāta OE brōþor
A. Act 3
B. Act l
C. Act 2
D. The examples do not belong to Grimm's law
17. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between consonants in PIE and PG
L caput OE hēafod [v]
L pater GT fadar
A. Verner's law
B. Grimm's law
C. breaking
D. palatal mutation
18. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between consonants in PIE and PG
Sanscrit pitár OE fader
A. Verner's law
B. Grimm's law
C. Breaking
D. palatal mutation
19. Point out the form-building means employed in the following examples from Germanic and non-Germanic languages
L ego R я OE ic
Mei меня min
Mihi мне me
A. Suppletion
B. Sound interchange
C. Inflection
D. Verner's law
20. Point out the means employed in building the principal forms of the Gothic strong verbs
Inf Past sg Past pl Participle 2
Reisan rais risum risans
Kiusan kaus kusum kusans
A. Ablaut (vowel gradation)
B. Inflection
C. Suppletion
D. Verner's law
21. Point out the number of components the word consisted of in Early PG
A. 3
B. 5
C. 2
D. 4
22. Point out the number of components the word consisted of in Old Germanic languages
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3
D. 4
23. Choose the name of the capital of Wessex during the reign of King Alfred
A. Winchester
B. London
C. Worcester
D. Lancaster
24. Choose the name of the OE dialect of the Jutes
A. Kentish
B. Mercian
C. West Saxon
D. Northumbrian
25. Choose the name of the OE dialect of the Saxons
A. West Saxon
B. Mercian
C. Kentish
D. Northumbrian
26. Choose the name of the OE dialect of the Angles
A. Mercian
B. West Saxon
C. Kentish
D. East Saxon
27. What does history of the English language begin with?
A. The invasion of the British isles by Germanic tribes
B. The invasion of the British isles by Celtic tribes
C. The invasion of the British isles by the Scandinavians
D. The invasion of the British isles by the Normans
28. Point out the period of Celtic migrations
A. the 1st millennium B.C
B. the 1st с A.D
C. the 2nd millennium B.C
D. the 3rd - 4th с A.D
29. Point out the survival of the Gaelic branch in Ireland
A. Erse
B. Kymric
C. Armorican
D. Cornish
30. Point out the survival of the Britonnic branch in modern Wales
A. Kymric
B. Erse
C. Armorican
D. Cornish
31. Point out the survival of the Britonnic branch in modern France
A. Armorican
B. Erse
C. Kymric
D. Cornish
32. Which century was Cornish spoken in Cornwall till?
A. 18thc
B. 14th с
C. 15th с
D. 19th с
33. When was Gaul conquered by the Romans?
A. lst c B.C
B. 1ST c A.D
C. B. 4 c B.C
D. 54 B.C
34. When was Britain invaded by Roman legions under Emperor Claudius?
A. In A.D 43
B. In 4 с B.C
C. In 54 B.C
D. In A.D 55
35. How long did the Roman occupation of Britain last?
A. 400 years
B. 100 years
C. 300 years
D. 200 years
36. How is the 1st history of England written by Bede called?
A. Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
B. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
C. Beowulf
D. Anglo-Saxon Charters
37. Point out the right subdivision of the Germanic tribes the invaders of Britain came from
A. West
B. North
C. East
D. South
38. Point out the part of Britain occupied by the Jutes or the Frisians
A. Kent and the Isle of Wight
B. The North of the Humber
C. The Thames and the South coast
D. The Eastern part of Britain
39. Point out the part of Britain occupied by the Angles
A. North of the Humber River
B. Kent and the Isle of Wight
C. The Thames and the South coast
D. The Eastern part of Britain
40. Point out the part of Britain occupied by the Saxons
A. The Thames and the South coast
B. The North of the Humber
C. Kent and the Isle of Wight
D. The Eastern part of Britain
41. When did the raiders from Scandinavia make their 1st plundering attacks on England?
A. 8thc
B. 10th с
C. 11th с
D. 1475
42. Point out the act of Grimm's law the following examples belong to
L tres NE three
L cor OE heorte
A. Act l
B. Act 3
C. Act 2
D. The examples do not belong to Grimm's law
43. Point out the act of Grimm's law the following examples belong to
L. Genu OE cnēo
L vidēre OE witan
A. Act 2
B. Act 3
C. Act 1
