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The lexical system
is the whole set of naming means of language, that is, the vocabulary of words and stable wordgroups.
determines the material (phonetic) appearance of its significative (meaningful) units.
isn’t the whole set of naming means of language, that is, the vocabulary of words and stable wordgroups.
is the whole set of regularities, the set of rules determining the formation of utterances in the process of discourse.
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The grammatical system
is the whole set of regularities, the set of rules determining the formation of utterances in the process of discourse.
is studied by phonology.
is studied by lexicology.
is studied by all linguistic disciplines.
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What’s the origin and the meaning of the word grammar?
It derives from Greek and means “art of letters” (gramma = letter).
It derives from Greek and means “all of letters in the dictionary.”
It derives from French and means “art of speech.”
It derives from Latin and means “such kind.”
It derives from German and means “genitive case of noun.”
Linguistic unit can enter into relations of two different kinds. They are
paradigmatic and syntagmatic
predicative and attributive
semantic and functional
semantic, formal and functional
paradigmatic and adverbial
The subject of grammar, its two interpretations
refers to the explicit theory constructed by the linguist to describe the speaker’s linguistic competence and the study of morphology and syntax, often complemented by phonology, lexicology, semantics and pragmatics.
doesn’t refer to the explicit theory constructed by the linguist to describe the speaker’s linguistic competence and the study of morphology and syntax, often complemented by phonology, lexicology, semantics and pragmatics.
indicates the explicit theory constructed by the linguist to describe the speaker’s phonological competence and the study of sounds and letters.
describes the speaker’s logical competence and the study of philosophy.
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What’s the difference between descriptive and prescriptive grammars?
Descriptive grammar describes your unconscious linguistic knowledge; prescriptive grammar tells what rules you should know to speak the standard language.
Descriptive grammar is a model of the mental grammar; prescriptive grammar is vigorous, dynamic and constantly changing.
A descriptive grammar does not describe your unconscious linguistic knowledge and only tells you how you should speak; a prescriptive grammar tells the rules for the standard language.
A descriptive grammar does not tell you how you should speak and only describes your unconscious linguistic knowledge; a prescriptive grammar tells how you think to speak the written language.
A descriptive grammar tells you how you should speak and describes your pedagogical knowledge; a prescriptive grammar says you can speak all languages without rules.
What is the purpose of the theoretical grammar of the English language?
To present a systematic study of the grammatical structure of Modern English and to introduce different views of language.
To prescribe a set of normative rules based on the so‑called standard English.
To investigate different methods of teaching English.
To help students learn as many words and phrases as possible.
To present the structure of Modern English.
The aim of theoretical grammar of a language is
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to analyze and define main classes of words scientifically.
to analyze and define main classes of parts of speech and their grammatical categories.
to study the mechanisms of sentence formation in the process of speech‑making.
to present a theoretical description of its grammatical system.
Language in the narrow sense of the word is
a system of means of expression.
the manifestation of the system of language in the process of intercourse.
a nominative unit of language.
a context for itself.
a genitive unit of language.
What is language?
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Language in the narrow sense of the word is a system of means of expression.
Language is a system of signs.
Language is a means of cognition and communication.
Language is an essential feature that distinguishes us from other living beings.
Language is social by ____?
nature
words
people
verbs
body
O. Jespersen is a representative of
the classical scientific grammar
the normative grammar
the prescriptive grammar
the pre‑normative grammar
the practical grammar
How many periods of the English grammars are distinguished?
2
3
4
5
6
The main two parts of theoretical grammar are
Morphology and Syntax
Syntax and Grammar
Morphology and Grammar
Words and Semantic group
Morphemes and words
One of the main parts of theoretical grammar is
Morphology
Noun
Morphemes
Phrases
Grammar
The main parts of theoretical grammar are morphology and
syntax
morphemic
adverb
verb
object
Morphology deals with
a branch of grammar that studies morphemes and words, their structure and classification.
syntax and hyphen, their structure and classification.
numbers and details, their structure and classification.
phrases and verbs, their structure and classification.
nouns and adjectives.
