What is the aim of theoretical grammar?
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* description of grammar rules that are necessary to understand and formulate sentences
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the grouping requirements of the parts of speech
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definition of stylistic devices
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explanation for grammar rules
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The term "grammar" goes back to
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* a Greek word
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an Arab word
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Latin word
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a Gothic word
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What is a language family?
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* group of languages related by descent from a common ancestor languages
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a group of languages
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analytic languages
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synthetic languages
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What do you understand by the grammatical structure of a language?
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* all the means that are used to express the grammatical meaning of a language
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the means of word building
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the lexical- grammatical meaning
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all the grammatical inflections
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What is a language?
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* it is a collective body of knowledge, it is a set of basic elements, but these elements can form a great variety of combinations
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it is the result of a definite act of speaking
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it is a set of rules
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it is a group of words
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What operation is called morphemic analysis?
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* the morphemic analysis is an operation by which the analyst isolates minimum meaningful elements in the utterances of a language, and decides which occurrences of such elements shall be regarded as occurrences of the same element.
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it is a study of the grammatical relations of linguistic units to one another and the grammatical structure of phrases and sentences that result from these grammatical relations
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it is a study of the relation of linguistic units to the objects they denote
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it is a study of the relation of linguistic units to people who communicate
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How are the zero morphemes identified?
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* by their meaning
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by their form
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by co-relation between form and meaning
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by their function
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What languages are called analytical?
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that are poor in grammatical inflections
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that are poor in grammatical categories
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that are poor in grammatical morphemes
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that are poor in means of word-building
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What morphemes are there in the word «mis-statements«?
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one grammatical three lexical
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one lexical three grammatical
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two lexical two grammatical
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four lexical
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What languages are called synthetic?
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that are rich in grammar inflections
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that are rich in grammatical categories
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that are rich in stylistic devices
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that are rich in means of word-building
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What does phonetics study?
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* speech units
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language and speech units
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phonemes
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language units
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What level or levels do stress and intonation refer to?
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* both phonetical and grammatical
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syntax – minor
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Morphological
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phonetical
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What does phonology study?
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* language units
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language and speech units
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speech units
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word-building
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What morphemes are there in the word «spokesman«?
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* one lexical unbound, one lexical bound, one empty
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one lexical three grammatical
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only grammatical
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four lexical
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What language levels are called basic?
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* those that have their own units
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those that do not have their own units
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those that have lost their units
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those that make use units of other levels
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What do you understand by emic level?
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* language
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phonetics
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semantics
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speech
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What is allomorph?
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a variant of morpheme
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a variant of lexeme
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variant of phoneme
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a variant of letter
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What does syntax study?
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the communicative units
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the phraseological units
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language units
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word structure
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What does morphology study?
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* the smallest meaningful units
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the smallest meaningless units
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the phraseological units
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the stylistic devices
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What is a morpheme?
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* the smallest meaningful units
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the smallest meaningless unit
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a metaphor
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the stylistic devices
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What do you understand by ethic level?
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* speech
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phonetics
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semantics
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language
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The grammatical category of aspect is a
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* two member opposition
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three member opposition
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four member opposition
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one member opposition
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What is the distinction between language and speech?
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* language is abstract, speech is concrete
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language is individual while speech is common, general for bearers
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language tends to change while speech is stable, less changeable
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language is an open system, its units are limited while speech tends to be openness and endless
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What language levels are called non-basic?
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* those that do not have their own units
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those that have their own units
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those that have lost their units
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those that make use units of other levels
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By the meaning of words they understand
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the general lexical-grammatical meaning
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the structural meaning
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the connotational meaning
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the stylistic function
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The grammatical categories are characteristic to
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* notional words
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auxiliary words
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non-sense words
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functional words
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What grammatical category has «relative» and «absolute» meaning?
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* posteriority
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tense
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mood
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voice
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What types of grammatical categories do you know?
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* synthetical, analytical and mixed
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lexical-semantic
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functional categories
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syntagmatic categories
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What verbs lack of grammatical categories?
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* modal
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notional
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transitive
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intransitive
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What grammatical category has «non-continuous» and «continuous» meaning?
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* aspect
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number
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order
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tense
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By synthetic type of grammatical categories we understand
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* the one which is expressed by grammatical inflections
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the one which is expressed by notional words
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the one which is expressed by auxiliary words
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the one which is expressed by link verbs
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The functional parts of speech can have
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* structural meaning
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stylistic meaning
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full lexical meaning
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no meaning
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By paradigmatic relation they understand
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* when words have some features in common
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when words fulfill different functional
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antonyms
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when words express different meanings
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By the analytical grammatical categories they understand the ones which are expressed by
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* functional words
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grammatical inflections
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notional words
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modal words
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Which of the following words is are relative adjective?