D. The examples do not belong to Grimm's law
44. Point out the act of Grimm's law the following examples belong to
O.Ind rudhira OE rēad
O.Ind mádhyas OE middel
A. Act 3
B. Act 2
C. Act 1
D. The examples do not belong to Grimm's law
45. Point out the means employed in building the principal forms of the Gothic strong verbs
Inf Past sg Past pl Participle 2
Bindan band bundum bundans
A. Ablaut (vowel gradation)
B. Inflection
C. Suppletion
D. Verner's law
46. Point out the form-building means employed in the following examples from Germanic and
non-Germanic languages
Fr Gt NE
Je ik I
mon meina mine
moi mis me
A. Suppletion
B. Sound interchange
C. Inflection
D. Verner's law
47. Point out the closest linguistic relation of English
A. Africans
B. Kazakh
C. Indian
D. Lithuanian
48. Point out the closest linguistic relation of English
A. Faroese
B. French
C. Russian
D. Latin
49. Point out the descendant of the OE strong verb
A. sing
B. live
C. look
D. have
50. Point out the descendant of the OE weak verb
A. look
B. sing
C. write
D. rise
51. Point out the Germanic words
A. foot, twin
B. double, doublet
C. pedal, pedestrian
D. domestic, cordial
52. What language is the source of the adjective suffix –ous?
A. French
B. Spanish
C. German
D. Danish
53. Choose when Pliny the Elder made a classified list of Germanic tribes grouping them under six headings
A. In the 1st c.A.D.
B. In the 2nd c.A.D.
C. In the 3rd c.A.D.
D. In the 1st c.B.C.
54. Choose the date when the Goths moved south-east starting on their great migrations
A. Around 200 A.D.
B. Around 200 B.C.
C. Around 2000 A.D.
D. Around 2000 B. C.
55. Choose the date when Ulfilas made a translation of the Gospels from Greek into Gothic
A. In the 4th c.A.D.
B. In the 6th c.A.D.
C. In the 4th c.B.C.
D. In the 6th c.B.C.
56. Choose the date when Ulfilas’s Gospels were first published
A. In the 17th c.
B. In the 7th c.
C. In the 6th c.
D. In the 16th c.
57. Choose the date of disintegration of Old Norse
A. After the 9th c.
B. After the 8th c.
C. After 1066
D. After 1042
58. Choose the dates of the famous Viking Age
A. From about 800 to 1050 A.D.
B. From about 1050 to 800 B.C.
C. From about 1066 to 1475 A.D.
D. From about the 1st to 3rd c. A.D.
59. Choose the dates of the first runic Inscriptions in Old Norse
A. The 2nd - 3rd c. A.D.
B. The 8th - 9th c. A.D.
C. The 7th - 8th c. A.D.
D. The 3rd - 2nd c. B.C.
60. Choose the date of the first Scandinavian settlements in Iceland
A. the 9th c. A.D.
B. the 7th c. A.D.
C. the 1st c. A.D.
D. the 3rd c. A.D.
61. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Icelandic
A. 12th c
B. 8th c
C. 13th c
D. 7th c
62. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Norwegian
A. 13th c
B. 8th c
C. 12th c
D. 7th c
63. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Danish
A. 13th c
B. 8th c
C. 12th c
D. 7th c
64. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Swedish
A. 13th c
B. 10th c
C. 12th c
D. 7th c
65. Choose the date of the first written records in Old English
A. 7th c
B. 8th c
C. 12th c
D. 10th c
66. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Saxon
A. 9th c
B. 8th c
C. 12th c
D. 10th c
67. Choose the date of the first written records in Old High German
A. 8th c
B. 9th c
C. 7th c
D. 5th c
68. Choose the date of the first written records in Old Dutch
A. 12th c
B. 8th c
C. 13th c
D. 7th c
69. Choose the dates of the first pre-written period in the history of English
A. c. 450 - c. 700
B. c. 700 – 1066
C. 1066 – 1350
D. 1350 – 1475
70. Choose the dates of the 3rd period in the history of English-Early Middle English
A. 1066-1350
B. 1350-1475
C. 1800-1945
D. 450-700
71. Choose the dates of the 5th period in the history of English-Early New English
A. 1476-1660
B. 1350-1475
C. 1800-1945
D. 450-700
72. Choose the dates of the 7th period in the history of English Modern English
A. 1800-2008
B. 1350-1475
C. 1660-1800
D. 450-700
73. Choose the dates of the 2nd period in the history of English - Written OE
A. 700-1066
B. 1666-1800
C. 1800-1945
D. 1476-1660
74. Choose the dates of the 4th period in the history of English: Classical Middle English
