1. Why do we study the Basic Word Stock? Prepare a table of the Basic Word Stock and give examples to each point

1. Why do we study the Basic Word Stock? Prepare a table of the Basic Word Stock and
give examples to each point

2. Some of the nouns were declined according to n-stem declension, for example: ox – oxen.

3. There are some synthetic forms in Modern English. Why do we say that the Modern English language is an analytical language?

4. Every nominal part of speech was declinable; verbs were conjugable, for example: the adjective had the plural form OE зod (singular), зode (plural). Why didn’t the plural ending reach the Modern English language?

5. Why didn’t the ending of n-stem declension reach the Modern English language? Every word in Old English had an inflection. What inflections reach the Modern English language? Why?

6. How is the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland called? Why does it have crosses?

7. In Old English the word street was spelt like stratavia. What origin is the word street in Modern English?

8. Do you know the meaning of the word London? What origin is the word London in Modern English?

9. Why do we mispronounce the sound “e” in the word write?

10. In Modern English you can not find a lot of inflections. Can you enumerate them? Why didn’t the inflections of the Old English and Middle English language reach the Modern English language?

11. Why don't we pronounce the sound "b" in the word comb?

12. Why are we interested in the development of the definite article "the" and indefinite article "a\an"?

13. What type of stress is typical to the English language? Why?

14. What is the meaning of the ‘s in father's book? Why?

15. Why do we say the handle of the door? ("of phrase”)

16. Why do we say the mother's dress, but not the dress of the mother?

17. Why do we have such plural forms as teeth fortooth, feet for foot, etc?

18. Why was the word fish pronounced as fisc in Old English?

19. Why do we say about the formation of degrees of comparison in the following adjective long-longer-the longest?

20. Why do we say that the auxiliary verb "are" originated from the Scandinavian language?

21. Why does the meaning of the indefinite article "a\an" correspond to the numeral "one"?

22. Why is the London dialect the basis of the Modern English language?

23. Why don’t all the nouns have the plural form "en" like in the word oxen?

24. Why do we have prepositions in the English language?

25. Why is the letter "r" pronounced as [a]?

26. Why do we mispronounce "r" in the word "car"?

27. Why do we mispronounce "r" in the word "care"?

28. Why do we mispronounce "r" in the word "fire"?

29. Why do we pronounce ago as [әgоu], but not [eigou]?

30. Why do we say that the word name is given in an conditionally open syllable? (условно-открытый слог, ашық-шартты буын)

31. Why do we say that the word write is given in an conditionally open syllable? (условно-открытый слог, ашық-шартты буын)

32. Why do we mispronounce "b" in the word "climb"?

33. Why do we mispronounce "t" in the word "listen"?

34. Why do we mispronounce "r" in the word "for"?

35. Why do we mispronounce "k" in the word "know"?

36. English is an international language. However, English is not the most important language in the West Germanic group of languages. Which language is the most important in the West Germanic group of languages? Why?

37. The verb “show” is a non-standard verb. Why do we call it as a non-standard verb?

38. The verb “be” is a suppletive verb. Why do we call it as a suppletive verb?

39. Why is the London dialect the basis of the Modern English language?

40. Why don’t all the nouns have the plural form "en" like in the word oxen?

41. Why do we have prepositions in the English language?

42. Why is the letter "r" pronounced as [a]?

43. What type of stress is typical to the English language? Why?

44. What is the meaning of the ‘s in father's book? Why?

45. Why do we say the handle of the door? ("of phrase”)

46. Why do we say the mother's dress, but not the dress of the mother?

47. Why do we have such plural forms as teeth fortooth, feet for foot, etc?

48. In Modern English you can not find a lot of inflections. Can you enumerate them? Why didn’t the inflections of the Old English and Middle English language reach the Modern English language?

49. Every word in Old English had an inflection. What inflections reach the Modern English language? Why?

50. There are some synthetic forms in Modern English. Why do we say that the Modern English language is an analytical language?

51. Every nominal part of speech was declinable; verbs were conjugable, for example: the adjective had the plural form OE зod (singular), зode (plural). Why didn’t the plural ending reach the Modern English language?

52. Some of the nouns were declined according to n-stem declension, for example: ox – oxen. Why didn’t the ending of n-stem declension reach the Modern English language?

53. In Old English the word street was spelt like stratavia. What is theorigin of the word street in Modern English?

54. Do you know the meaning of the word London? What origin is the word London in Modern English?

55. Why do we mispronounce the sound “e” in the word write?

56. Why do we study the Basic Word Stock? Prepare a table of the Basic Word Stock and give examples to each point

57. Why do we mispronounce "b" in the word "climb"?

58. Why do we mispronounce "t" in the word "listen"?

59. Every word in Old English had an inflection. What inflections reach the Modern English language? Why?

60. There are some synthetic forms in Modern English. Why do we say that the Modern English language is an analytical language?

