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Теоретическая грамматика - 37356

1. . The treatment of a language as a system was characteristic of the grammarians of the …

A. 17th century

B. 16th century

C. 13th century

D. 19th century

E. 20th century

2. . “Grammaire générale de Port-Royal” was published in …

A. 1660
B. 1670
C. 1665
D. 1760
E. 1860

3. . Who laid the foundation of a new linguistic theory acknowledging the study of a system of a given language as such?

A. Ferdinand de Saussure
B. William Ryan
C. John Stainbek
D. Alfred Mansfield
E. Mark Twain

4. The English language is considered to be

A. Analytical

B. Synthetical
C. Anabolic
D. Symbol
E. Anatomic
5. . Comparatively few grammatical inflections are one of the chief features characterizing an… language.

A. Analytical
B. Synthetical
C. Anabolic
D. Symbol
E. Anatomic
6. . A sparing use of sound alternations to denote grammatical forms is one of the chief features characterizing an … langu

A. Analytical

B. Synthetical
C. Anabolic
D. Symbol
E. Anatomic
7. . A wide use of prepositions to denote relations between objects and to connect words in the sentence is one of the chie

A. Analytical

B. Synthetical
C. Anabolic
D. Symbol
E. Anatomic
8. . Prominent use of word order to denote grammatical relations: a more or less fixed word order is one of the chief featur

A. Analytical

B. Synthetical
C. Anabolic
D. Symbol
E. Anatomic

9. . … is the part of grammar, which treats of the forms of words.

A. Morphology

B. Metonymy

C. Syntax

D. Sentence

E. Subject

10. . … is the part of grammar, which treats of forms of phrases and sentences.

A. Syntax

B. Morphology

C. Metonymy

D. Sentence

E. Subject

11. . … is the smallest meaningful unit into which a word form may be divided.

A. Morpheme

B. Theorem

C. Theory

D. Moreover

E. Sentence

12. . The form “writers” can be divided into … morphemes.


A. 3

B. 2

C. 1

D. 4

E. 5

13. . the morpheme – writ- in “writers” expresses …

A. the basis lexical meaning on the word

B. the idea of agent performing the action

C. number

D. modality

E. voice

14. . the morpheme – er- in “writers” expresses …

A. the idea of agent performing the action

B. the basis lexical meaning on the word

C. number

D. modality

E. voice

15. . the morpheme – s in “writers” expresses

A. number

B. the basis lexical meaning on the word

C. the idea of agent performing the action

D. modality

E. voice

16. . Two or more morphemes may sound the same but be basically different, that is they may be …

A. homonyms

B. antonyms

C. synonyms

D. allophones
E. telephones

17. . What morpheme denotes the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs?

A. -er

B. -est

C. -ed

D. -s

E. -ing

18. . The absence of a morpheme indicating a certain meaning is … morpheme.

A. Zero

B. Zed

C. Zodiac

D. Negative

E. Negotiate

19. . … morphemes serve to build words.

A. Derivation

B. Inflection

C. Infected

D. Driving

E. Informational

20. . … morphemes have no lexical meaning or function.

A. Inflection

B. Derivation

C. Infected

D. Driving

E. Informational

21. . An inflection morpheme can acquire a lexical meaning in some special cases. These are cases of …

A. lexicalization

B. Lexus
C. Lexis

D. Plexus

E. Plurality

22. . The term … is taken in a wide sense and applied to any morpheme coming after the root morpheme , whether it is der

A. Suffix

B. Prefix

C. Inflection

D. Ending

E. Suffice

23. . The term … is applied to any morpheme serving to derive a grammatical form and having no lexical meaning of its ow

A. Inflection

B. Suffix

C. Suffice

D. Surface

E. Infection

24. . … types of word-form derivation are those limited to changes in the body of the word, without having recourse to aux

A. Synthetic

B. Analytical

C. Syntagmatic

D. Analysis

E. Synchronic

25. . … types of word-form derivation are those implying the use of auxiliary words.

A. Analytic

B. Synthetic

C. Syntagmatic

D. Synchronic

E. Analysis

26. . The ending … is used to form the plural of almost all nouns.
A. -s (-es)

B. -ed

C. -ing

D. -est

E. -er

27. . The ending … is used to form the possessive case of nouns.

A. -‘s

B. -s

C. -ed

D. -ing

E. -est

28. . The ending … is used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs.

A. -er

B. -est

C. -ed

D. -ing

E. -‘s

29. . The ending … is used to form the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs.

A. -est

B. -s

C. -es

D. -‘s

E. -ed

30. . The ending … is used for the third person singular in Present Simple.

A. -s (-es)

B. -‘s

C. -est

D. -ed
E. -ness

31. . The ending … is used for the past tense of certain verbs.

A. -ed

B. -s

C. -es

D. -ing

E. -est

32. . The ending … is used for the second participle of certain verbs.

A. -ed

B. -s

C. -‘s

D. -est

E. -ing

33. . The ending … is used for the first participle and also for the gerund.