What is syntax?
a branch of grammar that studies sentence construction
the smallest lingual unit capable of performing communication
communicative function
a group of words that together have a particular meaning
a group of words usually containing a subject and a verb
_____ system of language reveals its properties through the morphemic structure of words.
The morphological
Morphology
Numbers
Language
Grammatical
The lowest level of lingual units is a phonemic level
which is formed by phonemes.
which is represented by words as lexical items or lexemes.
which is an elementary meaningful part of the word.
which is a sentence.
represented by a text.
The level located above the phonemic is
a morphemic or morphological level
the lexemic level
the syntactic level
a phonemic level
the textual level
The third level in the lingual hierarchy is
the lexemic level
the phonemic level
the syntactic level
a morphemic or morphological level
the textual level
The fourth level in the hierarchy of language system is
the syntactic level
the phonemic level
the lexemic level
a morphemic or morphological level
the textual level
The highest level of lingual units is
the textual level
the phonemic level
the lexemic level
a morphemic or morphological level
the syntactic level
Give the definition of the term syntagma.
The combination of two words or word-groups in a segmental sequence, one of which is modified by the other, forms a unit which is referred to as a syntactic syntagma.
The combination of two or more sentences, one of which is modified by the other, forms a unit which is referred to as a syntactic syntagma.
The combination of phonemes and graphemes which are connected syntagmatically within morphemes and words.
A lingual unit of any length, be it a sequence of thematically interrelated well-formed sentences.
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Name the main types of syntagma.
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Predicative syntagma
Objective syntagma
Attributive syntagma
Adverbial syntagma
How does a predicative syntagma differ from the rest?
Predicative syntagma, which represents a combination of a subject and a predicate.
Predicative syntagma, which represents a combination of a verb and its object.
Predicative syntagma, which represents a combination of a noun and its attribute.
Predicative syntagma, which represents a combination of a modified notional word, such as a verb, adjective or adverb, with its adverbial modifier.
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How does an objective syntagma differ from the rest?
Objective syntagma, which represents a combination of a verb and its object.
Objective syntagma, which represents a combination of a subject and a predicate.
Objective syntagma, which represents a combination of a noun and its attribute.
Objective syntagma, which represents a combination of a modified notional word, such as a verb, adjective or adverb, with its adverbial modifier.
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How does an attributive syntagma differ from the rest?
Attributive syntagma, which represents a combination of a noun and its attribute.
Attributive syntagma, which represents a combination of a verb and its object.
Attributive syntagma, which represents a combination of a subject and a predicate.
Attributive syntagma, which represents a combination of a modified notional word, such as a verb, adjective or adverb, with its adverbial modifier.
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How does an adverbial syntagma differ from the rest?
Adverbial syntagma, which represents a combination of a modified notional word, such as a verb, adjective or adverb, with its adverbial modifier.
Adverbial syntagma, which represents a combination of a verb and its object.
Adverbial syntagma, which represents a combination of a noun and its attribute.
Adverbial syntagma, which represents a combination of a subject and a predicate.
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How can you define syntagmatic relations between lingual units?
Syntagmatic relations are immediate linear relations between lingual units of the same level in a segmental sequence (string).
Syntagmatic relations are not linear relations between lingual units of the same level in a segmental sequence.
Syntagmatic relations are modified by the other, forms a unit which is referred to as a syntactic syntagma.
Elements enter into syntagmatic relations when they have the same potential to appear in the same context and functionally substitute each other.
We have syntagmatic elements in a sequence along the vertical dimension.
Define paradigmatic relations between lingual units.
Paradigmatic relations between lingual elements are especially evident in classical paradigms of categorical forms of parts of speech.
Paradigmatic relations are immediate linear relations between lingual units of the same level in a segmental sequence (string).