61. Write the explanation of the Modern English grammatical form from a historical point of view her

62. Write the explanation of the Modern English grammatical form from a historical point of view to meet

63. Write the explanation of the Modern English grammatical form from a historical point of view had lived

64. Write the explanation of the Modern English grammatical form from a historical point of view foot-feet tooth-teeth

65. Write the explanation of the Modern English grammatical form from a historical point of view box-box es map-map s

66. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view shower

67. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view for

68. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view time

69. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view meet

70. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view car

71. Write the explanation of degrees of comparison of adjectives from a historical point of view: interesting - more interesting – the most interesting

72. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation and spelling change from historical point of view child

73. Write the explanation of degrees of comparison of adjectives from a historical point of view: soft – softer – the softest

74. Write the explanation of degrees of comparison of adjectives from a historical point of view: good –better – the best

75. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view name

76. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation and spelling change from historical point of view fish

77. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view climb

78. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view flower

79. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation and spelling change from historical point of view write

80. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view stone

81. Write the explanation of the Modern English grammatical form from a historical point of view lamp-lamp s

82. Write the explanation of the Modern English grammatical form from a historical point of view ox-oxen

83. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view the letter "z"

84. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view knife

85. Write the evolution of the Modern English passive

86. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation and spelling change from historical point of view make

87. Write the explanation of the Modern English grammatical form from a historical point of view man-men

88. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation from historical point of view listen

89. Write the eolution of the Model verb must

90. Write the explanation of degrees of comparison of adjectives from a historical point of view: beautiful-more beautiful-the most beautiful

91. Write the explanation of the Modern English pronunciation and spelling change from historical point of view tell

92. Write the American variant of the following word and explain the reason flat

93. Write the American variant of the following word and explain the reason biscuit

94. Write the historical development of the following Modern English Modal verb can

95. Write the historical development of the following Modern English Modal verb shall

96. Write the evolution of the following Modern English Modal verb could

97. Write the evolution of the following Modern English Modal verb would

98. Write the explanation of degrees of comparison of adjectives from historical point of view long –longer – the longest