A. -ing

B. -ed

C. -s

D. -es

E. -est

34. . By … alternations (a type of word-form derivation) we mean a way of expressing grammatical categories which consis

A. Sound

B. Morpheme

C. Syntax

D. Prefix

E. Suffix

35. . … types of word-form derivation consist in using a word (devoid of any lexical meaning of its own) to express some gr

A. Analytical

B. Synthetic
C. Syntagmatic

D. Synchronic

E. Analysis

36. . Find the sentence in which the verb “have” has its lexical meaning.

A. He has three children.

B. He has invited me to the party.

C. He has been waiting for me for three hours.

D. He had come to the time I left.

E. He had been working there since 1995.

37. . Find the sentence in which the verb “do” has its lexical meaning.

A. I do my home work every day.

B. I do not make my home work.

C. I make my hairdo twice a month.

D. Do I dominate you?

E. Do you make my hairdo?

38. . By … (type of word-form derivation) we mean building a form of a word from an altogether different stem.

A. Suppletive formations

B. Analytical types

C. Synthetic types

D. Sound alternations

E. Scrambling

39. . … is a type of word differing from other types in some grammatical point or points.

A. Part of speech

B. Part of a body

C. Party

D. Paradigm

E. Parallel

40. . … is a type of word different from all other types in that it alone has the grammatical category of tense.
A. The Verb

B. The Noun

C. The Adjective

D. The Pronoun

E. The Adverb

41. . Find the principles of the parts of speech classifications.

A. Meaning, form, function

B. Measure, furniture, fiction

C. Moisturizer, flexion, functional

D. Meaningless, formless, functionless

E. Miniature, furniture, fiction

42. . The meaning of the Noun is …

A. thingness

B. process

C. property

D. connection

E. unknown

43. . The meaning of the Verb is …

A. process

B. thingness

C. property

D. unknown

E. half known

44. . The adjective expresses …

A. property

B. process

C. thingness

D. unknown
E. connection

45. . … denote either number or place in a sentence.

A. Numerals

B. Nouns

C. Verbs

D. Pronouns

E. Conjunctions

46. . Meaning of the … is property of an action or of a property.

A. Adverb

B. Verb

C. Noun

D. Conjunctions

E. Interjection

47. . The meaning of … is obviously that of relations between things and phenomena.

A. Prepositions

B. Phrasal verbs

C. Pronoun

D. Verbs

E. Nouns

48. . … express connections between things and phenomena.

A. Conjunctions

B. Phrasal verbs

C. Pronoun

D. Verbs

E. Nouns

49. . … express the speaker’s evaluations of the relations between an action and reality.

A. Modal verbs

B. Conjunctions
C. Prepositions

D. Pronoun

E. Phrasal verbs

50. . … express feelings. They are not names of feelings but the immediate expression of them.

A. Interjections

B. Prepositions

C. Pronoun

D. Phrasal verbs

E. Modal verbs

51. . … have the category of number.

A. Nouns

B. Verbs

C. Adjectives

D. Conjunctions

E. Prepositions

52. . … have the category of case.

A. Nouns

B. Verbs

C. Adjectives

D. Conjunctions

E. Prepositions

53. . … form degrees of comparison.

A. Adjectives

B. Nouns

C. Conjunctions

D. Prepositions

E. Numerals

54. . The meaning of the… as a part of speech can be stated as follows: they point to the things and properties without nam
A. Pronoun

B. Noun

C. Verb

D. Adjective

E. Conjunction

55. . The meaning of the … is that of a passing state a person or thing happens to be in.

A. Stative

B. Noun

C. Pronoun

D. Verb

E. Adjective

56. . The … is characterized by the morphological category of tense.

A. Verb

B. Noun

C. Pronoun

D. Adjective

E. Adverb

57. . The … is characterized by the morphological category of aspect.

A. Verb

B. Noun

C. Pronoun

D. Adjective

E. Adverb

58. . The … is characterized by the morphological category of mood.

A. Verb

B. Noun

C. Pronoun

D. Adjective
E. Adverb

59. . The … is characterized by the morphological category of voice.

A. Verb

B. Noun

C. Pronoun

D. Adjective

E. Adverb

60. . The … is characterized by the morphological category of person.

A. Verb

B. Noun

C. Pronoun

D. Adjective

E. Adverb

61. . … have degrees of comparison.

A. Adverbs

B. Nouns

C. Pronouns

D. Verbs

E. Prepositions

62. . By … (one of the principles of the parts of speech classification) we mean the morphological characteristics of a type o

A. Form

B. Meaning

C. Function

D. Formal

E. Meaningless

63. . By … (one of the principles of the parts of speech classification) we mean the syntactical properties of a type of word.

A. Function

B. Meaning
C. Form

D. Formal

E. Meaningless

64. . … words are those denoting things, actions and other extralinguistic phenomena.

A. Notional

B. Formal

C. National

D. Formula

E. Nationality

65. . … words denote relations and connections between the notional words, and thus have no direct bearing on anything e

A. Formal

B. Notional

C. National

D. Formula

E. Nationality

66. . The… shows that one object is meant.

A. Singular

B. Plural

C. Dual

D. Double

E. Sincere

67. . The… shows that more that one object is meant.

A. Plural

B. Singular

C. Dual

D. Double

E. Sincere

68. . The nouns which have only a plural and no singular are usually termed …
A. pluralia tantum

B. singularia tantum

C. plur tant

D. sing tant

E. pluralia singularia

69. . The nouns which have only a singular and no plural are termed …

A. singularia tantum

B. pluralis tantum

C. plur tant

D. sing tant

E. pluralia singularia

70. . … nouns are nouns taken to denote the group as a whole.