Paradigmatic relations are not linear relations between lingual units of the same level in a segmental sequence.
Elements enter into paradigmatic relations when they don’t have the same potential to appear in the same context and functionally substitute each other.
We have paradigmatic elements in a sequence along the horizontal dimension.
What are classical examples of paradigmatic relations between lingual units?
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boy – boys
big – bigger – biggest
play – plays – played – will play; play – is playing – has been playing
book – books
What is the morpheme?
It is the smallest meaningful segmental component of the word.
It is a nominative unit of language.
It is the form of the word which expresses the grammatical meaning.
It is a class of lexemes characterized by some specific features.
It is the largest segmental component of the word.
Traditional classification of the morpheme is a division of the word into:
A root morpheme and derivational morphemes.
A root morpheme and an overt.
A root morpheme and a suffix.
Inner inflexion and outer inflexion.
Only derivational morphemes.
The derivational morphemes:
Are used to derive new words.
Are unchangeable.
Convey the fundamental lexical meaning of the word.
Are self-dependent.
Are used to derive auxiliary verbs.
The most basic concept of morphology is ___?
The concept of a word.
Syntax and hyphen.
Numbers and details.
Phrases and verbs.
Nouns and adjectives.
Define the concept of a dictionary word.
A dictionary word is an abstract entity called a lexeme.
A dictionary word isn’t an abstract entity called a lexeme.
A dictionary word is an abstract entity called a phoneme.
A dictionary word isn’t a concrete entity called a morpheme.
A dictionary word is a concrete entity called a word-form.
What is a text word?
A text word is a concrete entity called a word-form.
A text word isn’t a concrete entity called a word-form.
A text word is a concrete entity called a lexeme.
A text word is a concrete entity called a morpheme.
A text word is an abstract entity called a word-form.
What is a grammatical paradigm of a lexeme?
The set of word-forms that belongs to a lexeme represents its grammatical paradigm.
The set of sentences that belongs to a lexeme represents its grammatical paradigm.
The set of phrases that belongs to a sentence represents its grammatical paradigm.
The set of word-groups that belongs to a text doesn’t represent its grammatical paradigm.
The set of sentences that belongs to a text represents its grammatical paradigm.
What’s the difference between a person’s linguistic competence and his/her linguistic performance?
A person’s linguistic competence implies the knowledge which is necessary to produce sentences of a particular language, while the application of such knowledge in the process of human discourse determines his/her linguistic performance.
A person’s linguistic competence implies the knowledge which is necessary to avoid sentences of a particular language, while the application of such knowledge in the process of human discourse determines his/her linguistic performance.
A person’s linguistic competence implies the knowledge which is necessary not to produce sentences of a particular language, while the application of such knowledge in the process of human discourse doesn’t determine his/her linguistic performance.
A person’s linguistic competence implies the knowledge which is necessary not to produce sentences of a particular language, while the application of such knowledge in the process of human discourse determines his/her linguistic performance.
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How is the knowledge of language acquired in childhood/in adulthood?
The linguistic system – the sounds, structures, meanings, words and rules for putting them all together – is learned subconsciously when language is acquired in childhood, while in adulthood it is learned with awareness, i.e., with great efforts.
The linguistic system is learned subconsciously when language is acquired in adulthood, while in childhood it is learned with awareness, i.e., with great efforts.
The linguistic system isn’t learned subconsciously when language is acquired in childhood, but in adulthood it is learned with awareness, i.e., with great efforts.
The structures, meanings, words and rules for putting them all together is learned in childhood but in adulthood it isn’t learned.
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What are the three constituent parts (subsystems) of a language system?
The phonological system, the lexical system and the grammatical system.
The phonological system, the lexical system and the vocabulary system.
The phonological system, the phonetical system and the grammatical system.
The morphological and syntactical system, the lexical system and the grammatical system.
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The phonological system –
Determines the material (phonetically) appearance of its significative (i.e., meaningful) units.
