New words in the English language in the last two hundred years have been appearing as a result of

1. 
   New words in the English language in the last two hundred years have been appearing as a result of:
   

c) discoveries and inventions in all areas of science

 

2. 
   Which of these means of word formation is used nowadays?
   

a) compounding

3. 
   Which of these means of word formation is used nowadays?
   

b) affixation

4. 
   Which of these means of word formation is used nowadays?
   

c) shortening of words

5. 
   Appearance of such words as netizen, tree hugger, wannabe, pathography, nutraceutical is the result of
   

c) shift in interests

6. 
   The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) includes all English words
   

a) since 1150 and up to now

 

7. 
   The work on the first OED started in
   

a) 1879

 

8. 
   The first OED was completed in … and had a total of … words.
   

c) 1928; 414,800

 

9. 
   A third OED planned for 2010 is to include:
   

a) more examples of words

10. 
    A third OED planned for 2010 is to include:
    

b) more details on each word's history

11. 
    'Received Pronunciation' is
    

a) the accent of standard English in England

 

12. 
    'Received Pronunciation' (RP) is also called
    

b) “the King's English”

13. 
    On today’s radio and television RP
    

c) is no longer a particularly important accent

14. 
    In the 1920s the BBC chose
    

b) a particular accent for its presenters

15. 
    The second OED does not include ………, slang words or words from non-British kinds of English.
    

c) many spoken words

16. 
    The second OED, produced in …, explains the meanings of ……words.
    

a) 1989; 615,100

17. 
    The second OED
    

b) includes more scientific

18. 
    The main difficulty for the nineteenth-century speakers would be in
    

c) understanding a huge number of new words

19. 
    The Gaels, Gauls, Britons, Irish and Gallations were all … people.
    

b) Celtic

20. 
    Old English period covers
    

b) 450-1066AD

21. 
    Arrange the dwellers of the British Isles due to the sequence of historical periods they lived in: Roman Christians
    

f) 6^th AD

22. 
    Arrange the dwellers of the British Isles due to the sequence of historical periods they lived in: the Norman conquest
    

e) 1066 AD

23. 
    Arrange the dwellers of the British Isles due to the sequence of historical periods they lived in: the Picts
    

b) before the 7^th BC

24. 
    Arrange the dwellers of the British Isles due to the sequence of historical periods they lived in: the Celts
    

a) 7 ^th - 5^th BC

25. 
    Arrange the dwellers of the British Isles due to the sequence of historical periods they lived in: the Vikings
    

g) 8^th AD

26. 
    Arrange the dwellers of the British Isles due to the sequence of historical periods they lived in: the Germanic tribes
    

d) 449 AD

27. 
    Arrange the dwellers of the British Isles due to the sequence of historical periods they lived in: Roman colonists
    

c) 1^st BС

28. 
    The informal confederation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5^th to the 9^th century was called:
    

b) Heptarchy

29. 
    Define one of the seven kingdoms known as the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (Tick just one which made it up):
    

a) Northumbria

30. 
    Define one of the seven kingdoms known as the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (Tick just one which made it up):
    

a) East Anglia

31. 
    Define one of the seven kingdoms known as the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (Tick just one which made it up):
    

a) Essex

32. 
    Define one of the seven kingdoms known as the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (Tick just one which made it up):
    

b) Kent

33. 
    Define one of the seven kingdoms known as the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (Tick just one which made it up):
    

b) Susseх

34. 
    Define one of the seven kingdoms known as the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (Tick just one which made it up):
    

b) Mercia

35. 
    Define one of the seven kingdoms known as the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (Tick just one which made it up):
    

c) Wessex

36. 
    Kentish dialect of Old English:
    

a) developed from the language of the Jutes, Frisians;

37. 
    West Saxon dialect of Old English:
    

b) the main dialect of Saxons, the rest not survived;

38. 
    Mercian dialect of Old English:
    

c) central region (southern Anglia and the kingdom of Mercia)