A. Collective

B. Colette

C. Collocate

D. collate

E. collects

71. . … are taken to denote the group as consisting of a certain number of individual human beings (or animal).

A. Nouns of multitude

B. Collective nouns

C. Nouns of multiplication

D. Nouns of money

E. Collects nouns

72. . How many cases have English nouns got?

A. 2

B. 1

C. 3

D. 4
E. 5

73. . How many articles are there in English?

A. 2

B. 1

C. 4

D. 3

E. 5

74. . How many degrees of comparison has the Adjective got?

A. 2

B. 1

C. 3

D. 4

E. 5

75. . … is every combination of two or more words which is a grammatical unit but is not an analytical form of some word.

A. Phrase

B. Word

C. Morpheme

D. Phoneme

E. Lexis

76. . By … we mean a method of expressing a syntactical relationship, which consist in making the subordinate word take a

A. Agreement

B. Government

C. Agriculture

D. Governor

E. Agitator

77. . By … we understand the use of a certain form of the subordinate word required by its head word, but not coinciding w

A. Government

B. Agreement
C. Agriculture

D. Governor

E. Agitator

78. . … is a part of the sentence. It denotes the things whose action or characteristic is expressed by the predicate.

A. Subject

B. Predicate

C. Object

D. Attribute

E. Adverbial modifier

79. . … is a part of speech. It denotes the action or property of the thing expressed by the subject.

A. predicate

B. subject

C. object

D. attribute

E. adverbial modifier

80. . The treatment of a language as a system was characteristic of the grammarians of the …

A. 17th century

B. 16th century

C. 13th century

D. 19th century

E. 20th century

81. . “Grammaire générale de Port-Royal” was published in …

A. 1660

B. 1670

C. 1665

D. 1760

E. 1860

82. proper nouns


A. имена собственные
B. собирательные существительные
C. имена конкретные
D. абстрактные существительные
E. имена нарицательные
83. common nouns

A. имена нарицательные
B. имена собственные
C. собирательные существительные
D. имена конкретные
E. абстрактные существительные
84. concrete nouns

A. имена конкретные
B. имена нарицательные
C. имена собственные
D. собирательные существительные
E. абстрактные существительные
85. collective nouns

A. собирательные существительные
B. имена конкретные
C. имена нарицательные
D. имена собственные
E. абстрактные существительные
86. abstract nouns

A. абстрактные существительные
B. собирательные существительные
C. имена конкретные
D. имена нарицательные
E. имена собственные
87. find the simple noun

