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Тесты для 1 рубежного контроля по дисциплине «Основы теории изучаемого языка»(Теоретическая фонетика английского языка)
2015-2016 учебный год
1. Name one of the objects of Theoretical Phonetics.A) parts of speechB) syllabic structure of wordsC) meaning of words D) word groups.E) types of sentences
2. Which of the following does not refer to branches of phonetics? A) Syntactic.B) Acoustic.C) Articulatory.D) AuditoryE) Phonology.
3. What does phonology study?A) Hearing process.B) The movements of the speech organs.C) The functions of the organs of speech.D) The sound system, syllabic structure, word stress and prosodic features. E) The system of vowels.
4. Name of the functions of speech sounds. A) recognitive;B) acoustic C) auditory D) intensityE) Syntactic
5. Find one of the components of the English phonetic structure.A) acoustic ; B) accentual C) syntactical ;D) functional.E) . grammatical
6. What do the four components / phonemes, syllables, accent and intonation/ constitute?A) the English phonology;B) the English morphology ;C) the English orthography ;D) the English pronunciation.E) The English reading rules
7. According to active organs of speech are classified …A) labial, dental;B) voiceless, voiced;C) velar, alveolar;D) palatal , fricative.E) voiced , fricative
8. Why are phonemes considered to be material and real?A) Because we can distinguish meaning of words due to the opposition of phonemes.B) Because they are basic phonetic units.C) Because their number is limited.D) Because their number is unlimited. E) Because they can not be pronounced.
9. Modification of a consonant by a neighbouring consonants in the speech chain is called…A) accommodationB) reductionC) assimilationD) elision.E) delision
10. The joining of consonants of a similar or identical nature is called…A) the on-glideB) interpenetration of stagesC) the retention stage ;D) the off-glide.E) assimilation
11. Name one of the degrees of assimilation.A) regressiveB) incompleteC) doubleD) partialE) complete
12. What consonants are called lenis?A) Fortis.B) Strong.C) Voiceless.D) Weak.E) Central
12. Which of the following can not be treated as articulatory features of English consonants?A) Type of obstruction.B) Place of obstruction.C) Force of articulation.D) Tenseness.E) Place of the active organ of speech
13. What is elision?A) Degree of nasalization.B) Weakening of vowels.C) Complete loss of sounds.D) Partial regressive assimilation. E) Change of sound character.
14. What process can be observed in the following: "this shop?"A) Elision.
B) Assimilation.C) Accommodation.D) Vowel reduction.E) Deletion.
15. What process can be observed in the following: "next day?"A) Accommodation.B) Vowel reduction.C) Assimilation.D) Obstruction.E) Elision
16. According to what principle English vowels are subdivided into monophthongs, diphthongs and diphthongoids?A) Stability of articulation.B) Length.C) Tenseness.D) Lip position.E) Tongue position.
17. According to what principle English vowels are divided into front, central and back vowels:A) Tenseness.B) Length.C) Lip position.D) Stability of articulation.E) Tongue position.
18. What does the length of a vowel depend on: A) Accentual structure.B) Its position in a word.C) Tempo of speech.D) Rhythm.E) Syllabic structure.
19. What process can cause sound alternations? A) Vowel shift, elision.B) Word building.C) Articulation, assimilation.D) Assimilation, accommodation and reduction. E) Duration, deletion.
20. Find the case of vowel alternation: A) Good bye..B) Knight.C) Never.D) Sit-sat-sat.E) House-house.
21. Find the case of consonant alternation: A) Foot- feet.B) Listen.C) Intend-intent.D) Loss-loоse.
E) Does she.
22. Find the case of vowel-consonant alternation: A) Live-life.B) At night.C) Sit-set.D) Man-men.E) Did you.
23. The study of the relationship between phonemes and morphemes is called. ....A) Morphology.B) Morphophonemics.C) Morphophonology.D) Phonetics.E) Morphonology
24. What are the two kinds of breathing ?A) power, vibratorB) resonator, obstructorC) inhalation, exhalationD) duration, tembreE) tempo, rhythm
25. When are the vowels said to be in the strong position: A) When they are in unstressed syllables.B) When they are in stressed syllables.C) When they occur before consonants.D) When they are followed by diphthongs.E) When they are preceded by monophthongs.
