Midterm test II on Discourse Analysis for the 2nd

Match the word collocations (numbers with letters) (5 points):

1. 
   Newspaper a) page
   
2. 
   Daily b) press
   
3. 
   Front c) checker
   
4. 
   Comic e) program
   
5. 
   Gossip g) strip
   
6. 
   TV h) column
   
7. 
   Current i) stand
   
8. 
   Rave j) paper
   
9. 
   Fact k) review
   
10. 
    Gutter l) event
    

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Midterm test II on Discourse Analysis for the 2^nd year students English language the first faculty

Variant 3 (30 points)
Total score __________ Group ___________________

Name _____________________________ Date_____________________
Task I. Theoretical question. (5 points)

What types of spoken discourse do you know? Provide some examples.

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Task II. a)Text Analysis. Read the following transcript and identify typical conversational features. (6 points)