A. dog
B. childhood
C. widower
D. kingdom
E. sandstone
88. find the derived noun

A. childhood
B. book
C. cat
D. dog
E. sandstone
89. find the compound noun

A. sandstone
B. childhood
C. book
D. cat

E. dog
90. find the suffix of abstract noun

A. ship

B. s

C. en

D. ful

E. able

91. find the suffix of concrete noun

A. ant

B. ness

C. ed

D. en

E. ful

92. the noun “bench” in plural takes the ending

A. es

B. s

C. ed

D. en

E. able

93. the noun “box” in plural takes the ending

A. es

B. s

C. ed

D. en

E. able

94. the noun “potato” in plural takes the ending

A. - es

B. s

C. ed
D. en

E. able

95. the noun “hero” in plural takes the ending

A. - es

B. s

C. -ed

D. en

E. able

96. the noun “Negro” in plural takes the ending

A. - es

B. s

C. -ed

D. en

E. able

97. the noun “tomato” in plural takes the ending

A. - es

B. s

C. -ed

D. en

E. able

98. the noun “actress” in plural takes the ending

A. es

B. s

C. ed

D. en

E. able

99. the noun “zoo” in plural takes the ending

A. s
B. es

C. ed

D. en

E. ness

100. the noun “radio” in plural takes the ending

A. s

B. es

C. ed

D. en

E. ness

101. the noun “cabbage” in plural takes the ending

A. s

B. es

C. ed

D. en

E. ness

102. the noun “prize” in plural takes the ending

A. s

B. es

C. ed

D. en

E. ness

103. the noun “place” in plural takes the ending

A. s

B. es

C. ed
D. en

E. ness

104. the noun “wife” in plural takes the ending


A. ves

B. th

C. fs

D. ed

E. hood

105. the noun “leaf” in plural takes the ending

A. ves

B. th

C. fs

D. ed

E. hood

106. the noun “half” in plural takes the ending

A. ves

B. th

C. fs

D. ed

E. hood

107. find possessive pronoun

A. mine

B. him

C. she

D. this

E. who

108. find personal pronoun

A. they

B. this

C. the

D. a
E. an

109. find demonstrative pronoun

A. that

B. an

C. ful

D. her

E. their

110. find reflexive pronoun

A. myself

B. he

C. it

D. our

E. we

111. find interrogative pronoun

A. who

B. this

C. the

D. a

E. ness

112. find the irregular verb

A. teach

B. work

C. listen

D. translate

E. dance

113. find the regular verb

A. depend

B. go
C. do

D. keep

E. heard

114. find the modal verb

A. need

B. went

C. get

D. sat

E. translate

115. find the suppletive verb

A. be

B. burn

C. went

D. hang

E. did

116. find the indefinite article

A. the

B. a

C. an

D. ness

E. ful

117. find the definite article

A. an

B. the

C. hood

D. ment

E. ship

118. find the suffix of adjective


A. able

B. ment

C. hood

D. th

E. ed

119. find the suffix of the regular verb

A. ed

B. es

C. th

D. ves

E. ful

120. find the suffix of the ordinal numeral

A. th

B. teen

C. ess

D. ed

E. English

121. find the adjective

A. important

B. went

C. beauty

D. noise

E. work

122. find the cardinal numeral

A. ten

B. second

C. thirteenth

D. tenth
E. ninth

123. find the pronoun

A. theirs

B. the

C. an

D. hood

E. ship

124. find the interjection

A. oh

B. ment

C. ness

D. th

E. ess

125. find the adverb

A. seldom

B. went

C. beautiful

D. did

E. go

126. The functional parts of speech are:

A. the preposition, the conjunction, the particle


B. the noun, the verb, the adverb
C. the modal words

D. the pronoun, the numeral, the preposition

E. the adjective, the conjunction, the particle

127. Highlight the pre-sign language level:

A. Phonemic level

B. The lexical level

C. Morphemic level
D. Propozematic level

E. Syntactic level

128. Which of these segments is a non-one-sided unit of language:

A. the word

B. Syllable

C. Phoneme

D. Morpheme

E. Stem

129. A predicative unit of language is:

A. Sentence

B. Morpheme

C. Lexeme

D. Phoneme

E. The word

130. The transitional levels of the language include:

A. Morphemic level

B. The lexical level

C. Phonemic level

D. Propozematic level

E. Syntactic level

131. External categorization refers to _____________ grammatical methods:

A. analytical

B. synthetic

C. comparative

D. anabolic

E. symbol

132. The English language in terms of typological classification of languages shows the following features:

A. languagesof all types


B. languagesof inflective analytical and incorporating types

C. languagesof the incorporating and isolating types

D. languagesof inflected synthetic and inflective analytical types

E. agglutinative type language

133. The design of the group possessive case in English is a manifestation of the features:

A. the language of the incorporating type

B. language of an isolating type

C. inflected language type

D. agglutinative type language

E. languagesof all types

134. . Secondary-predicative structures in English are a manifestation of traits:

A. the language of the incorporating type

B. language of an isolating type

C. inflected language type

D. agglutinative type language

E. languagesof all types

135. . The function of which language unit is expressed incorrectly:

A. lexeme is a predicative function

B. morpheme - a signifying function

C. phoneme - differential function

D. a sentence is a predicative-nominative one

E. grammatical alternation

136. . Morphs [-z], [-s], [-iz] relate to:

A. three different morphemes

B. two different morphemes

C. one morpheme

D. four different morphemes

E. two similar morphemes


137. . The basis for the allocation of additive and substitutional morphemes is:

A. grammatical alternation

B. linear characteristic

C. degree of independence

D. semantic filling

E. different alternation

138. . The –ible and –able morphs in the words insensible - incapable are in:

A. complementary distribution

B. contrastive distribution

C. non-contrastive distribution

D. contrastive alternation

E. grammatical alternation

139. . Morphemic segment –separ- in the word “inseparable”:

A. free

B. connected

C. additional

D. open

E. hidden

140. . Allomorphs –ed and -t in spelled - spelt word forms are in a relationship:

A. non-contrastive distribution

B. contrastive distribution

C. complementary distribution

D. contrastive alternation

E. grammatical alternation

141. . Which of the following grammatical methods is rarely used in English:

A. reduction

B. external categorization

C. internal inflection
D. word order

E. comparison

142. . The number of synthetic grammatical methods does not include:

A. reduction

B. stress

C. external affixation

D. suppletivism

E. comparison

143. . The lexical unit a table has ____________ meaning “objectivity”:

A. grammar

B. lexical

C. denotative

D. reduction

E. comparison

144. . Highlight the quantitative characteristic of the grammatical opposition:

A. binary opposition

B. equipolent opposition

C. privative opposition

D. gradual opposition

E. grammatical alternation

145. . The opposition a table - tables relates to:

A. privative opposition

B. gradual opposition

C. equipole opposition

D. binary opposition

E. grammatical alternation

146. . Define a productive way of forming the plural of nouns:

A. box – boxes
B. ox - oxen

C. formula - formulae

D. man - men

E. child – children

147. . Which category does not characterize a noun in the English language:

A. deixis

B. case

C. article determination

D. genus

E. type

148. . The case system, consisting of two cases, is presented in:

A. the theory of positional cases

B. theories of prepositional cases

C. limited case theory

D. category of mood

E. category of type

149. . Identify the sentence in which the transpositional use of the article is observed (including the significant absence of t

A. Ethel still went in the evenings to bathe in the silent pool

B. Be careful, there is a puddle under your feet

C. New information should be gathered on this subject

D. I’m afraid the oxygen is out

E. The offer might have been quite fair

150. . Determine which set of determinants corresponds to the generalizing semantics of the indefinite article:

A. some, any, no

B. these, my, its

C. any, our, every

D. these, your, another

E. some, his, any


151. . Define the type of verb derivation in the word “undergo”:

A. complex

B. Conversion

C. phrasal

D. stress offset

E. a change in the root sound

152. . Which verbs-bundles form a group of verbs of perception:

A. appear, look, taste

B. begin, continue, seem

C. get, grow, remain

D. keep, feel, seem

E. stand, give, start

153. . Indicate the reflected category in the English verb:

A. category of number

B. time category

C. category of species

D. category of mood

E. category of type

154. . Onomasiological approach to the study of linguistic phenomena involves the analysis of the facts of the language:

A. from content to form

B. from form to content

C. upstream substitution

D. downward substitution

E. a change in the root sound

155. . In the sentence, Jake was always asking him to smile. (W. Saroyan) observed:

A. downward substitution

B. upstream substitution

C. from form to content


D. from content to form

E. a change in the root sound

156. . Which of the categories of the verb does not characterize the non-personal forms of the verb:

A. category of time

B. category of voice

C. species category of retrospective coordination

D. category of type

E. category of mood

157. . Participle 1 combines:

A. verb-adjective characteristics

B. verbal-substantive characteristics

C. subjective-substantive characteristics

D. verb-adverbial characteristics.

E. Modal verbs

158. . Which of the following formal means does not affect the definition of a rema:

A. Modal verbs

B. intonation

C. contrastive syntactic complexes

D. article determination

E. inverted word order

159. . What type of sentence is not a communicative type:

A. exclamation type of sentence

B. the imperative type of sentence

C. an interrogative type of sentence

D. declarative type of proposal

E. category of mood

160. . In which of the interrogative sentences the rema is not open:

A. Can a leopard change his sports?


B. Will you take it away or open it here?

C. Why do you think so?

D. Are they going to stay long?

E. Do you have a pensil?

161. . What intermediate type of sentence is the sentence? You ought to get rid of it, you know. (C.P. Show)

A. statement-inducement

B. statement-question

C. Inducement-question.

D. exclamation type of sentence

E. category of mood

162. . Define a sentence with one predicative line:

A. The offer might have been quite fair

B. The door was open, and also the front window

C. I took the child in my arms and held him

D. “Who will meet us at the airport?” - “Mary.”

E. “Glad to see you after all these years!”

163. . Highlight a fixed single-base sentence:

A. “You can’t move any farther back?” - “No.”

B. “Glad to see you after all these years!”

C. “Who will meet us at the airport?” - “Mary.”

D. The offer might have been quite fair

E. I took the child in my arms and held him

164. . The phenomenon of haplosemia is characteristic of languages:

A. agglutinative type

B. insulating type

C. incorporating type

D. inflective type

E. exclamation type of sentence


165. . The phenomenon of synthetosemia is characteristic of languages:

A. inflective type

B. insulating type

C. incorporating type

D. agglutinative type

E. exclamation type of sentence

166. . The manifestation of vowel harmony is characteristic of languages:

A. agglutinative type

B. insulating type

C. incorporating type

D. inflective type

E. exclamation type of sentence

167. . The phenomenon of assimilation of consonants in consonants of the root is characteristic of languages:

A. agglutinative type

B. insulating type

C. incorporating type

D. inflective type

E. exclamation type of sentence

168. . The phenomenon of fusion is characteristic of languages:

A. inflective type

B. insulating type

C. incorporating type

D. agglutinative type

E. exclamation type of sentence

169. . The category of degrees of comparison of adjectives in English is expressed:

A. gradual opposition

B. equipole opposition

C. privative opposition
D. binary opposition

E. exclamation type of sentence

170. . The relationship between signs is:

A. sign syntax

B. the pragmatics of the sign

C. semantics of the sign

D. syntagmatics of the sign

E. relational predicate

171. . The relationship between the sign and the user of the sign is:

A. pragmatics of the sign

B. sign syntax

C. semantics of the sign

D. syntagmatics of the sign

E. relational predicate

172. . The relationship between the sign and the object designated by it is:

A. semantics of the sign

B. the pragmatics of the sign

C. sign syntax

D. syntagmatics of the sign

E. relational predicate

173. . The ability of a predicate to open places or positions for one or another number of actants with certain role characte

A. predicate valency

B. relational predicate

C. the "locality" of the predicate

D. the relevance of the predicate

E. sign syntax

174. . The main feature of the morphology of the incorporating type languages is:

A. the presence of complex multicomponent words characterized by the ability to predicate


B. the presence of internal inflection

C. lack of external inflection

D. analytical constructions

E. sign syntax

175. . The object of study of morphology is:

A. word formation and inflection

B. inflection

C. word formation

D. pragmatics and syntagmatics of the word

E. sign syntax

176. . Find out the correct answer: I like.....the kitchen as often as possible.

A. to clean

B. cleaning

C. clean

D. that I clean

E. have cleaned

177. . Find out the correct answer: I’m tried.I’d rather.......out this evening,if you don’t mind.

A. not go

B. not going

C. not to go

D. don’t go

E. have gone

178. . Find out the correct answer: “Shall I stay here?”-‘I’d rather...with us.’