26. The loss of one or more distinctive features of a phoneme in the weak position is called. ....A) Phonemic identification.B) Phonemic neutralization.C) Phonemic duration.D) Phonemic interrelation.E) Phonemic content.
27. How is formal speech characterized by? A) By a careful articulation and slow speeсhB) By a slow speed.C) By stability of articulation. D) By rapid colloquial speech. E) By limited number of sounds.
28. According to what principle English consonants arc classified into labial, lingual and glottal?A) The place of articulation.B) The type of obstruction.C) Degree of noise.D) The position of soft palate.E) Tenseness.
29. A complete loss of sounds, both vowels and consonants is called…
A) accommodation B) elision C) reductionD) assimilationE) loss of plosion
30. In what form can language exist?A) in the material form of soundsB) in the form of grammatical rulesC) in the form of sentencesD) in the form of syllablesE) in the form of phrases
31. Which of the following features is not characteristic of syllables? A) It is a chain of phonemes.B) It is constructed on the basis of contrast of its constituents.C) Its nucleus is a vowel.D) It is the smallest pronounceable unit of a language.E) It is a chain of consonants.
32. How many types of syllables can we distinguish in English? A) 3....B) 4.C) 2.D) 5.E) 6
33. What type of syllable is typical of the English language? A) Closed type.B) Covered type.C) Uncovered type.D) Open type.E) Half-closed type.
34. How many groups are speech mechanisms divided into:A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 5. E) 3.
35. How is the distinctive function of syllables characterized by?A) By it's ability to differentiate words and word-forms.B) By it's ability to be a part of a word.C) By it's ability to form new words.D) By it's ability to distinguish monophthongs from diphthongs. E) By it's ability to produce sentences.
36. Define the vowel quality that contributes to the effect of prominence: A) Tenseness.
B) Sonority.C) Openness.D) Colour.E) Productivity.
37. Which of the following functions is typical of English word stress? A) Recognitive. B) Recessive.C) Retentive.D) Communicative.E) Semantic.
38. Intonation is formed by significant variations of..... A) Pitch, tempo, syllable.B) Pitch, loudness, tempo.C) Tempo, speech.D) Syllable, phrase.E) Speech, pitch.
39. The pre-nucleur part of the intonation pattern is.... A) The head and the pre-head.B) The tail and the phonetic structure.C) The pre-head and the pre-tail.D) Low rise.E) Fall-rise.
40. What does articulatory phonetics deal with ? A) the functions of different phonetic phenomena;B) the classification of speech sounds;C) the physical nature of sounds;D) the movements and positions of speech organs.E) the acoustic nature of speech sounds
41. Pitch levels can be..... A) Wide, narrow.B) High, normal.C) Narrow, low.D) High, medium and low. E) Medium, small.
42. What does the term "tempo" imply?A) The rate of utterance and pitch.B) The rate of utterance and pausation.C) The rate of utterance and rhythmic structure. D) Word stress and pausation.E) Articulation and pitch.
43. What is meant by "pause"? A) A complete stop of phonation. B) Degree of nasalization.C) Loss of sounds.D) Zero reduction.
E) Sound alternations.44. Name out the syllable formation theories of English language.A) morphologicalB) phonologicalC) loudnessD) the theory of vowelsE) the theory of consonants
45. Phonetics studies…A) words and their semantic structureB) words and their various aspectsC) parts oft speechD) speech soundsE) morphemic structure
46. The last unstressed word in an intonation group is …A) the pre-headB) the headC) the nucleusD) the tailE) the body
47. Find the case of lateral plosion.A) treeB) settleC) this shopD) glad to see youE) that right word
48. Which of the following is not characteristic of the function of intonation? A) To structure the information content of a textual unit.B) To determine the speech function of a phrase.C) To structure a text.D) To differentiate the meaning of textual units.E) To organize the syllables of a word into a language unit.