Doesn’t determine the material (phonetically) appearance of its significative (i.e., meaningful) units.
Is the whole set of naming means of language, that is, the vocabulary of words and stable word-groups.
Is the whole set of regularities, i.e., the set of rules (laws) determining the grammatical organization of language.
Name the types of morphological relationship among words in modern English grammar.
derivational relationship and inflectional relationship
syntagmatic and paradigmatic
paradigmatic relations and inflectional relationship
syntagmatic relations and derivational relationship
paradigmatic relations and derivational relationship
Derivational relationship is best characterized as the relationship ______.
which exists among lexemes of a word family
which doesn’t exist among lexemes of a word family
which exists among word-forms within the paradigm of a lexeme
which doesn’t exist among word-forms within the paradigm of a lexeme
which exists among word-forms within the syntagm of a lexeme
Inflectional relationship is best characterized as the relationship ______.
which exists among word-forms within the paradigm of a lexeme
which doesn’t exist among lexemes of a word family
which exists among lexemes of a word family
which doesn’t exist among word-forms within the paradigm of a lexeme
which exists among word-forms within the syntagm of a lexeme
When was the term morphology invented?
in the second part of the 19th century
in the second part of the 20th century
in the second part of the 18th century
in the second part of the 17th century
in the second part of the 21st century
What does morphology study?
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Morphology is the study of internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed.
Morphology deals with a branch of grammar that studies morphemes and words, their structure and classification.
Morphology as the study of internal structure of words. The most basic concept of morphology is the concept of a word.
Morphology as the study of internal structure of words
What does the term morphology mean?
morphe = “form”, ology = “science of” or “branch of knowledge of”
morphe = “text”, ology = “science of” or “branch of knowledge of”
morphe = “syntagm”, ology = “science of” or “branch of knowledge of”
morphe = “clause”, ology = “science of” or “branch of knowledge of”
morphe = “function”, ology = “science of” or “branch of knowledge of”
Name the types of affixal morphemes.
prefixes, suffixes and inflexions
prefixes, suffixes and homonyms
prefixes, suffixes and distribution
suffixes, synonyms and inflexions
antonyms, synonyms and homonyms
How is a stem formed?
When a root morpheme is combined with a derivational affix it forms a stem.
When a root morpheme isn’t combined with a derivational affix it forms a stem.
When a root morpheme is combined with an inflexion it forms a stem.
When a root morpheme is combined with an inflectional affix it forms a stem.
When a root morpheme is combined with morphological categories it forms a stem.
Characterize inflectional affixes.
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Inflectional morphemes never change the grammatical word class they are attached to and only mark properties such as tense, aspect, voice, number, case, and so forth.
The function of inflectional affixes is to indicate grammatical meaning such as tense or number.
Inflectional affixes indicate grammatical roles and do not change the basic meaning of the word, such as tense and aspect.
An inflectional affix in English is always a suffix.
How many inflectional affixes are there in modern English?
8
10
5
7
6
What kind of morphemes are called free morphemes?
Morphemes that can constitute words by themselves are free morphemes; free morphemes can only be represented by root morphemes.
Morphemes cannot form words by themselves; they are identified only as component segmental parts of words.
If two or more morphemes have the same meaning (function) and the difference in their form is explained by different environments, these morphs are in complementary distribution and are considered the free morphemes of the same morpheme.
If two or more morphemes have different meanings (functions) and the difference in their form is explained by different environments.
What kind of morphemes are called bound morphemes?
Bound morphemes cannot form words by themselves; they are identified only as component segmental parts of words.
Bound morphemes that can constitute words by themselves are free morphemes; free morphemes can only be represented by root morphemes.
If two or more morphemes have the same meaning (function) and the difference in their form is explained by different environments, these morphs are in complementary distribution and are considered the bound morphemes of the same morpheme.
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Define the concept of allomorphs.
