Exam test

Choose the answer which is NOT correct (1 point)

• Texts are usually regarded as a written artifact.

• The term symbolic sign serves to denote a direct picture of what it refers to.

• «The cat had a snack» may be considered as an example of assonance.

• A set of cultural rules and behavior interconnect with language use.

According to F. de Saussure the text is considered as (1 point)

• semiotic system

• pragmatics system

• a system of communication

• a text

Mark as true or false: Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. (1 point)

• TRUE

• FALSE

Fill in the gap (1 point): The study of connections across a text is called __________________.

The oppositions of the bound morphemes are (1 point):

• derivational morphemes;

• inflectional morphemes;

• free morphemes;

• oppressed morphemes;

Mark the means which are considered as means of word-formation (1 point):

• Borrowings

• Acronyms and initialisms

• Conjugation

• All mentioned above

Choose the answer which IS correct (1 point):

• Cohesive language items never point forwards.

• Conjunctions are the same as connectives.

• Grammar aspect of cohesion include the repetition of words.

• The largest grammatical unit smaller than a clause is called sentence.

Mark as true or false (1 point): Modality is the grammatical category associated with the expression of obligation, permission, prohibition, necessity, possibility and ability.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Mark a complex sentence (1 point):

• When I said go to the store, I wanted you to get some milk.

• He went to bed early, and the next day he felt better.

• He turned himself in to the police; otherwise, they would have arrested him.

• I have known him for a long time, yet I have never understood him.

Fill in the gap (1 point): An intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning is called...