49. Find the case of accommodation of sounds.A) ten – twiceB) wise – wisdomC) long – lengthD) ring –rang – rungE) man - men
50. Name one of the functions of the phoneme?A) constitutive B) constrictive C) phoneticD) occlusiveE) morphemic
51. Find fricative consonants of the English language.A) b, d
B) p, nC) s, fD) l, t E) k, g
52. Name one of the principles of consonant classification.A) according to the stability of articulation; B) according to the horizontal movement of the tongue; C) according to the vertical movement of the tongue; D) according to the work of vocal cordE) According to the tenseness
53. Name one of the principals of vowel classification.A) according to the manner of noise productionB) according to the work of vocal cordsC) according to the vertical position of the tongue D) according to the place of obstructionE) according to the loss of plosion
54. What does the number of terminal tones indicate: A) Syntactical types.B) Semantic groups.C) The number of intonation groups.D) Text levels.E) Word.
55. Find backlingual consonants of the English languageA) w , v;B) p , b;C) l , n;D) s, mE) k , g;
56. Point out one of the main functions of intonation. A) communicative;B) syntacticC) distinctive;D) morphemic;E) phonetic
57. Name one of the physical properties of speech sounds.A) fundamental frequency;B) melody;C) stress patterns;D) peak of prominenceE) pause
58. A Special prominance given to one more syllable in a word is… A) tempoB) the pauseC) the rythm
D) the melodyE) the stress
59. Which of the following can not be treated as phonetic devices: A) Rhyme.B) Assonance.C) Alliteration.D) Repetition.E) Sound symbolism.
60. Find the case of assimilation in the following examples: A) booty – beauty B) live - lifeC) at threeD) mostlyE) man – men
61. What is the pronunciation Standard of the Great Britain?A) Western EnglishB) Eastern EnglishC) Received PronunciationD) General American EnglishE) Northern English
62. Which type of pronunciation is known to be the pronunciation standard of the USA:A) General American.B) The Southern type.C) The Eastern type.D) The "Black English".E) Yorkshire English.
63. Find the example of General American standard of English: (stress differences) balletA) [bæ'lei]. B) ['bælei]. C) [bæl'ei]. D) [bæle'i].
64. Melody, sentence-stress, rhythm, tempo, tembre are…A) the degree of intonationB) the type of intonationC) stylistic devicesD) styles of intonationE) the components of intonation
65. Why are there typologically identical sounds in all existing language?A) because almost all the languages have identical phonetic structureB) People belonging to different races and nationalities possess identical speech apparatusC) It is explained by the grammatical laws of the languagesD) Because all the languages have absolutely spectrally identical soundsE) It is explained by the phonetical laws of the languages
66. What is velarization?A) softness of consonants B) softness of vowels C) adaptation of D) loss of sounds in speechE) hardness of consonants
67. Find one of the components of the English phonetic structure.A) syllabic; B) acoustic; C) auditory; D) intensity.E) loudness
68. The allophones which do not undergo any distinguishable changes in the chain of speech are called....A) Subsidiary allophones.B) Principal allophones.C) Material allophones.D) Phonemic allophones.E) Contrastive allophones.
69. Find the case of assimilation in the following examples:A) booty-beatyB) less-looseC) congressD) mostly- [mousli]E/ tip-top
70. Qualitative or quantitative weakening oft vowels in unstressed positions. A) elisionB) assimilation;C) accomodation;D) reduction;E) delision
71. Name one of the aspects of speech sounds. A) practical;B) fundamental;C) acoustic;D) distinctive.E) recognitive
72. The word "accent" describes......A) Pronunciation errors.B) Regional dialects.C) Pronunciation features in a foreign language influenced by the mother tongue.D) National variants of the language.E) Received standard pronunciation.
73. What speech organ belongs to the vibrator mechanism?A) mouth cavity
B) the lunge;C) the lips.D) larynx ;E) the teeth
74. On what theory is phonology based?A) morpheme theory ;B) acoustic theory ;C) phoneme theoryD) auditory theory.E) sonority theory
75. Find the example of sound alternation: A) that’s all rightB) does sheC) none-noon ;D) wise – wisdomE) at three
76. How do we call the type of obstruction when the articulating organs are in close contact, the air passage is completely blocked?A) intermittedB) incompleteC) completeD) constrictiveE) double
77. Who was the founder of phonology?A) L.V. ShcherbaB) A.A. ReformatskyC) I.A. Boudouin de CourtenayD) V.V. VinogradovE) D. Jones
78. What does acoustic phonetics study ?A) the physical nature of sounds;B) articulation and perception of sounds;C) the functions of different phonetic phenomena;D) the movements and positions of speech organs;E) the description and classification oft speech sounds.