If two or more morphemes have the same meaning (function) and the difference in their form is explained by different environments, these morphs are said to be in complementary distribution and are considered the allomorphs of the same morpheme.
If two or more morphemes don’t have the same meaning (function) and the difference in their form is explained by different environments, these morphs are said to be in complementary distribution and are considered the allomorphs of the same morpheme.
If two or more morphemes have the same meaning (function) and the similarity in function is explained by different environments, these morphs are said to be in complementary distribution and are considered the allomorphs of the same morpheme.
Morphemes cannot form words by themselves; they are identified only as component segmental parts of words.
Morphemes that can constitute words by themselves are free morphemes; free morphemes can only be represented by root morphemes.
____ in the narrow sense should be understood as the manifestation of the system of language in the process of intercourse.
Speech
Language
Numbers
Phrase
Nouns
What is the grammatical meaning?
It is the significance of a certain relation expressed by a dependent part of a word.
It is the smallest part of the morpheme.
It is a system of expressing a generalized grammatical meaning by means of paradigmatic correlation of grammatical form.
It is a system of expressing a generalized grammatical meaning.
It is a combination of some words and parts of speech.
_____ is a unit of grammar based on a morphological opposition of grammatical meanings presented in grammatical forms.
A grammatical category
A grammatical meaning
grammatical rules
A sentence
A grammatical form
What is the form of the word which expresses the grammatical meaning?
grammatical form
morphology
numbers
phrases
nouns
The main criteria of classification of parts of speech are:
Meaning, form and function
Meaning, form and semantic
Grammatical meaning, grammatical form and grammatical category
Exchangeability, combinability and nominating meaning
Exchangeability meaning, semantic
What is the meaning of parts of speech?
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grammatically relevant classes of words
lexico-grammatical series of words
lexico-grammatical series of words which are discriminated on the basis of semantic, morphological and syntactic criteria
the word is distinguished not only by grammatical, but also by semantic and lexemic properties
According to various formal and semantic features, all words are divided into three major families of words:
Lexical (content) words, function words, insert words
Phrases, lexical words, compound words
Hard words, honeyed words, insignificant words
Placatory words, stirring words, warm words
Veiled and guarded words
Characteristic features of lexical words include:
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the main carriers of information
can be used independently in a sentence, performing some syntactic function
members of open word classes, because people regularly add new words to these classes to name new concepts and inventions
have a complex internal structure and can be composed of more than one morphemes
What is the definition of function words?
Words that primarily express grammatical relationships and belong to closed classes such as prepositions, determiners, conjunctions and auxiliaries
Words that mainly carry lexical meaning and belong to open classes such as nouns, verbs and adjectives
Words that are always inflected for number and tense irrespective of context
Words that function only as roots and cannot take affixes
_____ is used to name physical objects (concrete nouns) or abstractions (abstract nouns).
The noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Dynamite
Simple nouns are:
boy, street, car, dog, people etc.
singer, brightness, friendship etc.
bridgehead, bombshell, copybook etc.
merry-go-round, friendship etc.
golden hand, stone wall, bank manager etc.
derived nouns:
singer, brightness, friendship etc.
boy, street, car, dog, people etc.
bridgehead, bombshell, copybook etc.
merry-go-round, friendship etc.
golden hand, stone wall, bank manager etc.
Compound nouns:
bridgehead, bombshell, copybook etc.
singer, brightness, friendship etc.
boy, street, car, dog, people etc.
golden hand, stone wall, bank manager etc.
book, friend, iron etc.
