Issenova Binazir ts-202

1. The theoretical aim of the course is to supply the student with all necessary to consider such problems as…

A) the relationship between statics and dynamics in language;

B) the role of linguistic and extralinguistic factors;

C) the interdependence of different processes in language history;

D) all listed above.*

E) there is no right answer.

2. The earliest extant written texts in English are dated in the … century

A) 8^th;

B) 9^th;

C) 7^th;*

D) 10^th;

E) 5^th.

3. The History of the language can be subdivided into

A) historical phonetics, historical morphology and historical syntax;

B) historical phonetics and historical morphology;

C) historical morphology and historical syntax;

D) historical syntax and historical lexicology;

E) historical phonetics, historical morphology, historical syntax and historical lexicology.*

4. Is that statement correct? “Vowels and consonants are not altered”

A) no;

B) yes;*

C) I don’t know;

D) I’m not sure;

E) there is no right answer.

5. There are 3 main types of difference in language:

A) geographical, social, temporal;*

B) geographical, social, historical;

C) geographical, local, temporal;

D) geographical, social, local;

E) historical, social, local.

6. English belongs to the … group of languages

A) Slavic;

B) Indo-European;

C) Celtic;

D) Australian;

E) Germanic.*

7. The 1^st mention of Germanic tribes was made by …

A) Shakespeare;

B) Caxton;

C) Cornwell;

D) Pitheas;*

E) Edward the Confessor.

8. Germanic languages can be described under … headings

A) 5;

B) 8;

C) 3;*

D) 2;

E) 10.
9. What happened to Gothic language as a result?

A) the language is ‘still alive’ and using by few people;

B) the language is dead;*

C) the language is becoming more popular nowadays;

D) the language is forbidden to use;

E) there is no right answer.
10. Which language was brought to South Africa and grew into a separate language Afrikaans about three hundred years ago?

A) the Dutch language;*

B) the English language;

C) the Danish language;

D) the Swedish language;

E) the Gothic language.

11. In Indo-European languages were … ways of word-stress:

A) 5;

B) 3;

C) 4;

D) 6;

E) 2.*
12. The Old Germanic languages had a … grammatical structure

A) stable;

B) synthetic;*

C) common;

D) strong;

E) different.
13. The commonly accepted periodisation divides English history into 3 periods: Old English, Middle English and…

A) Modern English;*

B) Present English;

C) Real English;

D) New English;*

E) Super English.

14. Old English begins with the Germanic settlement of Britain (5^th century) or with the beginning of … (7^th c.)

A) speaking;

B) reading;

C) listening;

D) discussing;

E) writing.*

15. The beginning of the Modern or New English period which lasts to the …

A) 20^th century;

B) 21^th century;

C) 19^th century;

D) 18^th century;

E) present day.*

16. Which word did originally mean “secret” or “mystery”?

A) language;

B) word;

C) rune;*

D) alphabet;

E) manuscript.

17. The best known runic inscription in England is an inscription on a box called the …

A) “Ruthwell Cross” (Рутвелский крест);

B) “Historia mundi adversus paganus” («Всемирная история»);

C) “Beowulf”(“Беовульф”);

D) “Franks Casket”(«шкатулка Фрэнкса»);*

E) “Cura Pastoralis” “Pastoral care” («Забота пастыря»).

18. The other is a short text on a stone cross near the village Ruthwell known as the “Ruthwell Cross” (Рутвелский крест). Both records are in the … dialect

A) Germanic;

B) Celtic;

C) Gothic;

D) British;

E) Northumbrian.*

19. The first English words to be written down with the help of Latin characters were…

A) names of the plants and trees;

B) the name of natural phenomenon;

C) personal names and place names;*

D) names of battles;

E) there is no right answer.

20. Put in chronological order three alphabets, which the Germans used:

A) the runes, Latin alphabet, Ulfila’s gothic alphabet;

B) Ulfila’s gothic alphabet, the runes, Latin alphabet;

C) Latin alphabet, Ulfila’s gothic alphabet, the runes;

D) Ulfila’s gothic alphabet, Latin alphabet, the runes;

E) the runes, Ulfila’s gothic alphabet, Latin alphabet.*

21. The history of the English language begins with the invasion of the British Isles by Germanic tribes in the…

A) 8^th;

B) 9^th;

C) 7^th;

D) 10^th;

E) 5^th.*

22. The Celtic languages are subdivided into two groups:

A) Welsh and Kymric;

B) Gallo-Britonnic and Gaelic;*

C) Scottish and Irish;

D) Cornish and Breton;

E) Manx and Celtic.