79. Allophones are …A) phonemes themselvesB) morphemesC) non-distinctive soundsD) variants of phonemesE) allomorphs
80. Which of the given speech organs belongs to the vibrator mechanism?A) the larynx;B) the wind pipe;C) the teeth;
D) the lips;E) vocal cords
81. Find the example of accommodation: A) at threeB) none - noonC) does sheD) settleE) has she
81. Why is GA pronunciation known to be the pronunciation standard of the USA:A) It is the form of speech used by the radio and television.B) It is the form of speech used by immigrants.C)' It' s system of vowels and consonants are similar to RP. D) It is the language of the Senate.E) It is the language of upper class.
82. Find the example of accommodation: A) at threeB) ten - tooC) does sheD) settleE) has she
83. Find the example of loss of plosion: A) "No"..B) "history". C) "Old clock". D) "ten".E) "that kind".
84. What is the function of phonemes?A) To distinguish the meaning of morphemes and words. B) To distinguish the meaning of phrases and allophones. C) To differentiate between word groups.D) To affect the meaning of the word.E) To modify the invariant of the phoneme.
85. Each sound is known to have 3 aspects. They are: A) Acoustic, articulatory and relevant.B) Acoustic, articulatory and auditory.C) Acoustic, auditory and subsidiary.D) Principal, subsidiary and distinctive.E) Auditory, acoustic and partial.
86. Name one of the objects of phonetics: A) Parts of speech.B) Syllabic structure of words.C) Meaning of words.D) Word groups.E) Phrases.
87. What does phonology study ?A) the physical nature of sounds;B) articulation and perception of sounds;C) the functions of different phonetic phenomena;D) the movements and positions of speech organs;E) the intensity of sounds
88. Name one of the aspects of speech sounds: A) Fundamental.B) Comparative.C) Functional.D) Practical.E) Qualitative.
89. Name one of the types of obstruction.A) regressive;B) progressiveC) intermittent;D) bicentral;E) unicentral
90. What do we understand by distinctive function of the phoneme?A) This function is proved by the fact that speech sounds constitute all the morphemes, syllables and words.B) One word or morpheme is differentiated from another word or morpheme by a difference in their number of speech sounds.C) This function consists in the use of the right allophone in words.D) This function is known as replacing one speech sound by another in the same position.E) This function is known as replacing one morpheme by another in the same position.
91. Find one of the components of the English phonetic structure: A) Acoustic.B) Accentual.C) Syntactic.D) IntonationE) Semantic.
91. Name one of the main pronunciations in Great Britain: A) Northern English pronunciation.B) Standard American pronunciation.C) Western English pronunciation.D) Eastern English pronunciation.E) Southern. Eastern pronunciation
92. What belongs to the power mechanism? A) Larynx.B) The wind pipe.C) The teeth.D) The lips.E) The tongue
93. According to the work of active organs of speech the consonants may be:
A) labial, lingual, glottalB) voiceless, voiced;C) velar, alveolar;D) palatal , fricative.E) voiced , fricative
94. Define the type of the following syllable [pit]: (pit)A) covered, openB) uncovered, closedC) uncovered, openD) covered, closed E) ----
95. The general tendencies or habits in the way native speakers use their speech organs both during speech and at rest may be defined as…A) articulatory-aspectB) articularary basisC) phonological basicD) physiological aspectE) acoustic aspect
96. Find the case of assimilation in the following examples: A) Booty- beauty.B) Less- loose.D) Mostly. . C) Does she.E) Knee
97. Find the case of sound alternation: A) Horse shoe.B) What's this?C) Already.D) Sing-sang-sung.E) Man- sportsman.
98. Define the type of the following syllable [si]: (see)A) uncovered, openC) covered, closedD) covered, openE) uncovered, closed
99. What is the respiratory mechanism formed by: A) The wind pipe, the glottis.B) The vocal cords, the bronchi.C) Lungs.D) Pharynx.E) The wind pipe, the bronchi and the lungs.