Semantic features of the noun:
proper and common, animate and inanimate, countable and uncountable
simple, derived, compound, composite
human and non-human
quantitative and qualitative
plural and singular
These nouns refer to unique things, people, place, institution, and so on:
proper nouns
common nouns
collective nouns
abstract nouns
All of them above
Nouns that do not refer to unique things, people and so on, but refer to a category of objects or to a specific instance burn of that category:
common nouns
only abstract nouns
collective nouns
only plural nouns
All of them above
Nouns (concrete and abstract) may be subdivided into:
Countable
Uncountable
common nouns
Phrases
Nouns
Nouns can be divided into two broad contrasting categories:
common nouns and proper nouns
common nouns and collective nouns
proper nouns and uncountable nouns
common nouns and abstract nouns
plural and singular
The nouns (though not all of them) have ____ cases:
common and the genitive
inflected and non-inflected
nominative, genitive (possessive) and accusative (objective)
Genitive of measure and partitive genitive
positional and prepositional
What case of noun has no ending?
common
case
Adverb
phrases
Nouns
Nouns that are type of common noun but these nouns refer to group of things, people, animals, ideas, emotions and so on.
Collective nouns
only abstract nouns
no proper nouns
None of them
All of them above
Proper nouns refer and give a name to _____ object.
Particular
Different
Unparticular
unknown
prepositional
The English noun has _____ grammatical categories:
two
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nine
Seven
Grammatical categories of the English noun have ______
number and case
number and fantasy
Number
Case
Object
Who speaks of the genitive and the common case.
O. Jespersen
H. Sweet
R.W. Pence
H. Whitehall
B. Ilyich, F. Palmer, and E. Morokhovskaya
Plenty of nouns (though not all of them) have two numbers:
singular and plural
singular
Plural
Phrases
How
_____ is a noun that can be identified through one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell).
Concrete
Abstract
Common
Proper
Physical nouns
Nouns refer to things that are intangible, such as ideas and emotions
Abstract nouns
Mass nouns
Countable nouns
Concrete nouns
All of them above
Nouns which have two number forms or numeric (discrete) structure.
countable
abstract
Uncountable
Comfortable
Nouns
A noun can denote more than one thing, but its form is ______
Singular
Plural Tantum
no category of number
no notion of quantity
abstract nouns
These nouns refer to perceivable, tangible objects in the world.
Concrete nouns
only abstract nouns
no proper nouns
collective nouns
only plural nouns
Thing nouns denote:
physical objects having a certain shape and measurements
a physical substance having no particular shape or measurements, "materials"
a group of objects (animate or inanimate)
paired objects (family, crew, jury, shorts)
do not denote physical objects
Articles modify ______
Nouns
Verbs
Adjective
Adverb
None of the above
The definite article is used before ______
Singular and plural nouns
Singular nouns
Plural nouns
Names of continents
None of the above
Which of the following does not require articles?
Names of sports
Points of the globe
Names of oceans
Forests
Deserts
The definite article must precede s ______
Names of oceans
Names of streets
Names of discipline
Names of sports
Names of continents
Which of the following is correct statement?
Articles should not be used with pronouns
Articles should be used with pronouns
Indefinite articles should be used with uncountable nouns
The indefinite article indicates that a noun refers to a particular thing.
The definite article is not used to refer to specific or particular nouns.
Uncountable nouns can be modified by ______
Word “some”
The indefinite “a”
The indefinite “an”
The indefinite articles
None of the above
Which of the following is incorrect statement?
The indefinite article indicates that a noun refers to a particular thing.
Articles should not be used with pronouns
The definite article is used to refer to specific or particular nouns.
Indefinite articles should not be used with uncountable nouns
The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular
Which of the following words requires articles?
Ball
Monday
Tennis
Lunch
Physics
The zero article is used ______
With abstract nouns
Names of countries with united states
Names of mountain ranges
Names of gulfs
Names of seas
I can do it in _____ hour and _____ half
An, a
A, a
A, an
The, a
A, the
Verbs are words that...
give the idea of action, of doing something
describe noun or pronoun
are used in a place of noun
modify a verb or an adjective
name a person, thing, place
Morphological features of the verb. The verb possesses the following grammatical categories:
tense, aspect, voice, mood, person, number, finitude and temporal correlation
aspect, voice, mood, person, number, finite and non-finite forms
aspect, voice, mood, person, number and temporal correlation
mood, person, number, finitude and temporal correlation
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Morphological classification of the verb. According to their stem-types all verbs fall into:
simple, sound-replacive, stress-replacive, expanded, composite and phrasal
simple, composite and phrasal
Regular and irregular
Dynamic and stative
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Lexical-morphological classification is based on the implicit grammatical meanings of the verb. According to the implicit grammatical meaning of transitivity or intransitivity verbs fall into
Transitive and intransitive
Frequency, time, manner and etc.