A. 1350-1475
B. 1600-1800
C. 1800-1945
D. 450-700
75. Choose the dates of the 6th period in the history of English - Normalization Period
A. 1600-1800
B. 1066-1350
C. 1800-1945
D. 450-700
76. When did a new method of word derivation called “Conversion” arise?
A. In Late Middle English
B. In Early New English
C. In Old English
D. In Late New English
77. Choose the date when Julius Caesar made two raids on Britain
A. in 55 and 54 B.C.
B. in 43 A.D.
C. in the 8th c
D. in the 11th c
78. Choose the date when the Roman troops were officially withdrawn to Rome by Constantine
A. in 410 A.D.
B. in 420 A.D.
C. in 500 A.D.
D. in 499 A.D.
79. Choose the dates of the Germanic settlement of Britain
A. 449 A.D.
B. 7th c
C. 6th c
D. 1066
80. Choose the dates of the transitional period from the tribal and slave-owning system to feudalism
A. from the 5th till the 11th
B. from the 7th till the 11th
C. from the 11th till the 15th
D. from the 12th till the 13th
81. Choose the dates of the temporary rise of the kingdom of Northumbria in the OE period
A. the 7th and the 8th c
B. the 5th and the 7th c
C. the 3rd and the 5th c
D. the 11th and the 13th c
82. Choose the date when England was divided in 2 halves
A. in 878
B. in 1017
C. in 1066
D. in 1475
83. Choose the date when Canute was acknowledged as king of England
A. in 1017
B. in 878
C. in 1066
D. in 1475
84. Choose the date when England regained its political independence from the Northern Empire
A. in 1035
B. in 878
C. in 1066
D. in 1475
85. Choose the dates of the reign of king Alfred
A. 871-901
B. 1600-1800
C. 1800-1945
D. 450-700
86. Choose the date when the written form of the West Saxon dialect developed into a bookish type of language
A. towards the 11th c
B. towards the 7th c
C. towards the 12th c
D. towards the 9th c
87. Choose the dates of the earliest OE manuscript written in Kentish and Mercian
A. 8th c -9th c
B. 10th -11th c
C. 7th -8th c
D. 5th - 7th c
88. Choose the date of the battle of Hastings
A. 1066
B. 1017
C. 1035
D. 1042
89. Choose the date of the issue of the famous Proclamation by Henry III written in 3 languages: French, Latin
and English
A. 1258
B. 1017
C. 1035
D. 1042
90. Choose the date when the domination of the French language in England came to an end
A. in the course of the 14th c
B. in the course of the 15th c
C. in the course of the 12th c
D. in the course of the 12th c
91. Choose the date when Edward III gave his consent to an act of Parliament ordaining that English should be
used in the law courts
A. 1362
B. 1258
C. 1035
D. 1042
92. Choose the date when it was ruled that English should be used at schools in teaching Latin
A. 1349
B. 1258
C. 1362
D. 1042
93. Choose the dates of the William Shakespeare’s life
A. 1564-1616
B. 1240-1300
C. 1360-1420
D. 1420-1480
94. Choose the date of the establishment of the Written Standard of the English national literary language
A. the middle of the 17th c
B. the middle of the 18th c
C. the middle of the 12th c
D. the middle of the 10th c
95. Choose the date when “A short introduction to English Grammar” by Robert Lowth was written
A. in 1762
B. in 1878
C. in 1666
D. in 1475
96. Choose the date when “Dictionary of the English language” by Dr. Samuel Johnson was first published
A. in 1755
B. in 1878
C. in 1666
D. in 1475
97. Choose the date of the publication of “Dictionary of the English Language” by Noah Webster
A. in 1828
B. in 1878
C. in 1666
D. in 1475
98. Choose the dates when the influx of French words reached new peaks in New English
A. in the late 15th and in the late 17th c
B. in the early 15th and in the early 17th c
C. in the late 16th and in the late 18th c
D. in the early 16th and in the early 18th c
99. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the vowels in:
GT au so OE ea re NE ear
GT kiu san OE ceo san NE choose
GT diu ps OE deo p NE deep
A. Development of diphthongs in Early OE
B. Breaking
C. Palatal Mutation
D. Diphthongisation
100. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the vowel interchange in hwæl - hwalas (Nom, sg. and pl. M. - a), NE whale
