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Основы английской грамматики

Total questions: 88

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The type of English pronunciation accepted as the teaching norm in our country

a)

Scottish Standard English

b)

Received Pronunciation

c)

General American

d)

Cockney

2.

A minimal abstract linguistic unit realized in speech in the form of speech sounds

a)

İetter

b)

morpheme

c)

phoneme

d)

Sound

3.

Qualitative or quantitative weakening of vowels in unstressed positions

a)

Accommodation

b)

assimilation

c)

Reduction

d)

unreduction

4.

The view of the phoneme as a “family” of related sounds

a)

abstract

b)

physical

c)

mentalistic

d)

Functional

5.

The view of the phoneme as an ideal “mental image”

a)

functional

b)

Mentalistic

c)

abstract

d)

Physical

6.

The view of the phoneme pioneered by L. Hjelmslev

a)

physical

b)

Abstarct

c)

unfunctional

d)

Functional

7.

The science of speech sounds considered as elements of language

a)

Anthropology

b)

Grammar

c)

Phonetics

d)

Lexicology

8.

Various speech realizations of the phoneme

a)

invariants

b)

syllables

c)

Allophones

d)

letters

9.

The allophones which do not undergo any distinguishable changes in the chain of speech

a)

Main

b)

Real

c)

subsidiary

d)

principal

10.

The type of word stress in English

a)

Strong

b)

Dynamic

c)

qualitative

d)

Weak

11.

Complete loss of sounds

a)

assimilation

b)

transmission

c)

elision

d)

accommodation

12.

The class of consonants in the production of which a complete obstruction is formed

a)

lateral

b)

Occlusive

c)

Medial

d)

Unmedial

13.

The class of consonants in the production of which an incomplete obstruction is formed

a)

plosives

b)

constrictive

c)

occlusive

d)

affricates

14.

The founder of the phoneme theory

a)

L. Bloomfield

b)

D. Jones

c)

I.A. Baudouin de Courtenay

d)


J. Addison

15.

The linguist who introduced the term “ Received Pronunciation”

a)


L. Bloomfield

b)


L. Hjelmslev

c)

D Jones

d)


I.A. Baudouin de Courtenay

16.

. A minimal pronounceable unit into which sounds show a tendency to cluster of group themselves

a)

Phoneme

b)

Phrase

c)

Syllable

d)

Word

17.

The type of syllables that is fundamental in EnglishI

a)

Uncovered

b)

Open

c)

Covered

d)

Closed

18.

The type of syllables that is fundamental in Russian

a)

Covered

b)

Open

c)

Closed

d)

Uncovered

19.

This sound in English never occurs word finally

a)

Z

b)

K

c)

H

d)

L

20.

In this language vowels never follow each other

a)

Latin

b)

English

c)

Arabic

d)

Russian

21.

Slight degree of nasalization of vowels preceded or followed by nasal sonorants

a)

Reduction

b)

elision

c)

Accommodation

d)

Assimilation

22.

The articulatory features which form the invariant of the phoneme

a)

redundant

b)

Relevant

c)

Special

d)

irrelevant

23.

The type of English Pronunciation where length is not distinctive feature of vowels

a)

Received Pronunciation

b)

Southern English

c)

Standard Scottish Pronunciation

d)

Northern English

24.

A set of symbols representing speech sounds

a)

Phonetics

b)

transcription

c)

alphabet

d)

phonology

25.

Sounds consisting of voice only

a)

Phonemes

b)

Allophones

c)

vowels

d)

Consonant

26.

Sounds characterized by close articulation

a)

diphthongs

b)

monopthongs

c)

consonants

d)

vowels

27.

The adaptive modification of a consonant by a neighboring consonant in the speech chain

a)

assimilation

b)

Reduction

c)

deduction

d)

deletion

28.

The method of phonological analysis mainly used by phoneticians of structuralist school

a)

instrumental method

b)

distributional method

c)


semantic method

d)

acoustic method

29.

The type of English Pronunciation where words of French origin have stress on the final syllable

a)

Standard Scottish Pronunciation

b)


Public School Pronunciation

c)

General American

d)

Received Pronunciation

30.

In this language all the vowels are generally divided into long and short

a)

Kazakh

b)

English

c)

Russian

d)

Moksha

31.

This type of transcription serves the purposes of research work

a)

Broad

b)

phonemic

c)

Allophonic

d)

wide

32.

The branch of phonetics that studies the way in which the air is set in motion, the movements of the speech organs and the coordination of these movements in the production of single sounds and trains of sounds

a)

acoustic phonetics

b)

articulatory phonetics

c)

phonology

d)

auditory phonetics

33.