Descriptive and limiting
Attributive and predicate
Reciprocal, possessive, reflexive
According to the implicit grammatical meaning of stativeness or non-stativeness verbs fall into
Stative and dynamic
Regular and irregular
Transitive and intransitive
Simple and phrasal
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Dynamic verbs include:
activity verbs, process verbs, verbs of bodily sensations, transitional event, momentary
verbs of bodily sensations, momentary
verbs of inert perception and cognition
relational verbs
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Stative verbs include:
verbs of inert perception and cognition and relational verbs
activity verbs, process verbs, verbs of bodily sensations, transitional event, momentary
verbs of inert perception and cognition
verbs of bodily sensations, momentary
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According to the nature of predication all verbs fall into _____
finite and non-finite
transitive and intransitive
regular and irregular
notional and semi-notional
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According to their functional significance verbs can be
notional, semi-notional and auxiliaries
modal verbs and link verbs
only progressive and passive
finite and non-finite
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Ditransitive verbs...
do not only require one direct object, but also an indirect object
require a direct object. Otherwise, the meaning or the whole sentence is incorrect
do not need a direct object or argument for their complete meaning to be expressed
tell us whether something is probable or about the skills of a noun
denote an actual action or expression or process done by the subject
The verb stem may be:
Simple and compound
Simple, derived, compound and composite
Simple and derived
No morphological forms
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According to its structure the verb “give up” is:
composite
compound
simple
derived
complex
According to their meaning the verbs can be:
terminative and durative
transitive and intransitive
motional and structural
dynamic and stative
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According to their relation to the continuous form verbs can be:
dynamic and stative
transitive and intransitive
notional and structural
terminative and durative
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The situation was bad but it ____ worse.
could have been
should be
could
would have been
shouldn’t be
He ____ be at home. He ___ be out.
must, can't
should, mustn't
can, shouldn't
must, needn't
must, should
It was the principle of the tiling. People ____ to keep their words.
Ought
Have
Should
are able
must
Verbs of existence or relationship:
Become, appear
Cause, require
Force, let
Believe, read
See, want
What is an auxiliary verb?
a verb that changes or helps another verb
a verb that doesn’t show action but connects the subject with a verb in the predicate
a verb which gives additional information about the main verb that follows it
a verb which denotes an actual action, expression or process done by the subject
a verb which tells us whether something is probable or about the skills of a noun
Three moods of verbs in English grammar:
the indicative, the subjunctive and the imperative
the subjunctive and the imperative
the indicative and the subjunctive
notional, semi-notional and auxiliaries
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What grammatical category of the verb shows the relation between the doer of the action and the action, or the object and the addressee of the action?
Voice
Order
Tense
Mood
Number
"Time is"
a form of existence of matter (a thing)
a form of a discontinuous morpheme
a tense form
a combination of “past - present”
None of them is correct
According to professors Smirnitsky and Ilyish:
The future tense "shall/will + inf." is an analytical form
The future tense "shall/will + inf." is not an analytical form
The future tense is a separate category like tense, voice, person and so on
The future tense does not exist at all
Which part of speech modifies features and qualities of people, animals, and things represented by nouns and pronouns.
Adjectives
Adverbs
Verbs
Prepositions
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Find the types of adjectives.
Descriptive and limiting
Frequency, time, manner, etc.
Transitive and intransitive
Attributive and predicate
Reciprocal, possessive, reflexive
Descriptive adjectives add.