A. Splitting of [a]
B. Palatalisation
C. Breaking
D. Lengthening in open syllables
101. How can the OE word order be defined?
A. as relatively free
B. as fixed and direct
C. as inverted
D. as strict
102. What languages were the following place names borrowed from?
Kent, York, London, Avon, Thames
A. Celtic
B. Latin
C. Old Norse
D. French
103. Determine the part of speech of the OE words leorn - ere, fisc - ere, boc - ere.
A. The noun
B. The adjective
C. The verb
D. The pronoun
104. Determine the class of the strong verb ridan.
A. Class I
B. Class II
C. Class V
D. Class VII
105. Determine the class of the weak verb habban.
A. Class III
B. Class I
C. Class II
D. Class VII
106. Determine the part of speech of the OE words modig, halig, bysig.
A. The adjective
B. The verb
C. The noun
D. The pronoun
107. Determine the part of speech of the OE words freond - lic, sc eand - lic, wo ruld - lic.
A. The adjective
B. The verb
C. The noun
D. The pronoun
108. Choose the correct translation of hē bād.
A. он ждал
B. ждали его
C. ждут его
D. будут ждать
109. Choose the correct translation of wē willað secgan.
A. мы хотим сказать
B. мы будем говорить
C. нам хотят сказать
D. нам скажут
110. Define the case the OE noun talu (ō - stems F.) belongs to
A. Nominative
B. Genitive
C. Dative
D. Accusative
111. Define the case the OE noun namena (n - stems M) belongs to
A. Genitive
B. Nominative
C. Dative
D. Accusative
112. Define the case the OE noun f ō ta (root - stem., M) belongs to
A. Genitive
B. Nominative
C. Dative
D. Accusative
113. Define the case the OE noun musum belongs to
A. Dative
B. Nominative
C. Genitive
D. Accusative
114. Choose the OE equivalent of the Modern English pronoun they
A. hīe
B. he
C. hire
D. wit
115. Define the case the OE pronoun mīn belongs to
A. Genitive
B. Nominative
C. Dative
D. Accusative
116. Define the case the OE pronoun ūre belongs to
A. Genitive
B. Nominative
C. Dative
D. Accusative
117. Define the case the OE pronoun ūs belongs to
A. Dative
B. Nominative
C. Genitive
D. Accusative
118. Define the case the OE pronoun his belongs to
A. Genitive
B. Nominative
C. Dative
D. Accusative
119. Define the case the OE pronoun him belongs to
A. Dative
B. Nominative
C. Genitive
D. Accusative
120. Define the case the OE demonstrative pronoun seo belongs to
A. Nominative
B. Dative
C. Genitive
D. Accusative
121. Define the case the OE demonstrative pronoun sē belongs to
A. Nominative
B. Dative
C. Genitive
D. Accusative
122. Define the class the OE pronoun hwā belongs to
A. Interrogative
B. Personal
C. Demonstrative
D. Indefinite
123. Define the class the OE pronoun hwæt belongs to
A. Interrogative
B. Personal
C. Demonstrative
D. Indefinite
124. Define the class the OE pronoun ān belongs to
A. Indefinite
B. Personal
C. Demonstrative
D. Interrogative
125. Define the class the OE pronoun nān belongs to
A. Indefinite
B. Indefinite
C. Interrogative
126. Define the declension the OE adjective blindan belongs to
A. weak
B. regular
C. irregular
D. strong
127. Define the degree of comparison the OE pronoun softra belongs to
A. Comparative
B. Positive
C. Superlative
D. Indicative
128. Define the degree of comparison the OE adjective ieldra belongs to