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* bronze
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yellow
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pretty
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devastating
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Choose the right answer.
If he … I’ll ring you up.
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*comes
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come
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came
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goes
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Which of the following adjectives is qualitative?
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* dynamic
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wooden
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civil
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metal
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Which of the following groups of words are used to connect words in sentences?
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* conjunctions
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interjections
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notional words
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adverbs
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What group of nouns do you refer to words «goods», «glasses» from the point of expressing number?
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* pluraliatantum
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regular
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singularitantum
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borrowed
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Which of the following topics are the subject-matter of grammar?
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* the grouping requirements of the parts of speech
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the types of phonemes
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the stylistic devices
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neologisms
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Which of the following pronouns have the meaning of gender
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*personal
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demonstrative
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indefinite
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relative
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How can we find out which part of speech is the word «early»
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* by its combinability
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by its form
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by its meaning
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by its stem-building element
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The emphatic form of possessive pronouns requires nouns in
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* both in pre- and post-position
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post-position
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preposition
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intermediate position
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What part of speech has the following features: express the meaning of quality and has the degrees of comparison?
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* adjective
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verb
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stative
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noun
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Why do the grammarians think that «s» is still a case inflections?
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*because it is used to connect two nouns
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because it can`t be added to all nouns
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because it is not pronounced when it is added to nouns in the plural form
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because it has no meaning
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Which of the following pronouns refer to two different subtypes
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* her
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me
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your
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our
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How many criteria did American Descriptive linguists use to classify words to parts of speech?
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*1
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2
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3
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4
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Choose the right answer.
If we … good marks our teacher will be happy.
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* get
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gets
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getting
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are got
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What group of nouns does the word «scissors» refer to?
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*pluralia tantum
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singularia tantum
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irregular
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regular
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What article is usually used with the word «sun»?
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* definite
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zero
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indefinite
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both and the
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How many degrees of comparison in adjective?
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*3
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2
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1
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4
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What verbs lack the grammatical categories?
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* modal
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intransitive
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notional
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transitive
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The usual function of finite verbs is:
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* predicate
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predicative
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subject
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object
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What verb is «to grow» in the sentence «he grew pale»?
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* link
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notional
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auxiliary
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modal
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Which of the following parts of speech does not have any grammatical categories
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* statives
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verbs
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adjectives
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nouns
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Which part of speech is morphologically most developed one?
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* verbs
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adverbs
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pronouns
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prepositions
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From the point of view of taking objects verbs fall under
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*3 subtypes
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6 subtypes
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4 subtypes
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5 subtypes
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What are the functions of the auxiliary verbs?
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* to form the grammatical forms
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to connect the words
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to express number
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to build new words
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Finite forms of the verb differ from the non-finite ones by having
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* different functions (subject, object and so on)
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no grammatical forms
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different stem-building elements
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different lexical meaning
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The non-finite forms of the verb can function as
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* any part of the sentence but predicate
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any part of the sentence
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only attributive
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devastating
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What kind of syntactic relation is there between the words «He laughs»?
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* primary predication
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subordination
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coordination
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secondary predication
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What kind of predication is the relation between the underlined words: John was seen waving his hand?
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* secondary
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zero
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primary
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tertiary
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The absolute form of possessive pronouns requires nouns in
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* preposition
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both in pre- and post-position
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intermediate position
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post-position
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What kind of linguistic relations is there among words in dictionaries?
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* paradigmatic
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syntagmatic
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syntactic
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stylistic
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What kind of syntactic relation is there between the words «Him sleeping»?
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* secondary predication
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coordination
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primary predication
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agreement
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What kind of syntactic relation is there between the words «red and white»?
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* coordination
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secondary predication
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primary predication
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subordination
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Which of the following pronouns have the common and genitive cases
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*reciprocal
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personal
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possessive
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reflexive
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Which part of speech is morphologically less developed one?
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* statives
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verbs
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pronouns
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adverbs
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What is the term that defines the relation between the words in the following phrase: general assumption
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* subordination
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agreement
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predication
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coordination
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Which part of speech has the following features: express the meaning of a property of an action and has the degrees of comparison.
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* adverbs
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verbs
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pronouns
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statives
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What is the term that defines the relation between the underlined words: We watched the water cooling?
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* predication
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coordination
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subordination
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agreement
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What kind of syntactic relation is there between the words «this chance»?
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* government
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collocation
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joining
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agreement
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