23. The Roman occupation of Britain lasted nearly … years

A) 800;

B) 500;

C) 700;

D) 400;*

E) 600.
24. The Germanic tribes, conquered Britain, formed … independent kingdoms

A) 7;*

B) 6;

C) 5;

D) 4;

E) 3.
25. Four principal dialects were spoken in Anglo-Saxon England:

A) Welsh, Kymric, Manx and Celtic;

B) Kentish, West Saxon, Mercian and Northumbrian;*

C) Kentish, West Saxon, Manx and Celtic;

D) Mercian, Northumbrian, Gallo-Britonnic and Gaelic;

E) Scottish, Irish, Mercian and Northumbrian.

26. In 878 England was divided into two halves: the south-western under the leadership of Wessex and the north-eastern half under Danish control called…

A) Britain;

B) Saxon;

C) Northumbria;

D) Scotland;

E) Danelaw.*

27. There was no linguistic barrier between them as both OE and OScandinavian belonged to the … group

A) Slavic;

B) Indo-European;

C) Celtic;

D) Australian;

E) Germanic.*

28. The total number of Scandinavian borrowings is about … words, … of them belong to Standard English

A) 800, 500;

B) 900, 700;*

C) 500, 300;

D) 100, 50;

E) 1000, 800.

29. By the end of the …the domination of the French language in England came to an end, and English was reestablished as the language of literature and administration.

A) 18^th;

B) 19^th;

C) 14^th;*

D) 10^th;

E) 15^th.

30. Assimilation of French words by the speakers of English was a more difficult process than that of Scandinavian words, because…

A) French was more difficult itself;

B) people didn’t like French words;

C) French belonged to a different linguistic group and had very little in common with English;*

D) French was a language of their enemies;

E) there is no right answer.

31. The second half of the 14^th c. was marked by the flourishing of literature. This period of literary florescence is known as the …

A) “age of Chaucer”;*

B) “age of English literature”;

C) “age of literature”;

D) “age of Langland”;

E) “age of Gower”.

32. “Artificial writing” was invented in Germany in 1438, by …

A) John de Trevisa;

B) Thomas More;

C) Johann Gutenberg;*

D) William Tyndale;

E) William Shakespeare.

33. The first printer of English books was …

A) John de Trevisa;

B) William Caxton;*

C) Johann Gutenberg;

D) William Tyndale;

E) William Shakespeare.

34. The first English book, printed in 1475, was Caxton’s translation of the story of Troy …

A) Utopia;

B) Poema Morale;

C) Chronicle;

D) Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye;*

E) Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight.

35. The 16^th century is known as the age of literary Renaissance or the …

A) “age of Chaucer”;

B) “age of English literature”;

C) “age of Shakespeare”;*

D) “age of Langland”;

E) “age of Gower”.

36. Common Indo-European words included names of

A) plants and animals, agricultural terms,;

B) personal and demonstrative pronouns and most numerals;

C) names of parts of the human body;

D) all listed above;*

E) there is no right answer.

37. In the course of the first 700 years of the existence of English it was brought into contact with three other languages: the languages of the Celts, the Romans, and …

A) the Goths;

B) the Scandinavians;*

C) the Germans;

D) the Italians;

E) the Britishs.

38. Abundant borrowing from Celtic is to be found only in …

A) place-names;*

B) personal names;

C) names of plants or trees;

D) names of natural phenomena;

E) there is no right answer.

39. Variety of miscellaneous borrowings came from Latin, they indicated new ideas, here belong…

A) names of trees and plants;

B) names of illnesses and words pertaining to medical treatment;

C) names of animals and foods;

D) names of clothes and household articles;

E) all listed above.*

40. According to their morphological structure OE words fell into 3 main types:

A) difficult words, derived words and compound words;

B) simple words, combined words and compound words;

C) simple words, derived words and integrated words;

D) simple words, derived words and compound words; *

E) there is no right answer.