A. Comparative
B. Positive
C. Superlative
D. Indicative
129. Define the degree of comparison the OE adjective ealdest belongs to
A. Superlative
B. Positive
C. Comparative
D. Indicative
130. Define the degree of comparison the OE adjective mārā belongs to
A. Comparative
B. Positive
C. Superlative
D. Indicative
131. Define the degree of comparison the OE adjective wiersa belongs to
A. Comparative
B. Positive
C. Superlative
D. Indicative
132. Choose the grammatical category which does not belong to the OE Finite Verb.
A. case
B. number
C. person
D. tense
133. Choose the principal form the OE verb wrītan (Class I) belongs to.
A. Infinitive
B. Past singular
C. Past Plural
D. Participle II
134. Choose the grammatical category which does not belong to the OE Finite Verb
A. case
B. number
C. person
D. tense
135. Choose the principal form the OE verb curon (class 2) belongs to
A. Past Plural
B. Past Singular
C. Infinitive
D. Participle 2
136. Choose the principal form the OE weak verb holpen (Class III) belongs to
A. Participle II
B. Past singular
C. Past Plural
D. Infinitive
137. Choose the principal form the OE weak verb lifd (Class III) belongs to
A. Participle II
B. Past Singular
C. Past Plural
D. Infinitive
138. Choose the principal form the OE weak verb lōcian (Class II) belongs to
A. Infinitive
B. Past Singular
C. Past Plural
D. Participle II
139. Choose the principal form the OE strong verb fohten (Class III) belongs to
A. Participle II
B. Past singular
C. Past Plural
D. Infinitive
140. Choose the principal form the OE weak verb cēped (Class I) belongs to
A. Participle II
B. Past singular
C. Past Plural
D. Infinitive
141. Choose the principal form the OE weak verb temman (Class I) belongs to
A. Infinitive
B. Past singular
C. Participle II
D. Past Plural
142. Choose the language the OE word cradol (NE cradle) was borrowed from
A. Celtic
B. Gothic
C. Old Dutch
D. Latin
143. Choose the language the OE word candel (NE candle) was borrowed from
A. Latin
B. Gothic
C. Old Dutch
D. Celtic
144. Choose the language the OE word scōl (NE school) was borrowed from
A. Latin
B. Gothic
C. Celtic
D. Old Dutch
145. Define the part of speech of the OE words frēodōm, wīsdōm
A. noun
B. adjective
C. adverb
D. pronoun
146. Define the part of speech of the OE words woruldlic, frēondlic
A. adjective
B. noun
C. adverb
D. pronoun
147. Define the part of speech of the OE words frēond ice, hearde
A. adverb
B. adjective
C. noun
D. pronoun
148. Choose the language the words sky,skill were borrowed from
A. Scandinavian
B. French
C. Celtic
D. Latin
149. Define the dialect the Middle English word st ān belongs to
A. Northern
B. East Midland
C. Kentish
D. Southern
150. What is the source of the Modern English indefinite article a/an?
A. The OE numeral ān
B. The OE indefinite pronoun sum
C. The OE word ac
D. The OE word ar
151. What is the source of the Modern English definite article?
A. The OE demonstrative pronoun þæt
B. The OE demonstrative pronoun se
C. The OE demonstrative pronoun seo
D. The OE pronoun her
152. Which dialect did the Modern English verb ending of the 3d person singular - (-e)s come from?
A. The Northern dialects
B. The East Midland dialect
