Образцы тестовых заданий Тест 1

1. Answer the following question: What parts of speech function as head words in a phrase?

1. infinitives, nouns, adverbs

2. prepositions, verbs, nouns

3. adjectives, conjunctions, participles

2. According to what criterion are sentences divided into simple, complex and compound?

1. the number of words in the sentence

2. the purpose of utterance

3. the number of predicative lines

3. What syntactic process is realized on a phrase-level?

1. contamination

2. modification

3. complication

4.To what part of speech does the word ‘just’ may be assigned in the following sentence: He has just come to see if the experiment is finished or not’.

1. adjective

2. particle

3. adverb

5. What part of speech is ‘since’ in the following question: Since when haven’t you seen your parents?

1. conjunction

2. preposition

3. adverb

6. To what part of speech does the word ‘open’ belong to in the sentence: At this moment the back door flung open?

1. verb

2. stative

3. adjective

7. What part of speech is ‘up’ in the following sentence: They rolled up the carpet.

1. postpositional adverb

2. preposition

3. postlog

8. What is the role interaction not connected with?

1. the character of objective relations between the objects of reality

2. the category of verb voices

3. the noun cases

9. Injunctive pragmatic type expresses one’s

1. request

2. directions

3. order

10. What syntactic process is expressed in the following sentence: The true adventurer watched a fascinating scene there.

1. complication

2. modification

3. elimination

11. What method of linguistic analysis is presented in the following sentence: The ׀׀ lecturer׀ used ׀׀ a ׀׀׀׀ lot ׀׀׀ of ׀׀׀׀ scientific ׀׀׀׀ terms.

1. oppositional

2. IC-analysis

3. Distributional

12. Identify the type of genitive in “a man’s voice”

1. the genitive of dispensed qualification

2. the genitive of received qualification

3. the genitive of agent

13. The indirect meaning of the sentence includes:

1. inference

2. explicitness

3. a phrase

14. Transitional types of sentences include:

1. sentences with complexes of secondary predication

2. sentences with indendent subordinate clauses

3. sentences with mutually subordinated clauses

15. The process of substitution is presented in English by substantivization and representation

1. yes

2. no

16. Which of the following is considered on the level of a phrase, not a sentence:

1. an adverb

2. an attribute

3. an apposition

17. What morphemes are distinguished on the basis of self-dependence?

1. overt and covert

2. free and bound

3. form-building and word-building

18. To which of the following types does the phrase ‘a shivering girl’ belong?

1. equipotent

2. coordinate

3. dominational

19. Potential ability of linguistic elements to pattern with one another is called

1. sequence

2. valency

3. government

20. According to the theory of Bloomfield the phrase ‘irregular features’ belongs to

1. exocentric

2. endocentric

3. progressive

21. Retrospectively connected sentences are characterized by

1. epiphoric

2. cataphoric

3. anaphoric cohision

22. The opposite for ‘adjectivization’ is

1. nominalization

2. substantivization

3. representation

23. The it-subject in the sentence: ‘What a cold winter it was!’ is:

1. emphatic

2. impersonal

3. anticipatory

24. The type of the phrase ‘definitely alike’ is:

1. adverbial

2. stative

3. adjectival

25. What kind of grammatical category is presented in the following opposition: had lived :: had been living?

1. tense

2. temporal correlation

3. aspect

26. Comment on the categorical nature of the following opposition: the man’s umbrella vs a man’s umbrella

1. the category of number

2. the category of case

3. the category of determination

27. What verb categories are not observed in non-finite forms of the verb?

1. person;

2. mood;

3. tense

Test 2

I Answer the following questions:

l.What parts of speech function as nuclei in a phrase?

A prepositions, nouns, verbs

В adjectives, infinitives, conjunctions

С participles, verbs, adverbs

2. What verb categories are not observed in verbids?

A person, tense, voice В aspect, number, temporal correlation С tense, mood, person

3. What part of speech may the word italicized in the following sentences be assigned to: A adjective В adverb С particle D preposition E verb F noun G postlog

1) He has just managed to complete the experiment.

2) We had a very important conversation last weekend and we haven't spoken since.

3) He was just recalling fragments of friendliness and exactly revealed solicitude.

4) At this moment the front door broke open.

5) The manager of the water works wonders how it all came about.

6) He only went to bed when he finished it up.

II Define the type of genitive:

1) The clock's tick was heavy as feet.

2) Children's toys are very attractive nowadays.

3) He reserved a seat on the following week's bus.

4) It's somebody else's idea, not mine.

5) Mrs. Pell's response was as warm as ever.

6) She didn't have a mind like a woman's at all.

7) Michael works at Bill and Susan's firm.

8) I move that we have a five minutes' break.

9) Her eyes met her friend's.

10) That little boy of our neighbours’ is looking for trouble.

11) My friend's liveliness was to everybody's liking.

12) Max's being sent on that mission irritated all of them.

Ш Decide which of the terms best suits the suggested definition:

1. A formal signal of a grammatical meaning

A modifier В marker

2. A constituent of a verb-phrase whose design is to complete the meaning of a phrase

A modifier В complement

3. The meaning of categorical relevance signalled by a formal marker and realized through oppositions

A explicit meaning В syntactical meaning

4. One of the two planes of language structure comprising units in their linear ordering

A paradigrnatics В syntagmatics

5. Potential ability of linguistic elements to pattern with one another

A sequence В valency

IV Analyse the following phrases as being instances of suggested types:

1. broad-brimmed hat

A endocentric В exocentric

2. irregular features

A coordinate В subordinate

3. definitely right

A adverbial В adjectival

V Comment on the categorical nature of the following oppositions:

A man's-men's В has bought - has been buying