100. Which of the following does not refer to the branch of phonetics? A) Syntax.B) Acoustic.C) Articulatory.
D) Auditory.E) Phonology.
101. Name out the syllable formation theories of English languageA) morphologicalB) phonologicalC) expiratoryD) the theory of vowelsE) the theory of consonants
102. The constitutive function of speech sounds lies in the fact that …A) speech sounds constitute all the morphemes, syllables, words, and sentences.B) one sound (word) differentiated from another sound (or word) by a difference in their number of speech sounds.C) the use of the right allophones makes it easy to recognize words and understand speech properly.D) speech sounds constitute the accent of words.E) speech sounds constitute the intonation of the sentences.
103. The recognitive function of speech sounds lies in the fact that …A) speech sounds constitute all the morphemes, syllables, words, and sentences.B) one sound (word) differentiated from another sound (or word) by a difference in their number of speech sounds.C) the use of the right allophones makes it easy to recognize words and understand speech properly.D) speech sounds constitute the accent of words.E) speech sounds constitute the intonation of the sentences.
104. What do the four components / phonemes, syllables, accent and intonation/ constitute?A) the English phonology;B) the English morphology ;C) the English orthography ;D) the English pronunciation.E) The English reading rules
105. According to the manner of noise production the consonants may be…A) labial, lingual, glottalB) voiceless, voiced;C) velar, alveolar;D) plossive, fricative.E) voiced , fricative
106. According to what principle English vowels are divided into front, central and back vowels:A) Tenseness.B) Length.C) Lip position.D) Stability of articulation.E) according to the vertical position of the tongue.
107. The joining of consonants of a similar or identical nature is called…A) the on-glideB) interpenetration of stages
C) the retention stage ;D) the off-glide.E) assimilation
108. What is elision?A) Degree of nasalization.B) Weakening of vowels.C) Complete loss of sounds.D) Partial regressive assimilation. E) Change of sound character.
109. What process can be observed in the following: "ten -too"A) Accommodation.B) Elision.C) Vowel reduction.D) Assimilation.E) Obstruction.
110. Find the case of vowel alternation: A) Good bye..B) Knight.C) Never.D) Sit-satE) House- to house.
111. According to what principle English consonants arc classified into labial, lingual and glottal?A) The place of articulation.B) The type of obstruction.C) Degree of noise.D) The position of soft palate.E) Tenseness.
112. Find the case of accommodation of sounds.A) ten – twiceB) wise – wisdomC) long – lengthD) ring –rang – rungE) man - men
113. Find backlingual consonants of the English languageA) w , v;B) p , b;C) l , n;D) s, mE) k , g;
114. Find the case of assimilation in the following examples: A) booty – beauty B) live - lifeC) at threeD) mostly
E) man – men
115. Qualitative or quantitative weakening oft vowels in unstressed positions. A) elisionB) assimilation;C) accomodation;D) reduction;E) delision
116. Find the example of accommodation: A) at threeB) none - noonC) does sheD) settleE) has she
117. Find the example of loss of plosion: A) "No"..B) "history". C) "Old clock". D) "ten".E) "that kind".
118. Name one of the aspects of speech sounds: A) Fundamental.B) Comparative.C) Functional.D) Practical.E) Qualitative.
119. Find the case of lateral plosion.A) treeB) settleC) this shopD) glad to see youE) that right word
120. The general tendencies or habits in the way native speakers use their speech organs both during speech and at rest may be defined as…A) articulatory-aspectB) articularary basisC) phonological basicD) physiological aspectE) acoustic aspect
121. Name one of the degrees of assimilation: A) Strong.B) Weak.C) Double.D) Regular.E) Irregular.
122. What type of allophone is the most representative?A) subsidiary allophonesB) positional allophonesC) combinatory allophonesD) principal allophonesE) phoneme variants
123. Find the case of lateral plosion.A) treeB) cattleC) this shopD) glad to see youE) that right word
124. Find the right variant of syllables division. A) gar-den, be-ginB) gard-en, beg-in;C) gar-den, begi-nD) gard-n, beg-inE) garde-n, beg-in
125. How is the distinctive function of syllables characterized by?A) By a presence or absence of a syllable in one the same position may differentiate one word from another word.B) syllables may constitute the material form of all the words, phrases and sentences.C) the right syllable boundary makes it easier to recognize words, phrase and sentences.D) By it's ability to distinguish monophthongs from diphthongs.E) By it's ability to produce sentences.