C. The Kentish dialect
D. The London Dialect
153. Define the time when the form its was first recorded.
A. In 1598
B. In 1066
C. In 1278
D. In 1475
154. Define the time when uninflected forms of one are firmly established in all the regions
A. In the 13th c.
B. In the 9th c.
C. In the 11th c.
D. In the 15th c.
155. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words?
ME NE
bar [bar] bar [ba:]
fur [fur] fur [fə:]
flour [flu:r] flouer [flauə]
A. Vocalisation of consonants
B. The Great Vowel Shift
C. Voicing of Consonants in ENE
D. Lengthening of vowels in open syllables
156. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between root vowels in ME words and their NE descendants
ME S te le S to ne G oo s
NE steal s ton e goose
A. The Great Vowel Shift
B. Lengthening of vowels in open syllables
C. Breaking
D. Splitting
157. What is the lengthening of the vowel in “shan’t” due to?
A. Lengthening before a sonorant plus a plosive
B. The Great Vowel Shift
C. The Loss of the following “o”
D. Lengthening in open syllables
158. What dialect does the sound [e] in the word bury come from?
A. Kentish
B. East Midland and Northern
C. West Midland and South Western
D. Welsh
159. Choose the date when the book “Orthographie” by John Hart was written
A. In 1569
B. In 787
C. In 1066
D. In 1475
160. Choose the date when the book “English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners” by Lindley Murray was written
A. In 1795
B. In 1569
C. In 1066
D. In 1475
161. What language were the following words borrowed from? Authority, council, country, court, government, nation, parliament, people, real, sovereign
A. French
B. Spanish
C. Greek
D. Latin
162. What language were the following words borrowed from? Cargo, embargo, banana, chocolate, barricade, potato, tobacco, armada, cannibal
A. Spanish
B. German
C. Italian
D. Latin
163. Define the origin of the suffixes in the following Modern English words: author ess, princ ess, emplo yee, addres see, refriger ator, compre ssor
A. French
B. German
C. Greek
D. Greek
164. What language were the words cobalt, nickel, zinc borrowed from?
A. German
B. Latin
C. Greek
D. French
165. Define the language the words lamp, table, wardrobe were borrowed from?
A. French
B. Latin
C. Greek
D. German
166. Define the language the words comedy, dialogue, metaphor were borrowed from?
A. Greek
B. Latin
C. French
D. German
167. Define the language the words introverts, quantum, radioactive were borrowed from?
A. Latin
B. Greek
C. French
D. German
168. Define the language the words plunder, poodle, waltz were borrowed from?
A. German
B. Greek
C. French
D. Latin
169. Define the language the prefix re- was borrowed from?
A. French
B. Greek
C. German
D. Latin
170. Define the language the prefix anti- was borrowed from?
A. Greek
B. French
C. German
D. Latin
171. Define the time when gender is a lexical category?
A. Chaucer’s time
B. In king Alfred’s time
C. In Bede’s time
D. In Shakespeare’s time
172. When did “English – English Dictionary” by Henry Cockeram appear?
A. 1623
B. 1723
C. 1823
D. 1352
173. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between consonants in OE words and their ME descendants (the sounds are underlined):