99. Explain the historical development of the following non-standard verb to show

100. Explain the historical development of the following suppletive verb to go

101. Dwell	102. on the arrival of the first settlements of the British Isles.
103. Dwell on the Germanic languages in the Indo-European family of languages.
104. Give a brief information about the parent language of all Germanic languages.
105. Trace the evolution and functioning and f of East Germanic languages.
106. Trace the evolution and functioning of North Germanic languages.
107. Trace the evolution and functioning of West Germanic languages.
108. Which language is the most important in the North Germanic languages? State the reason.
109. Which language is the most important in the East Germanic languages? State the reason.
110. Which language is the most important in the West Germanic languages? State the reason.
111. Describe the alphabets used by Germanic people.
112. Trace the evolution and functioning of West Germanic languages.
113. State the linguistic importance of the Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain.
114. State the linguistic importance of the Roman conquest of Britain.
115. State the linguistic importance of the Scandinavian conquest of Britain.
116. State the linguistic importance of the Norman conquest of Britain.
117. Dwell on the greatest event which left a major impact on the development of the English language.
118. Describe the periods in the history of English. Dwell on H.Sweet’s approach.
119. Describe the evolution of the OE dialects.
120. State the reasons of importance and function of the Wessex dialect in 9^th c. A.D.
121. The development of Middle English dialects.
122. Describe the most important ME dialect and state the reason.
123. Trace the history of the London dialect of English.
124. Trace the history of the appearance of the OE language.
125. Dwell on the arrival of the first settlements of the British Isles.
126. Trace the history of Celtic settlement in Britain.
127. Write about the role of King Alfred the Great in the development of OE Literature.
128. Characterise the layers of the native words.
129. State the characteristic features of the native words in the English vocabulary.
130. Describe the Indo-European layer of English words.
131. Describe the Common Germanic layer of English words.
132. Describe the layer of Specifically OE words.
133. Describe the evolution of the grammatical categories of the OE Noun.
134. Describe the evolution and function of the grammatical categories of the ME and ModE Noun.
135. Describe the development of the a-stem declension and its traces in ModE.
136. Describe the development of the n-stem declension and its importance in ModE.
137. Describe the development of the root-stem declension and its traces in ModE.
138. Describe the Weakening of Unaccented Vowels. Its importance and results.
139. Describe the evolution of degrees of comparison of the adjective.
140. Describe the evolution of demonstrative and indefinite pronouns. (the appearance of articles)
141. Describe the evolution of the personal pronoun.
142. Describe grammatical categories of the OE adjective.
Describe	the evolution of OE Phonetic changes (consonant changes). Illustrate with examples.
Describe	the evolution of OE Phonetic changes. (vowel changes). Illustrate with examples.
Describe	the grammatical categories of OE noun.
Dwell	on the Great Vowel Shift and its importance. Illustrate with examples.
Write	about the Palatal mutation and its traces in ModE.
Trace	the history of the Modern English Common Case of Nouns
Trace	the history of the plural ending ‘-s/ -es’
Trace	the history of the possessive case ending ‘s.
State	the Phonetic change ‘Loss of Consonants’. Illustrate with examples.
Describe	the Appearance of sibilants and affricates. Illustrate with examples.
Describe	the Vocalisation of ‘r’ and its importance. Illiustrate with examples.
Dwell on the Characteristics of the English Basic Word Stock. (Indo-European, Common Germanic, Specifically OE words)
State the importance of Palatal Mutation.
State	the evolution of the definite article “the”.
State	the evolution of numerals and indefinite articles “a/an”.
State	the evolution of degrees of comparison of ME and ModE adjectives.
State	the history of the modal verbs from a historical point of view.
Explain	the possessive case of the noun from a historical point of view.
State the evolution of the grammatical categories of the ModE verbs.
State the development of strong verbs.
State the development of weak verbs.
Describe the preterite-present and verbs.
Describe the Suppletive verbs.
State	the evolution of the grammatical category of case of Noun.
State	the evolution of the grammatical category of case of Adjective.
Dwell upon the evolution of the definite article‘the’.
	Describe the degrees of comparison of OE adjectives
Describe	the evolution of the grammatical category of gender of Noun.
Dwell	on the evolution of the numeral ‘one’ and ordinal numerals.
describe	the grammatical categories of OE adjectives.
Write	about traces of a-stem declension of nouns in ModE.
Describe	the evolution of the grammatical category of number of Pronouns.
Write	about the evolution and function of the degrees of comparison of ModE adjective.
Describe	the ME Phonetic changes (consonant and vowel changes). Illustrate with examples.
Describe	Describe the OE Phonetic changes. (vowel changes). Illustrate with examples.
Describe	Describe the evolution of grammatical category of tense of verbs.
	Describe the evolution of grammatical category of mood of verbs.
	Describe the evolution of grammatical category of number of verbs.
	Describe the evolution of grammatical category of person of verbs.
	Describe the evolution of grammatical category of voice of verbs.
	Describe the evolution of grammatical category of aspect of verbs.
	Describe the morphological classification of verbs in ModE.
	Describe the morphological classification of verbs in OE.
	Describe the development of analytical tenses.
	Describe the grammatical categories of OE verb.
	Describe the grammatical categories of ModE verb.
	Describe the evolution of irregular verbs in ModE.
	Describe the evolution of regular verbs in ModE.
	Describe the evolution of modal verbs in ModE.
	Describe the Consonant Shift in Proto Germanic. (Grimm’s Law)
	Describe the Voicing of fricatives in Proto Germanic. (Verner’s Law)
	Dwell on Latin influence upon English.
	Dwell on the Celtic influence upon English.
	Dwell on the Scandinavian influence upon English.
	Dwell on the French influence upon English.
	State the development of the Perfect tense in ModE.
	Describe the Assimilative Vowel changes. Illustrate with examples.
	Describe the phonetic change ‘Hardening’. Illustrate with examples.
	Describe the phonetic consonant changes in OE. Illustrate with examples.
	Describe the phonetic change ‘Voicing or Devoicing’. Illustrate with examples.
	Describe the OE phonetic features.
	Describe the the evolution of Demonstrative pronoun.
	Describe the evolution of Interrogative pronoun.
	Describe the evolution of Indefinite pronoun.
	Describe the evolution of Possessive pronoun.
	Describe the evolution of reflexive pronoun.
	Describe the evolution of Relative pronoun.
	Describe the phonetic features of ME.
	State the Grammatical categories of the OE pronouns.
	Describe the Germanic tendency of vowels.
	Write about The First Consonant Shift. (Grimm’s and Verner’s Law)
	Write about the Quantitave vowel changes. Illustrate with examples.
	Write about the Old English manuscripts and their linguistic importance.
	Write about the Morphological classification of OE noun. Declensions.
	Write about the Middle English written monuments and their linguistic importance.
	Write about the development of the Gerund and its function in Mod.English.
Which language is the most important in the North Germanic languages? State the reason.
Which language is the most important in the East Germanic languages? State the reason.
Which language is the most important in the West Germanic languages? State the reason.
	State the evolution and function of Future tense in ModE.
	Describe the Germanic tendency of vowels.
	Write about the Qualitative vowel changes. Illustrate with examples.
	Write about the periods of English by Henry Sweet.
	Dwell on the evolution of word-derivation (prefixation and suffixation).
	Which language is the most important in the East Germanic languages? State the reason.
Describe the classification of the Germanic languages.
Describe the Germanic languages in the Indo-European family of languages.
Write the brief information about the parent language of all Germanic languages.
State the evolution of East Germanic languages.
State the evolution of North Germanic languages.
State the evolution of West Germanic languages.
Which language is the most important in the North Germanic languages? State the reason.
Which language is the most important in the East Germanic languages? State the reason.
Which language is the most important in the West Germanic languages? State the reason.
Describe the alphabets used by British people.
Describe the most famous runic written inscriptions.
	Write about the Old Icelandic language and its written records.
Describe OE dialects.
State the reasons of importance of the Wessex dialect in 9^th c. A.D.
Write about the development of Middle English dialects.
Describe the most important ME dialect and state the reason.
	State the evolution of the Grammatical categories of OE noun.
	Describe the Great Vowel Shift and its importance. Illustrate with examples.
	Write about the phonetic features in ME and Mod.English.

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