126. How is the recognitive function of syllables characterized by?A) By a presence or absence of a syllable in one the same position may differentiate one word from another word.B) syllables may constitute the material form of all the words, phrases and sentences.C) the right syllable boundary makes it easier to recognize words, phrase and sentences.D) By it's ability to distinguish monophthongs from diphthongs.E) By it's ability to produce sentences.
127. How is the constitutive function of syllables characterized by?A) By a presence or absence of a syllable in one the same position may differentiate one word from another word.B) syllables may constitute the material form of all the words, phrases and sentences.C) the right syllable boundary makes it easier to recognize words, phrase and sentences.D) By it's ability to distinguish monophthongs from diphthongs.E) By it's ability to produce sentences.
128. Name out the syllable formation theories of English language:A) the theory of consonantsB) phonologicalC) morphologicalD) the loudness theoryE) the theory of consonants
129. Define the type of the following syllable [ai] ( I ):A) covered, openB) uncovered, closedC) covered, closedD) uncovered, open E) ----
130. What do understand by syllabic speech sound ?A) A sound which is not capable of forming a syllable.B) A sound which is capable of forming a pauseC) A sound which is capable of forming an accentD) A sound which is capable of forming a phraseE) A sound which is capable of forming a syllable.
131. What do understand by non-syllabic spech sound ?A) A sound which is not capable of forming a syllable.B) A sound which is capable of forming a pauseC) A sound which is capable of forming an accentD) A sound which is capable of forming a phraseE) A sound which is capable of forming a syllable.
132. Name syllabic sonorants of the English language :A) b,p,t,B) k.g.dC) l,m,nD) s,r, zE) w,f,,h
133. What sequence of sounds may have different type of syllables?A) CVB) CVCC) VCD) VCVE) CCV
134. What is phonemic syllable governed by?A) the morphemic structure of words.B) the phonemic structure of words.C) the three rules based on the sequence of the CVC type of syllables.D) the intonation structureE) the accebtual structure.
135. What is phonemic syllable governed by?A) the morphemic structure of words.B) the phonemic structure of words.C) the three rules based on the sequence of the CVC type of syllables.D) the intonation structureE) the accebtual structure.
136. What is uncoverd syllable?A) a syllable which begins in a consonantB) a syllable which ends in a vowel
C) a syllable which ends in a consonantD) a syllable which begins in a vowelE) a syllable which ends in a double consonant
137. What is coverd syllable?A) a syllable which begins in a consonantB) a syllable which ends in a vowelC) a syllable which ends in a consonantD) a syllable which begins in a vowelE) a syllable which ends in a double consonant
138. What is an open syllable?A) a syllable which begins in a consonantB) a syllable which ends in a vowelC) a syllable which ends in a consonantD) a syllable which begins in a vowelE) a syllable which ends in a double consonant
139. What is a closed syllable?A) a syllable which begins in a consonantB) a syllable which ends in a vowelC) a syllable which ends in a consonantD) a syllable which begins in a vowelE) a syllable which ends in a double consonant
140. Find the example of CCV type of the syllable :A) endsB) angleC) screwD) mindsE) blue
141. Find the example of VCCC type of the syllable :A) endsB) angleC) screwD) mindsE) blue
142. Find the example of CVCCC type of the syllable :A) endsB) angleC) screwD) mindsE) blue
143. Find the example of CCCV type of the syllable :A) endsB) angleC) screwD) mindsE) blue
144. Name one of the types of word accent:A) dynamic accentB) recessive.C) distinctive accentD) national variants of the accentE) received accent
145. Name one of the types of word accent:A) retentiveB) recessive.C) distinctive accentD) musical accentE) received accent
146. Name one of the degree of word accent:A) recognitiveB) recessive.C) secondaryD) dynamicE) received
147. Name one of the degree of word accent:A) recognitiveB) recessive.C) receivedD) dynamicE) weak
148. What is a free word accent?A) The position of the stress in each particular word remains unchanged.B) It remains on the same morpheme in all the derivatives.C) It changes its position from one morpheme to another in different derivatives and grammatical forms.D) dynamicE) The main accent may fall in different words on syllables occupying any position.