A. you came

B. you come

C. you to come

D. you would come

E. to come
179. . Find out the correct answer: Are you looking forward....Ann again?

A. to seeing

B. seeing

C. to see

D. to have seen

E. no answer

180. . Find out the correct answer: When George came to Britain,he had to get used.....on the left.

A. to driving

B. driving

C. to drive

D. to have driven

E. to be driven

181. . Find out the correct answer: I’m thinking......a house.Do you think that’s a good idea?

A. of buying

B. of to buy

C. to buy

D. of being bought

E. no answer

182. . Find out the correct answer: I’m sure you’ll have no ....the exam.

A. difficulty passing

B. difficulty to pass

C. difficulties to pass

D. difficulties passing

E. no answer

183. . Find out the correct answer: A friend of mine phoned......me to a party.

A. to invite

B. for invite

C. for inviting
D. for to invite

E. being invited

184. . Find out the correct answer: Jim doesn’t speak very clearly....

A. It’s difficult to understand him

B. He is difficult to understand him

C. He is been difficult to understand him

D. It’s difficult

E. no answer

185. . Find out the correct answer: The path was icy,so we walked very carefully.We were afraid......

A. of falling

B. from falling

C. to fall

D. by falling

E. at fall

186. . Find out the correct answer: I didn’t hear you....in.You must have been very quiet

A. come

B. to come

C. came

D. have come

E. has come

187. . Find out the correct answer: ........a hotel,we looked for somewhere to have dinner.

A. Having found

B. We found

C. Finding

D. Found

E. no answer

188. Paraphrase the sentence


To tie someone in knots
A. to become upset

B. to get married

C. to mind

D. to restrict someone

E. to prevent

189. Fill in: to be admitted ... an institute

A. to

B. in

C. into

D. -

E. on

190. Give antonym to the word “admit”

A. deny

B. misadmit

C. unadmit

D. diny

E. deni

191. Allowing to come is ....

A. admission

B. admision

C. admit

D. admition

E. admisin

192. Fill in: admission .... ticket

A. by

B. on

C. in

D. over
E. with

193. Fill in: price ... admission

A. of

B. off

C. by

D. with

E. on

194. Fill in: to apply ... admission to an institute

A. for

B. in

C. on

D. by

E. with

195. Fill in: Admission .... the school is ... examination only.

A. to / by

B. to / with

C. to / in

D. into / by

E. into / on

196. Fill in: an admission ... guilt

A. of

B. by

C. off

D. with

E. in

197. Fill in: The accused refused to make an admission .... his guilt.

A. of

B. by
C. off

D. with

E. in

198. To use without a good purpose or result

A. waste

B. wasteful

C. wast

D. waist

E. wait

199. Fill in: it’s a ..... .... time to wait any longer

A. waste of

B. waist of

C. waste off

D. waste with

E. waste by

200. Synonym to the word “useless”

A. waste

B. wasteful

C. wast

D. waist

E. wait

201. . Synonyms:

A. items that mean the same

B. items that means the opposite

C. items that serve as specific examples of a general concept

D. general concepts that cover specific items

E. part of the same real - world context

202. . Antonyms
A. items that means the opposite

B. items that mean the same

C. items that serve as specific examples of a general concept

D. general concepts that cover specific items

E. part of the same real - world context

203. Hyponyms

A. items that serve as specific examples of a general concept

B. items that mean the same

C. items that means the opposite

D. general concepts that cover specific items

E. part of the same real - world context

204. . Denotation is

A. the sort of definition that is given in a dictionary

B. a factor that makes a particular combination sound ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in a given context., that is which words go with eac

C. what a word looks like .

D. An additional, contextual meaning of a word.

E. a fixed, distinctive, and often colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the combined meanings of
stitches”

205. . Connotation is

A. An additional, contextual meaning of a word.

B. what a word looks like .

C. the sort of definition that is given in a dictionary

D. a factor that makes a particular combination sound ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in a given context., that is which words go with eac

E. a fixed, distinctive, and often colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the combined meanings of
stitches”

206. . Grammar

A. the underlying structure of a language

B. sound

C. system of word formation


D. patterns of word arrangement

E. meaning

207. Morphology

A. system of word formation

B. the underlying structure of a language

C. sound

D. patterns of word arrangement

E. meaning

208. Syntax

A. patterns of word arrangement

B. the underlying structure of a language

C. sound

D. system of word formation

E. meaning

209. Semantics

A. meaning

B. the underlying structure of a language

C. sound

D. system of word formation

E. Patterns of word arrangement

210. Define the type of composition in the word ‘sunflower’

A. neutral

B. morphological

C. syntactic

D. conversion

E. affixation

211. Define the type of composition in the word ‘handicraft’

A. morphological
B. neutral

C. syntactic

D. affixation

E. no correct answer

212. Define the type of composition in the word ‘son-in-law’

A. syntactic

B. morphological

C. neutral

D. conversion

E. affixation

213. The smallest meaningful language unit

A. morpheme

B. word

C. set expression

D. free phrase

E. idiom

214. The main way of enriching vocabulary

A. word-building

B. word-structure

C. metaphor

D. metonymy

E. phoneme

215. One of the most productive ways of word-building

A. affixation

B. metophor

C. metonymy

D. phenomenon

E. word-stock
216. . Immediate creativity stage in presenting Grammar

A. Learners try to make their own sentences under the teacher’s guidance by means of expressions in infinitive forms.

B. Learners are asked to repeat and practice a certain number of models.

C. The context is introduced and the meaning is demonstrated. During this stage learners become aware of certain key con

D. Learners try to deduce, set a new form and meaning with the help of several examples.

E. The teacher shows how the new language is constructed and gives explicit explanation as with grammatical terms as in t

