Theoretical english grammar assessment

144. How are the degrees of comparison of the adjective «little» formed?
a) by inflections;
b) by root vowel and final consonant change;
c) by suppletion;
d) by functional words;
145. What part of speech has the following features: express the meaning of quality and has the degrees of comparison?
a) verb; c) adjective;
b) stative; d) noun;
146. How many criteria did American Descriptive linguists use to classify words to parts of speech?
a) 2; b) 1; c) 3; d) 4;
147. Why do the grammarians think that «`s» is still a case inflection?
a) because it is not pronounced when it is added to nouns in the plural form;
b) because it is used to connect two nouns;
c) because it can`t be added to all the nouns;
d) because it has no meaning;
148. What article is usually used with the word «sun»?
a) indefinite; c) definite;
b) zero; d) both “a” and “the”;
149. What group of nouns does the word «scissors» refer to from the point of view of formation of plural form?
a) uncountable nouns; c) singularia tantum; b) pluralia tantum; d) none of them;
150. The usual function of finite verbs is:
a) predicative; c) subject;
b) predicate; d) object;
151. How many functions can fulfil the verb “to be” in sentences?
a) one function; c) three functions;
b) two functions; d) four functions;
152. Which mood is said to be “a fact mood”?
a) imperative; c) indicative;
b) subjunctive; d) both imperative and subjunctive ones;
153. If morphemes are associated with some object, quality, action and so on what kind of morphemes are they?
a) lexical; c) both lexical and grammatical;
b) grammatical; d) none of them;
154. What is the function of sound – changes and suppletion in the English language?
a) to form new grammatical forms;
b) to build new words;
c) to form new stylistic devices;
d) to develop a sentence;