The branch of phonetics that studies the way in which the air vibrates between the speaker’s mouth and the listener’s ear

a)

articulatory phonetics

b)

acoustic phonetics

c)

phonology

d)

auditory phonetics

34.

The branch of phonetics investigating the hearing process

a)

articulatory phonetics

b)

auditory phonetics

c)

phonology

d)

acoustic phonetics

35.

Being a powerful visual aid it is a good basis for teaching the pronunciation

a)


video recorder

b)

photo camera

c)

typewriter

d)

phonetic transcription

36.

The representation of the sounds of one language as nearly as possible by the letters and letter combinations of another language

a)


phonemic transcription

b)


phonetic transcription

c)

transliteration

d)

Alphabet

37.

The majority of alphabetic transcriptions used in teaching foreign languages are based on

a)

Webster’s respelling system

b)

the transcription of the International Phonetic Association (IPA)

c)

transliteration

d)

allophonic transcription

38.

The kind of phonetic notation used by explanatory dictionaries in the USA

a)

transliteration

b)

allophonic transcription

c)

the transcription of the International Phonetic Association (IPA)

d)

Webster’s respelling system

39.

The form of pronunciation most commonly described in books on the phonetics of British English and traditionally taught to foreigners

a)

Received Pronunciation

b)

General American

c)

Scottish Standard English

d)

Cockney

40.

The type of English Pronunciation where rolled [r] (of the Russian type) is used in all positions

a)

Received Pronunciation

b)

BBC English

c)

Standard Scottish Pronunciation

d)


Southern English

41.

The most wide spread type of educated American speech

a)

Received Pronunciation

b)

BBC English

c)

General American Pronunciation

d)

Southern American Pronunciation

42.

Voiced consonants are

a)

f,  , s]

b)


[b, d, g, v,  , z,]

c)

[ , , h]

d)

p, t, k]

43.

Voiceless consonants are

a)

Que:, l,  ]

b)


[f,  , s, p, t, k,  ,  , h]

c)


[ , z,  ]

d)

b, d, g, v]

44.

According to the view originated by L.V.Sherba the phoneme is

a)


a physical  object

b)

an abstract ideaI

c)

a functional, material and abstract unit

d)

a mentalistic image

45.

Que: Different grammatical forms of one and the same word

a)

allophones

b)

Wordforms

c)

wardrobe

d)

allomorphs

46.

Que: In the sentence «Come and see my new apartment some day» there is no

a)

Object

b)

predicate

c)

Subject

d)

Predicate

47.

Que: In the sentence «They run fast» there is no

a)

predicate and attribute

b)


subject and predicate

c)

object and attribute

d)

object and adverbial modifier

48.

In the sentence «Come and see my new apartment some day» there is no

a)

Predicate

b)

Object

c)

Subject

d)

attribute

49.

Different grammatical forms of one and the same word

a)

wardrobe

b)

Allophones

c)

wordforms

d)

Allomorphs

50.

Which characteristics does not apply to attribute

a)

usually placed before a modified noun

b)

connected with a noun or noun equivalents

c)

a secondary part of sentence

d)


connected with a verb

51.

There are two direct objects in the sentence

a)


I gave him a book

b)

I asked him a question

c)

He lived in that house

d)


I gave the book to him

52.

Which characteristics does not apply to object

a)

is expressed by a verb in a finite form

b)

an independent part of a sentence

c)

usually precedes a predicate

d)


has a fixed position

53.

Which characteristics does not apply to a subject

a)

is expressed by a verb in a finite form

b)

has a fixed position

c)

usually precedes a predicate

d)

an independent part of a sentence

54.

Subject and predicate are main members/parts of a sentence because they are most important from the point of view of

a)

Context

b)

Structure

c)

Meaning

d)

Situation

55.

A two-member sentence consists of

a)


two notional words

b)

two words

c)

some words including subject and predicate

d)


two members of sentence

56.

The communicative purpose of «Don't go there» is

a)

Offer

b)

Prediction

c)

prohibition

d)

Promise

57.

The communicative purpose of «Break it, you'll pay for it» is

a)

Offer

b)

Warning

c)

Prediction

d)

Promise

58.

The communicative purpose of «I won't lose it» is

a)

Prediction

b)

Apology

c)

Promise

d)

Offfer

59.

Find an example of a correct exclamative sentence

a)

How she hardly works!

b)

How hard she works!

c)


How she works hard!

d)


How hardly she works!

60.