217. .Define the type of word-building process in a word ‘earthquake’

A. neutral

B. morphological

C. syntactic

D. conversion

E. sound-imitation

218. Define the type of word-building process in a word ‘honey-mooner’

A. dirived compound

B. simple

C. compound

D. derived

E. root

219. By external structure of the word we mean its

A. morphological structure

B. meaning

C. grammar

D. syntax

E. emotions

220. The internal structure of the word is its…

A. semantic structure

B. morphological structure

C. syntax
D. emotions

E. grammar

221. The system of the gramatical forms of a word is…

A. paradigm

B. referent

C. concept

D. notion

E. lexeme

222. Find a synonym to ‘benevolent’

A. friendly

B. homely

C. goodly

D. earthly

E. brotherly

223. The smallest indivisible two-faced language unit is…

A. morpheme

B. word

C. phrase

D. phoneme

E. idiom

224. Define the type of the compound word ‘son-in-law’

A. syntactic

B. neutral

C. morphological

D. shortening

E. conversion

225. Define the word with diminutive suffix

A. birdie
B. fussy

C. listless

D. approval

E. terrible

226. Define the word with diminutive suffix

A. mummy

B. affection

C. violence

D. hostile

E. dignity

227. Functional suffixes can be called

A. endings

B. prefixes

C. suffixes

D. idioms

E. set expressions

228. Inner form of the word is..

A. meaning

B. morphological structure

C. phraseology

D. syntax

E. grammar

229. Synchronic approach deals with

A. the vocabulary of a language as it exits at a given time

B. its changes and development of a vocabulary in the coarse of time

C. with grammar

D. with phraseology

E. with sound forms


230. Denotative component is…

A. The leading semantic component

B. additional semantic component

C. complied component

D. borrowed component

E. neutral component

231. . Use the correct preposition: The student studies ____________ the library.

A. in

B. on

C. against

D. of

E. out

232. . Put the correct preposition(s) in the sentence: The students were sitting ____ the auditorium.

A. in

B. at

C. on

D. of

E. out

233. . A teacher of foreign languages:

A. helps children to broaden their knowledge, to learn about other people’s customs and traditions

B. makes a very high salary, like that of a businessperson

C. is very unimportant for the future of a developing country

D. cannot communicate with foreign people

E. is looking for children

234. . Complete the sentence: What I need is…

A. to come in contact with others

B. to have a rest

C. to understand a music
D. to make myself clear

E. to stick to the point

235. . Define the meaning of the following: to make oneself clear

A. to be understandable

B. to be aggressive

C. to hesitate

D. to be taken aback

E. to certain

236. . Fill in preposition: to react … smth.

A. to

B. for

C. on

D. with

E. at

237. . Put preposition if necessary: to influence … smth.

A. –

B. at

C. on

D. for

E. with

238. . Fill in the right preposition:


to succeed … smth.

A. in

B. at

C. for

D. –

E. on

239. . Fill in the right preposition: The teacher pointed … several mistakes.

A. out
B. to

C. at

D. in

E. –

240. . Fill in preposition: He made a point … reading English every day.

A. of

B. –

C. to

D. for

E. out

241. . Fill in preposition:


To get adjusted ....

A. to

B. for

C. about

D. from

E. with

242. . Fill in preposition: to give smb. a test ...

A. in

B. on

C. to

D. down

E. for

243. . Give the synonym of the adjective “waste”

A. useless

B. careless

C. useful

D. schooling
E. serious

244. . Fill in the preposition: I don’t know his point of view … the subject.

A. on

B. of

C. in

D. about

E. after

245. . Give the antonym to: “different”

A. alike

B. various

C. homogeneous

D. difference

E. to like

246. . Choose the right word: The teacher tried to explain the rule in a … way and I understood it at once.

A. different

B. indifferent

C. alike

D. the same

E. like

247. . Give a synonym: listen to me

A. Look here

B. Look ahead

C. Look around

D. Look at me

E. Look after

248. . Fill in prepositions: But one day you go … school … the last time.

A. to, for

B. on, in
C. to, in

D. for, on

E. on, at

249. Put the correct preposition(s) in the sentence: The students were sitting ____ the auditorium.

A. in

B. at

C. on

D. of

E. out

250. . Put preposition if necessary: to influence … smth.

A. –

B. at

C. on

D. for

E. with

251. . Fill in the right preposition:


to succeed … smth.

A. in

B. at

C. for

D. –

E. on

252. . Fill in preposition: ... reflection he agreed with our plan.

A. on

B. in

C. along

D. from

E. over

253. .Fill in preposition: The 11.45 train left....time


A. on

B. in

C. at

D. for

E. no answer

254. . Fill in preposition: Will you be home......time for dinner?

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. for

E. no answer

255. . Fill in preposition: ....the end of the concert,there was great applause.

