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3 курс 2 вариант ИСТОРИЯ АЯ

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 1st Dictionary of the English Language was published by …

a)

Arakin

b)

O.Jaspers

c)

Noah Webster

d)

Samuel Johnson

e)

H.Sweet

2.

The verb has  … categories

a)

syntactical

b)

systematical

c)

phonetically

d)

lexical

e)

grammatical

3.

Many pronouns are characterized by … syntactical use

a)

Plural

b)

Singular

c)

Double

d)

Twice

e)

Two times

4.

Name another great event which was invented in 1438

a)

the great cultural progress

b)

the introduction of printing

c)

the wars of roses

d)

the great literary achievement

e)

the existence of a long

5.

The oldest layer is …

a)

Indo-European

b)

Germanic

c)

Celtic

d)

Teutonic

e)

Common Germanic

6.

This is the Middle Ages International Language of the church which became the international language of the new science now

a)

Australian

b)

Indian

c)

French

d)

Spanish

e)

Latin

7.

Complete the following sentence: People who were born and raised in the region between Birmingham and the boarder of Scotland use … pronunciation

a)

Northern

b)

American

c)

Standard

d)

Welsh

e)

Scottish

8.

So many % of the English vocabulary are loan words …

a)

70%

b)

50%

c)

40%

d)

60%

e)

30%

9.

This is the most significant event of 1455-1485

a)

The Wars of the Roses

b)

The introduction of the printing

c)

The great cultural progress

d)

The Existence of a language

e)

The great literary achievement

10.

The development of English Language began in …

a)

6th c.

b)

5th c.

c)

7th c.

d)

8th c.

11.

This is a great military and political event which influenced the English language in the 8th century

a)

The Scandinavian Conquest

b)

The Roman Conquest

c)

The French Conquest

d)

The German Conquest

e)

The Norman Conquest

12.

During several centuries the ruling language in England was … because it was the language of the ruling class

a)

American

b)

French

c)

Norman

d)

Scandinavian

e)

Danish

13.

This Old English dialect is spoken in Kent

a)

Turkish

b)

Scandinavian

c)

German

d)

Slovakian

e)

Kentish

14.

The following four dialects are usually distinguished in Old English

a)

Kentish, West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian

b)

Old,Middle, New Shakespeare age

c)

Kentish,Mercian, East Saxon, Northumbrian

d)

Norman,Kentish, Mercian, Saxon, Old Germanic

e)

West,Germanic, East Germanic, North Germanic

15.

The word borrowed from Scandinavian is …

a)

Street

b)

Sari

c)

Husband

d)

Table

e)

Dingo

16.

American English is …

a)

The variety of English spoken in the USA

b)

The Slang

c)

The regional dialect

d)

A local dialect

e)

The variant

17.

The 15th century is marked in Europe by a great cultural movement named

a)

The development of culture

b)

The epoch of Elizabethan

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The epoch of king Arthur

e)

The rising of literature

18.

Name the title of the book which was first published in 1919 by a well-known American author and journalist Henry Louis Mencken

a)

The variety of English spoken in the USA

b)

The Slang

c)

The regional dialect

d)

A local dialect

e)

The variant

19.

The English Language has some words that are not used either in Britain or in the USA

a)

Canadian English

b)

Greek English

c)

Australian English

d)

Indian English

e)

American English

20.

These are the tribes who began to settle in Britain in the 7th century B.C.

a)

The Goths

b)

The Old Norse

c)

The Angles

d)

The Celts

e)

The Frisian

21.

Complete the following sentence: Wales is a … area

a)

Linguistic

b)

Bilingual

c)

phonetic

d)

lexical

e)

grammatical

22.

They were given no rights after 1649

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Landowners

c)

Priests

d)

Merchants

e)

Peasants

23.

This is the period in the history of the language which is termed “Old English”

a)

From the 13th to the 15th c.

b)

From the 15th to the 17th c.

c)

From the 17th to the 19th c.

d)

From the 5th to the 11th c.

e)

From the 11th to the 13th c.

24.

The History of American English Began …

a)

In the 17th c

b)

in the 16th c

c)

In the 15th c

d)

In the 19th c

25.

In the 17th c English is characterized by further growth of vocabulary due to borrowing of words from

a)

Italian

b)

Greek

c)

French

d)

Spanish

e)

Latin

26.

These are the groups of tribes settled in the British Isles in the 5th c

a)

East Saxon

b)

West Saxon

c)

Scandinavian

d)

West Germanic

e)

Old English

27.

The time when the Latin alphabet was introduced into Britain

a)

6th c.

b)

5th c.

c)

7th c.

d)

8th c.

e)

9th c

28.

Irish poets give this name to their land

a)

The Gold Isle

b)

The Grassy Isle

c)

The Isle  of Valleys

d)

The “Emerald Isle”

e)

The Green Isle

29.

The history of the English language is divided into three main periods

a)

West Germanic, East Germanic, North Germanic

b)

Old English, Middle English, New English

c)

Old Germanic, Middle Germanic, New Germanic

d)

Old Germanic, Common Germanic, East Germanic

e)

Scandinavian, Norman, Germanic

30.

There are … articles in Modern English

a)

1

b)

2

c)

No

d)

3

e)

Zero