149. What is a fixed word accent?A) The position of the stress in each particular word remains unchanged.B) It remains on the same morpheme in all the derivatives.C) It changes its position from one morpheme to another in different derivatives and grammatical forms.D) dynamic accentE) The main accent may fall in different words on syllables occupying any position.
150. What is a constant word accent? A)The position of the stress in each particular word remains unchanged.B) It remains on the same morpheme in all the derivatives and grammatical forms.C) It changes its position from one morpheme to another in different derivatives and grammatical forms.D) dynamic accentE) The main accent may fall in different words on syllables occupying any position.
Тесты для 1-го рубежного контроля по ОТИЯ (Лексикология современного английского языка).
151. What is the object of English lexicology?A) word combinations and types of sentences.B) Different parts, of speechC ) Descriptions of the vocabulary of the English language in respect to its origin, development and current use.D) The phonemic structure of English words different parts of the sentence.E) Different sounds of speech
152. What is the task of Etimology of the English language?A) The characteristic peculiarities of the vocabulary of a given languages to a given stage.B) The origin of various words, their changes and development.C) Morphological structure of English words.D) Semantic structure of English words at a given.E) Syntactical structure of English language.
153. It devotes its attention to the description of the characteristic peculiarities in the vocabulary of a given language.A) General lexicologyB) StylisticsC) Historical lexicologyD) Descriptive lexicologyE) Special lexicology
154. The connection between lexicology and phonetics is explained...A) If we remember that a word is an association of a given group of sounds with a given meaning.B) If be remember that any isolated word belongs to a certain part of speechC) If we remember that phonetics studies from a different angle studies the problems of word meaning, connotation and other problems.D) By the systematic description of stylistic properties of words by phoneticsE) If we remember that phonetics studies the grammatical meanings of words
155. It studies the theoretical basis on which the vocabulary of different languages can be compared and described.A) Special lexicologyB) General lexicologyC) Contrastive lexicologyD) Descriptive lexcicologyE) Etimology
156. Stylistics is connected with lexicology because...A) Discrimination between the words may be based upon the word stress.
B) Alongside their lexical meaning words possess some grammatical meaning.C) It studies from a different angle many problems treated in lexicology such as problems of word meaning, connotations etc.D) It s function is building up morphemes.
E) It studies the problems of word formation.
157. What language is the term “Lexis” derived from?A) Latin.B) German.C) Sanscrit.D) Greek.E) French.
158. Name one of the main objects of semasiology.A) Morphemes.B) Polysemy.C) Word combinations.D) PhonemesE) The origin development of word meaning.
59. What branch of lexicology studies semantic structure of words?A) Etimology.B) Special lexicology.C) General lexicology.D) Semasiology.E) Descriptive lexicology.
160. Name one of the main types of morphemes.A) Root.B) Phoneme.C) Syllable.
D) Word.E) Word combination.
161. Find examples of the root morpheme.A) Sad, heart .B) Heartly, sadly.C) Heart broken, kind-hearted.D) Sweet heart, saddest.E) Whole-heartedly, sadder.