A. At

B. In

C. By

D. On

E. To

256. . Fill in preposition: We had a lot of problems with our car. ...the end we sold it and bought another one.

A. In

B. At

C. By

D. On

E. To

257. . Fill in preposition: He got more and more angry. ....the end he just walked out of the room.

A. In

B. At

C. By

D. On
E. To

258. . Fill in preposition: The conference was very well organised.Everything began and finished.....time.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. for

E. by

259. Fill in preposition: She got very angry and started shouting....me.

A. at

B. to

C. for

D. by

E. in

260. . Fill in preposition: She shouted....me from the other side of the street.

A. to

B. at

C. for

D. by

E. in

261. . Fill in preposition: I often dream ....being rich.

A. of

B. about

C. by

D. for

E. no answer

262. . Find out the correct answer: You can’t stop me.....what I want.

A. doing

B. do
C. to do

D. that I do

E. done

263. . Find out the correct answer: I must go now.I promised.....late.

A. not to be

B. not being

C. to not to be

D. be

E. no answer

264. . Find out the correct answer: Do you want........with you or do you want to go alone?

A. me to come

B. me coming

C. that I come

D. that I will come

E. no answer

265. Give the synonym Seniority

A. Length of service

B. advertisement

C. dominance

D. policy

E. proposal

266. .Form adjective from the given word with the help of prefix: “convenience”

A. inconvenience

B. disconvenience

C. unconvenience

D. misconvenience

E. convenienceless

267. . Find out the synonym to the word “dismay”


A. fear

B. scorn

C. happiness

D. self-esteem

E. sigh

268. . Find out the antonym to the word “to agree”

A. to differ

B. to dislike

C. to stare

D. to gaze

E. to adapt

269. . Fill in preposition: “She has strong resemblance … her mother”

A. to

B. with

C. of

D. by

E. –

270. . What is the synonym of the word: “to wait” ?

A. expect

B. hurry

C. extend

D. expand

E. excuse

271. . Fill in the prepositions: “It is … … the question”

A. out, of

B. out, from

C. out, in

D. -, in
E. out, -

272. .Give the antonym to different

A. Alike

B. Various

C. Homogeneous

D. Difference

E. To like

273. .Fill in the preposition: I still want you … my wife.

A. For

B. Instead of

C. From

D. Of

E. To

274. . Fill in the prepositions: The child goes … school … his first time.

A. To; for

B. At; with

C. To; on

D. In; after

E. At; on

275. . Fill in the preposition: “His voice trembled … horror”

A. with

B. from

C. of

D. on

E. in

276. . Fill in the preposition: He was dying … hunger.

A. With

B. From
C. At

D. Under

E. To

277. . Fill in prepositions: Anne looked … fresh interest… Arnold.

A. With; at

B. With; on

C. After; in

D. On; after

E. At; in

278. . Find the suitable word for “ to look at somebody steadily with interest, love, desire”

A. To gaze

B. To look

C. To have a look

D. To glance

E. To watch

279. . Fill in the preposition: He is different … what I thought him to be.

A. From

B. On

C. At

D. After
E. In

280. . Fill in the prepositions: I differ …you … this matter.

A. With; in

B. With; from

C. on; at

D. At; for

E. after; in

281. . Define part of speech of the following word:weather


A. noun

B. verb

C. pronoun

D. numeral

E. adjective

282. . Define part of speech of the following word: a field

A. noun

B. verb

C. pronoun

D. numeral

E. adjective

283. . Define part of speech of the following word: foggy

A. adjective

B. verb

C. noun

D. numeral

E. pronoun

284. . Define part of speech of the following word: dull

A. adjective

B. verb

C. noun

D. numeral

E. pronoun

285. . Define part of speech of the following word: stuffy

A. adjective

B. verb

C. noun

D. numeral
E. pronoun

286. . Define part of speech of the following word: harvest

A. noun

B. verb

C. pronoun

D. numeral

E. adjective

287. . Define part of speech of the following word: icicle

A. noun

B. verb

C. pronoun

D. numeral

E. adjective

288. .Define part of speech of the following word: thunder

A. noun

B. verb

C. pronoun

D. numeral

E. adjective

289. Define part of speech of the following word: lightning

A. noun

B. verb

C. pronoun

D. numeral

E. adjective

290. Define part of speech of the following word: season

A. noun

B. verb
C. pronoun

D. numeral

E. adjective

291. . Define part of speech of the following word: awful

A. adjective

B. verb

C. noun

D. numeral

E. pronoun

292. . Define part of speech of the following word: to splash

A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun

E. numeral

293. . Define part of speech of the following word: to breathe

A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun

E. numeral

294. . Define part of speech of the following word: to slide

A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun

E. numeral

295. . Define part of speech of the following word: to remain


A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun

E. numeral

296. . Define part of speech of the following word: to shine

A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun

E. numeral

297. . Define part of speech of the following word: to fish

A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun

E. numeral

298. . Define part of speech of the following word: to keep

A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun

E. numeral

299. . Define part of speech of the following word: brightly

A. adverb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun
E. numeral

300. . Define part of speech of the following word: terrible

A. adjective

B. verb

C. noun

D. numeral

E. pronoun

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