Colour, size, and shape to nouns
How many, how much, which one, whose
Where, there, here
Feelings of people
State of things
Limiting adjectives describe.
How many, how much, which one, whose
Where, there, here
Feelings of people
State of things
Colour, size, and shape to nouns
Adjectives of quality ______
Refers to a quality of a subject
Answer the question “how much?”
Used to indicate possession
Used to indicate or demonstrate specific people, animals, or things
Talk about specific traits, qualities, or features – in other words, they are used to discuss attributes
Find the examples for indefinite numeral adjectives.
Sundry, plenty of, several
Other, neither, some
Second, much, beauty
Straight, blue, strong
Curious, any, many
It's raining _____
heavily
Heavier
Heavy
Heaviest
More heavy
“What kind? How many? Which one? How much?” are questions of ______ ?
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Noun
Preposition
What type of adjective provides information about the quantity of the nouns/pronouns?
Quantitative
Descriptive
Proper
Demonstrative
Possessive
“This, that, these, those” are ______
Demonstrative adjectives
Proper adjectives
Quantitative adjectives
Descriptive adjectives
Interrogative adjectives
For which adjectives only is the degree of adjectives applicable?
Descriptive
Proper
Demonstrative
Possessive
Quantitative
The interrogative adjectives are ______
which, what, whose
few, many, much, most, all, any, each
my, his, her, our, their, your
this, that, these, those
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One of the following parts of speech expresses some circumstance that attends an action or a state, or points out some characteristic features of an action or a quality.
the adverb
the adjective
the noun
the verbs
the prepositions
Semantic features of adverbs are commonly divided into.
Qualitative, quantitative, and circumstantial
Simple (pretty), derivative (slowly), composite (at last)
High, excessive, and unexpected degrees
Only quantitative and circumstantial
Quantitative adverbs are specific lexical units of semi-functional nature expressing quality measure or gradational evaluation of qualities. They may be subdivided into several sets.
All of them are correct.
Adverbs of high degree and adverbs of unexpected degree
Adverbs of low degree and adverbs of excessive degree
Adverbs of moderate degree and adverbs of optimal degree
Adverbs of approximate degree and adverbs of under degree
Adverbs of high degree.
very, quite, entirely, utterly, highly, greatly, perfectly, absolutely, strongly, considerably, pretty, much
slightly, a little, a bit
enough, sufficiently, adequately
hardly, scarcely
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Adverbs of low degree.
slightly, a little, a bit
enough, sufficiently, adequately
hardly, scarcely
almost, nearly
All answers are correct.
Adverbs of moderate degree.
fairly, comparatively, relatively, moderately, rather
insufficiently, intolerably, unbearably, ridiculously
too, awfully, tremendously, dreadfully, terrifically
surprisingly, astonishingly, amazingly
highly, greatly, perfectly, absolutely, strongly
Adverbs of inadequate degree.
insufficiently, intolerably, unbearably, ridiculously
too, awfully, tremendously, dreadfully, terrifically
surprisingly, astonishingly, amazingly
highly, greatly, perfectly, absolutely, strongly
hardly, scarcely
Adverbs of excessive degree.
too, awfully, tremendously, dreadfully, terrifically
surprisingly, astonishingly, amazingly
highly, greatly, perfectly, absolutely, strongly
hardly, scarcely
enough, sufficiently, adequately
derived adverbs.
slowly, sideways, clockwise, homewards, away, ahead, apart, across
here, there, now, then, so, quick, why, how, where, when, very, rather
sometimes, nowhere, anyhow; at least, at most, at last, upside down
fast, late, hard, high, clean, clear, close
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Morphological features. As to their word-building structure adverbs are divided into.
Simple (there), derivative (quickly), compound (nowhere), and composite (at once)
Simple (pretty), derivative (slowly), composite (at last)
Simple (long), derivative (likewise), compound (anyhow)
Simple (then), derivative (headlong), compound (sometimes)
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