162. How can you distinguish the word “meaning” according to the morphemic structure?A) RootB) CompoundC) Affixational derivative D) Derivational compoundE) Stem
163. How can you distinguish the word “free” according to the morphemic structure?A) Derivational compound.B) RootC) Affixational derivativeD) AffixE) Compound
164. How can you distinguish the word “bedroom” according to the morphemic structure?A) RootB) Derivational compoundC) CompoundD) Affixational derivativeE) Derivative
165. Name one of the types of lexical units.A) Set phrasesB) PhonemeC) Free word combinationD) SentenceE) Syllable
166. Name one of the types of lexical units.A) morphemeB) PhonemeC) Free word combinationD) SentenceE) Syllable
167. State numeral forming suffixA) – eseB) - ty.C) – erD) – lyE) – fy
168. State adverb-forming suffix.A) –ward (s)B) –ward (s)C) –someD) –enE) –ese
169. They serve to convey grammatical meaning: A) functional affixesB) a paradigmC) common affixesD) derivational affixes E) infections
170. They serve to convey grammatical meaning: A) functional affixesB) a paradigmC) common affixesD) derivational affixes E) infections
171. State the verb- forming suffix :A) - ly
B) -wiseC) -ishD) -eeE) -ty
172. What noun forming suffix came to English from Latin :A) -tionB) -mentC) -age
D) -essE) -ance
173. Define the productive noun-forming suffix:A) -edB) -lessC) -yD) -hoodE) -ness
174. What part of speech can be formed with the help of these affixes –er, -ing, -ness:A) verbB) adjectiveC) nounD) adverbE) numeral
175. An affix placed within the word...A) prefixB) suffixC) infixD) inflectionE) root
176. Suffixes may be classified according to:A) their formB) their originC) their syntactic functionD) their grammatical categoryE) their phonetic structure
177. Name one of the types of affixes:A) phonemeB) wordC) derivativesD) infixE) morpheme
178. Prefix is one of the type of... .A) a wordB) a word combinationC) an affixD) a root
E) a stem
179. Name one of the miner types of word formationA) word compositionB) affixationC) conversionD) back-formationE) inflection
180. Name one of the main types of word formation in EnglishA) sound interchangeB) back-formationC) conversionD) reduplicationE) shortening
181. One of the principal approaches in linguistic science.A) MorphologicalB) DiachronicC) SyntacticalD) PhonologicalE) logical
182. Point out one of the principal approaches in linguistic science.A) morphologicalB) phoneticC) synchronicD) functionalE) polysemantic
183. Morphemes are subdivided into.A) stem and infixB) root and affixesC) stem and infixD) root and suffixE) root and prefix
184. A derivational morpheme standing before the root and modifying meaning of the word...A) suffixB) infixC) affixD) inflectionE) prefix
185. A derivational morpheme following the stem and forming a new word...A) infixB) prefixC) suffixD) inflectionE) root
186. Two or more unrelated meanings associated with the same form are called...
A) polysemyB) synonymsC) homonymsD) antonymsE) paronyms
187. Several related meanings associated with the same group of sounds within one part of speech are called …A) homonymsB) synonymsC) antonymsD) polysemyE) paronyms
188. Two or more words belonging to the same part of speech and possessing identical or nearly identical denotational meanings, but differing in form and shades of meaning, connotation, style etc. A) antonymsB) paronymsC) synonymsD) homonymsE) polysemy
189. Two or more words belonging to the same part of speech, identical in style and often used together so that their denotative meanings render contradictory or contrary notions are called …A) synonyms B) polysemyC) homonyms D) paronymsE) antonyms
190. The meaning which nominates the referent without the help of the context, in isolation is called…A) figurative meaningB) connotative meaningC) direct meaningD) abstract meaningE) the main meaning
191. When the object is named and characterized through its similarity with another objectA) direct meaning of the wordB) the main meaning of the wordC) figurative meaningD) connotative meaningE) abstract meaning
192. Find the example of specialization or the narrowing of the meaning.A) to findB) townC) paperD) fireE) meat
193. Find the metaphor in the following word combinations:A) Fleet StreetB) change of a situationC) fading beautyD) to beg a thousand pardonE) snow white
194. Find the metonymy in the following word combinations:A) a burning wishB) the mouth of a potC) a blooming roseD) hope of the familyE) the evil eye
195. Find homonyms proper in the following pairs of wordsA) steel-stealB) bark(n) – bark(v)C) lead(v) – lead(n)D) piece – peace E) wind(n) – wind(v)
196. Synonyms where the members of a synonymic group can replace each other in any given context.A) contextual synonymsB) total synonymsC) stylistic synonymsD) ideographical synonymsE) contextual synonyms
197. Synonyms where the members of a synonymic group can replace each other in any given context.A) contextual synonymsB) total synonymsC) stylistic synonymsD) ideographical synonymsE) contextual synonyms
198. From the words given in brackets choose English counterpart of the following Russian synonyms: заседание, съездA) meeting, assemblyB) gathering, conventionC) conference, sittingD) company, congressE) sitting, congress
199. This lexical unit has been defined in grammar as the system of grammatical forms:A) derivational affixesB) paradigmC) infectionsD) functional affixesE) prefix