OE ci ld bry сgesceap
ME chi ld bri dg e sh eep
NE child bridge sheep
A. Growth of Sibilants and Affricates
B. Voicing of Consonants
C. Germination of Consonants
D. Hardening
174. What vowel change is illustrated by the following pairs of words?
OE ME
ēast ēēst
earm arm
ceōsan chesen
A. Development of OLD English Diphthongs in Early Middle English
B. Growth of New Diphthongs in Middle English
C. The Great Vowel Shift
D. Lengthening in open syllables
175. What dialect does the sound [i] in the word busy come from?
A. East Midland
B. Kentish
C. West Midland and South Western
D. London
176. What dialect does the letter “u” in the word bury come from?
A. West Midland and South Western
B. East Midland and Northern
C. Kentish
D. London
177. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the consonants in:
ME NE
pencif pensive
knowleche knowledge
anxietie anxiety
A. Voicing of Consonants in ENE
B. Growth of Sibilants and Affricates in ENE
C. Germination of Consonants
D. Loss of consonants
178. Point out the phonetic change which accounts for the difference between the consonants in:
Late ME NE
condicioun condition
pleasure pleasure
A. Development of Sibilants and Affricates in ENE
B. Voicing of Consonants in ENE
C. The Great Vowel Shift
D. Lengthening in open syllables
179. Choose the period when the noun lost the grammatical category of gender
A. In the early Middle English period
B. In the early New English period
C. In Old English
D. In the 19th c
180. Choose the number of cases of the noun in Late Middle English
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. One
181. Choose the most stable of the grammatical categories of the noun
A. category of number
B. category of case
C. category of gender
D. category of definiteness
182. Choose the part of speech which underwent the most profound grammatical changes in Middle English
A. The adjective
B. The verb
C. The noun
D. The pronoun
183. Choose the date when the agreement of the adjective with the noun was almost lost:
A. the 12th c.
B. the 13th c.
C. the 15th c.
D. the 18th c.
184. Choose the date until which the distinction between the weak and strong declensions of the adjective was mantained:
A. 1475
B. 1066
C. 1349
D. 1258
185. Choose the period when the form of the 2nd person plural was generalized both as singular and plural
A. the New English period
B. the Middle English period
C. the Old English period
D. the 13th century
186. Choose the cases the Objective case of pronouns was formed from
A. Dative and Accusative
B. Nominative and Genitive
C. Accusative and Genitive
D. Dative and Genitive
187. Choose the class of pronouns formed on the basis of the Genitive Case of personal pronouns
A. Possessive
B. Interrogative
C. Indefinite
D. Personal
188. Choose the date when the article lost all traces of inflection and became a short unaccented form-word:
A. 14th c.
B. 13th c.
C. 15th c.
D. 19th c.
189. Choose the date when reduced forms an/a are firmly established in all regions:
A. 13th c.
B. 14th c.
C. 15th c.
D. 19th c.
190. Choose the form of the verb which preserved the final -n to distinguish it from other forms
A. Participle II
B. Past singular
C. Infinitive
D. Past Plural
191. Choose the most important feature which distinguished strong verbs from weak verbs
A. The existence of the two past stems
B. Seven classes
C. Ablaut
D. Rhotacism
192. Choose the number of strong verbs which existed in Old English
A. 300
B. 700
C. 1000
D. 100
193. Define the case of the ME pronoun thou
A. Nominative
B. Objective
C. Possessive
D. Dative
194. Define the case of the ME personal pronoun ich/ I.
A. Nominative
B. Objective
C. Possessive
D. Dative
195. Define the case of the ME personal pronoun us.
A. Objective
B. Nominative
C. Possessive
D. Dative
196. Define the ME adjective used in the singular form, strong declension
A. blind
B. blinde
C. blindan
D. blindum
197. Define the class of the ME weak verb stiren
A. the second
B. the third
C. the first
D. the fourth
198. Define the form of the ME verb weren
A. Past Indicative Plural
B. Past Indicative 1st p.sg
C. Past Indicative 2nd p.sg
D. Past Indicative 3rd p.sg.
199. Define the form of the ME verb are(n).
A. Present Indicative Plural
B. Past Indicative 1st p.sg
C. Past Indicative 2nd p.sg.
D. Past Indicative 3rd p.sg.
200. Choose the number of preterite present verbs which survived in Middle English
A. 6
B. 9
C. 5
D. 12
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