Which answer does not apply to general questions?I

a)

at 10 p.m.

b)

No

c)

Yes

d)

I don’t know

61.

The clauses in a compound sentence can be linked with

a)

Whose

b)

How

c)

And

d)

If

62.

with Hubert on my mind» in «I simply couldn't sit with Hubert on my mind» is an example of

a)


isolated absolute construction

b)

prepositional absolute construction

c)

nominative with the participle

d)

infinitive «for-phrases

63.

her coming» in «Her coming tonight meant that a great deal of work had to be put off» is an example of

a)

a gerundial complex

b)

nominative with the participle

c)

an accusative with the infinitive

d)

an accusative with the participle

64.

her uncle walking» in «She saw her uncle walking out beside the girl» is an example of

a)

a gerundial complex

b)

nominative with the participle

c)

an accusative with the participle

d)

an accusative with the infinitive

65.

Which type of word-combination does not exist in grammar?

a)

hypotactic

b)

Cleft

c)

endocentric

d)

Coordinate

66.

On the basis of grammatical alternation we differentiate

a)

segmental and suprasegmental morphemes

b)

overt and covert morphemes

c)

additive and replacive morphemes

d)

free and bound morpheme

67.

For a grammatical category to exist there must be at least

a)

five grammatical forms

b)

two grammatical forms

c)

four grammatical forms

d)


three grammatical forms

68.

Practical grammar

a)

accounts for what actually occurs in language

b)

gives the rules for speaking and writing correctly

c)

describes the rules of language

d)

gives a scientific explanation of the grammatical structure of language

69.

Grammatical meaning is

a)

a general concrete meaning

b)

reflection of reality

c)

general abstract meaning

d)

an abstract concrete meaning

70.

Theoretical grammar

a)

provide students with a manual of practical mastery

b)

gives a scientific explanation of the grammatical structure of language

c)

describes grammar rules

d)

gives the rules for speaking and writing correctly

71.

Formal words include

a)

prepositions, conjunctions, articles

b)

nouns, verbs, prepositions

c)

verbs, pronouns, nouns

d)

verbs, adverbs, numerals

72.

Notional words include

a)

verbs, pronouns, nouns

b)

nouns, verbs, prepositions

c)

nouns, verbs, adverbs

d)

verbs, adverbs, numerals

73.

The meaning of the class of verbs is that of

a)

Process

b)

quality

c)

Number

d)

Thingness

74.

The parts of speech classification is based on the following principles

a)

meaning, form-word, function

b)


meaning, function-word, form

c)

meaning, function, word order

d)

meaning, form, function

75.

Word-change is more important in Kazakh and Russian than in English because

a)

of their poor morphology

b)

all words always change

c)

of their richly developed morphology

d)

every word changes

76.

The communicative purpose of «Break it, you'll pay for it» is

a)

Prediction

b)

Promise

c)

Warning

d)

Offer

77.

The communicative purpose of «I won't lose it» is

a)

Prediction

b)

Offer

c)

Promise

d)

Apology

78.

The clauses in a complex sentence can be linked with

a)

But

b)

Or

c)

When

d)

Not

79.

The clauses in a compound sentence can be linked with

a)

Whose

b)

And

c)

Which

d)

If

80.

According to L.Bloomfield, «brother and sister» is

a)

paratactic word-combination

b)

an endocentric word-combination

c)

a hypotactic word-combination

d)

a prepositional word-combination

81.

The auxiliary word morphemes are called

a)


replacive morphemes

b)

semi-bound morpheme

c)


continuous morphemes

d)


zero morphemes

82.

The grammatical system is

a)

the whole set of naming means of language

b)

the whole set of rules with a help of which the meanings are combined for formation of utterances

c)

s the whole set of words

d)

the whole set of phonetic elements

83.

The two parts of speech that conform to the notion of a formal are

a)

preposition and conjunction

b)

noun and preposition

c)

Noun adverb

d)

noun and conjunction

84.

The subject of grammar is

 

a)

Word order

b)

intonation

c)

form words

d)

the grammatical structure of language

85.

. The form of a word that expresses a certain grammatical meaning is called

a)


a form word

b)

A word group

c)

A grammatical form

d)

A function word

86.

n the sentence «They run fast» there is no

a)


subject and predicate

b)

object and attribute

c)

predicate and attribute

d)

object and adverbial modifier

87.

In the sentence «I know her very well» there is no

a)

Object

b)

Attribute

c)

Subject

d)

Predicate

88.

The Model of the Parts of the Sentence does not include

a)

Object

b)

Predicate

c)

Adjective

d)

Subject

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