39. 
    Northumbrian dialect of Old English:
    

d) another Anglian dialect

40. 
    Which of these is the Old English dialect?
    

a) Kentish

41. 
    Which of these is the Old English dialect?
    

c) West Saxon

42. 
    Which of these is the Old English dialect?
    

d) Mercian

43. 
    Which of these is the Old English dialect?
    

c) Northumbrian

44. 
    Which of the letters did not belong to the Old English alphabet? Choose one:
    

d) j

45. 
    Which of the letters did not belong to the Old English alphabet? Choose one:
    

c) v

46. 
    Among the diphthongs of Old English the original one is:
    

a) eā

47. 
    Among the diphthongs of Old English the original one is:
    

b) eō

48. 
    Among the diphthongs of Old English the original one is:
    

c) ea

49. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: cæster → ceaster (city)
    

b) palatalization

50. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: fullian → fyllan (fill)
    

a) i-mutation

51. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: scacan → sceacan (shake)
    

b) palatalization

52. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: ærm → earm (arm)
    

d) breaking

53. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: jâr → gēar (year)
    

e) contraction of vowels due to a dropped h

54. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: lárian → læ:ran (teach)
    

e) contraction of vowels due to a dropped h

55. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: saru → searu (device)
    

d) breaking

56. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: herte → heorte (heart)
    

d) breaking

57. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: mūs → mỹs (mouth)
    

a) i-mutation

58. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: swestar → sweostor (sister)
    

b) palatalization

59. 
    Name the mutation of the early OE vowels that underwent during their development. Choose the names from the pool below: slahan → slēan (strike)
    

e) contraction of vowels due to a dropped h

60. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonants by matching the lines in columns: ʒ is pronounced as Eng. [g] any front vowel (e, i, y)
    

b) before back vowels - a, o, u

61. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonants by matching the lines in columns: ʒ is pronounced as Ukr. [ғ]
    

c) between (after) back vowels

62. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonants by matching the lines in columns: ʒ is pronounced as Engl. [j] vowels or after r, l
    

a) preceding or following

63. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonants by matching the lines in columns: ʒ is pronounced as Eng. [d3]
    

d) in combination cg (cʒ)

64. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonants by matching the lines in columns: c is pronounced as [ʧ]
    

c) between or before front

65. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonants by matching the lines in columns: c is pronounced as [ʃ] (sheep), fisc (fisc)
    

b) in combination sc: scēap

66. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonants by matching the lines in columns: c is pronounced as [k] vowels a, æ, e and y
    

1. 
   before original back vowel
   

67. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonant [h] by matching the lines in the columns below: h is pronounced as Eng. [h]
    

a) after front vowels a, æ, e and y

68. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonant [h] by matching the lines in the columns below: h is pronounced as Rus. [х]
    

b) initially

69. 
    Establish the rule of reading OE consonant [h] by matching the lines in the columns below: h is pronounced as Engl. [х’]
    

c) after back vowels - a, o, u

70. 
    Which of the words below present the examples of geminates?
    

1. 
   sticca
   

71. 
    Which of the words below present the examples of geminates?
    

b) oððer

72. 
    Which of the words below present the examples of geminates?
    

b) offrian

73. 
    Choose one of the variants below to match the given words with the consonant mutation they illustrate: Gt broþar → Grm Bruder
    

c) hardening

74. 
    Choose one of the variants below to match the given words with the consonant mutation they illustrate: OHGerm gans → OE gōs
    

d) loss of nasal

75. 
    Choose one of the variants below to match the given words with the consonant mutation they illustrate: Gt raisjan → OE ræ:ran
    

a) doubling of consonants

b) metathesis

c) hardening

d) loss of nasal

e) rhotacism

76. 
    Choose one of the variants below to match the given words with the consonant mutation they illustrate: P.Gmc satjanan → O.E. settan
    

e) rhotacism

77. 
    Choose one of the variants below to match the given words with the consonant mutation they illustrate: OE rinnan – OE irnan
    

a) doubling of consonants

78. 
    Strong verbs are the verbs that
    

b) form the past and participle through changing root vowel

79. 
    Weak verbs form the past tense
    

c) by adding -ed, -d, or -t to the base form

80. 
    Tick the feature of the Old English noun:
    

a) three genders

81. 
    Tick the feature of the Old English noun:
    

d) various stem-type declension

82. 
    Tick the feature of the Old English noun
    

c) singular and plural

83. 
    Tick the feature of the Old English adjective:
    

a) five cases

84. 
    Tick the feature of the Old English adjective:
    

c) independent strong or weak forms of declension

85. 
    Old English pronouns have
    

a) dual number;

