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1.

What way of word formation was such word as “friendship” built with?

a)

Composition

b)

Conversion

c)

Suffixation

d)

Prefix

e)

Changing of stem

2.

What group of languages does French belong to?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romanic

c)

Slavonic

d)

Turkish

e)

Scandinavian

3.

Elements of what language can be distinguished in such loan-word as Inverness?

a)

Scandinavian

b)

Celtic

c)

Latin

d)

French

e)

German

4.

What group of languages does Italian belong to?

a)

Arabic

b)

Slavonic

c)

Germanic

d)

Romanic

e)

Turkish

5.

What way of word formation was such word as “speaker” built with?

a)

suffixation

b)

Composition

c)

Conversion

d)

Prefix

e)

Changing stems

6.

In English word stress is:

a)

Fixed

b)

Free

c)

Static

d)

Firm

e)

Developing

7.

Who were the earliest inhabitants of the British Isles?

a)

Iberians

b)

Teutonic

c)

Celts

d)

Germans

e)

Scotish

8.

When did the Germanic invasion begin?

a)

in the 7th century B.C.

b)

in the 10th century A.D.

c)

in the 5th century A.D

d)

in the 15th century A.D.

9.

What syllable did word stress in OE fall on?

a)

root-morpheme

b)

suffix

c)

Prefix

d)

1st syllable

e)

Endings

10.

Name the greatest poem of 7-8 centuries.

a)

Beowulf

b)

Anglo-Saxon Charters

c)

Orosius World History

d)

Legend of good women

e)

The Canterbury Tales

11.

What dialect are the best known runic inscriptions written in?

a)

Mercian

b)

London

c)

Kentish

d)

Oxford

e)

Northumbrian

12.

When was West Saxon established itself as the written form of English?

a)

by the 8th century

b)

by the 16th century

c)

by the 11th century

d)

by the 14th century

e)

by the 12th century

13.

The adoption of Christianity gave the English language …

a)

Runic alphabet

b)

Celtic borrowings

c)

Latin alphabet

d)

French borrowings

e)

Scottish borrowings

14.

Who played a great role in the development and flourishing of learning and literature in the 9th century?

a)

Chaucer

b)

W. Shakespeare

c)

Harold

d)

King Alfred

e)

William the conqueror

15.

Old English period lasted till …

a)

the 11th century

b)

the 10th century

c)

the 12th century

d)

the 9th century

e)

the 15th century

16.

What way of word formation was such word as “love” built with?

a)

Composition

b)

Suffixation

c)

Conversion

d)

Derivation

e)

Prefix

17.

What is the origin of the word “window”?

a)

Celtic

b)

German

c)

French

d)

Scandinavian

e)

Latin

18.

What way of word formation was such word as “writer” built with?

a)

Prefix

b)

Suffixation

c)

Conversion

d)

Composition

e)

Derivation

19.

What way of word formation was such word as “rider” built with?

a)

Suffixation

b)

Conversion

c)

Composition

d)

Prefix

e)

Derivation

20.

What did the Old English period begin with?

a)

the Celtic invasion

b)

the Saxon invasion

c)

the Scandinavian invasion

d)

the Roman invasion

e)

the Teutonic invasion

21.

What language did King Henry IV use in his speech when accepting the throne (in 1399)?

a)

English

b)

German

c)

Scandinavian

d)

Latin

e)

French

22.

What way of word formation was such word as “friendship” built with?

a)

Suffixation

b)

Conversion

c)

Composition

d)

Prefix

e)

Changing of stem

23.

What group of languages does French belong to?

a)

Germanic

b)

Slavonic

c)

Scandinavian

d)

Romanic

e)

Turkish

24.

Elements of what language can be distinguished in such loan-word as Inverness?

a)

Latin

b)

Celtic

c)

French

d)

German

e)

Scandinavian

25.

What group of languages does Italian belong to?

a)

Slavonic

b)

Germanic

c)

Romanic

d)

Arabic

e)

Turkish

26.

What way of word formation was such word as “speaker” built with?

a)

composition

b)

suffixation

c)

changing stems

d)

Prefix

e)

Conversion

27.

In English word stress is:

a)

Fixed

b)

Free

c)

Static

d)

Firm

e)

Developing

28.

Who were the earliest inhabitants of the British Isles?

a)

Germans

b)

Teutonic

c)

Celts

d)

Scotish

e)

Iberians

29.

When did the Germanic invasion begin?

a)

in the 5th century A.D.

b)

in the 7th century B.C.

c)

in the 15th century A.D.

d)

in the 8th century A.D.

e)

In the 10th century A.D.

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