86. 
    Old English pronouns have
    

b) the 2^nd person singular;

87. 
    Tick the features inherent in the Old English numerals:
    

b) ordinal numerals use the suffix -ta or -þa

88. 
    Tick the features inherent in the Old English numerals:
    

c) 21 are pronounced - twentig ond án

89. 
    Old English word formation type is:
    

a) determinative compounding

90. 
    Old English word formation type is:
    

c) noun-adjective formation

91. 
    Old English word formation type is:
    

b) repetitive compounding

92. 
    “Kenning” is the term meaning:
    

c) the unique poetic vocabulary of OE literature, especially in metaphorical constructions

93. 
    Which of these features are inherent in the Old English syntax?
    

a) free word order

94. 
    Which of these features are inherent in the Old English syntax?
    

c) several negative words within the sentence

95. 
    Old English nouns had _____ cases.
    

b) four

96. 
    There were _______ groups of declensions in Old English.
    

b) three

97. 
    The typical plural endings in Old English were ____________.
    

a) -es, -en, -ru. 

98. 
    Old English was а _________ language
    

b) synthetic

99. 
    Adjective in Old English had _____ grammatical categories.
    

d) five

100. 
     Decline of English covers the period:
     

c) 1066 – 1204

101. 
     Central Middle English period is from
     

c) 1204 to 1348

102. 
     Later Middle English period is from:
     

c) 1348 to 1457

103. 
     The complicated grammatical relations that were expressed in Old English by means of the dative and accusative cases are replaced in Early Middle English___________________.
     

c) with constructions that involve prepositions

104. 
     Rise of English is connected with:
     

a) break with the Norman tradition of allegiance to the Roman church

105. 
     Which of these factors stipulated the dominance of English?
     

b) Norman invasion

106. 
     Which of these is Middle English dialect?
     

c) Northern

107. 
     Which of these is Middle English dialect?
     

c) Southern

108. 
     Which of these is Middle English dialect?
     

c) Midland

109. 
     Due to which of the dialects is there such feminine form of the word as “fox” as “vixen”?
     

d) Southern

 

110. 
     Which of the Middle English dialects was characterized by a rich Scandinavian vocabulary and a set of sounds also keyed to certain Scandinavian habits of pronunciation?
     

c) Northern

111. 
     Chancery English is:
     

b) a written form of English used by government bureaucracy and for other official purposes from the late 14th century

112. 
     Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in
     

a) the East Midland dialect

113. 
     W. Caxton and other printers used
     

a) the East Midland dialect
 

114. 
     Which of the following alternation (s) did OE runes undergo in the ME period?
     

b) þ is sporadically replaced by -th

115. 
     Which of the following alternation (s) did OE runes undergo in the ME period?
     

d) ρ is sporadically replaced by -w

116. 
     Which of the following alternation (s) did OE runes undergo in the ME period?
     

c) ʒ is replaced by -g

117. 
     Complete the following theses by choosing just one of the variants below to demonstrate the change that OE consonants underwent in the ME period: cw change for qu (cwic
     

d) under French influence

118. 
     Complete the following theses by choosing just one of the variants below to demonstrate the change that OE consonants underwent in the ME period: gu for g (guard)
     

c) in French loans

119. 
     Complete the following theses by choosing just one of the variants below to demonstrate the change that OE consonants underwent in the ME period: h lost (OE hlæfdige → ME ladi)
     

g) in clusters

120. 
     Complete the following theses by choosing just one of the variants below to demonstrate the change that OE consonants underwent in the ME period: g became w (OE swelgan → ME swolwen)
     

a) after l and r

121. 
     Complete the following theses by choosing just one of the variants below to demonstrate the change that OE consonants underwent in the ME period: unstressed final consonants tended to be lost (OE ic → ME i)
     

j) after a vowel

122. 
     Complete the following theses by choosing just one of the variants below to demonstrate the change that OE consonants underwent in the ME period: