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Noun as a part of speech has a categorical meaning of:

Substance.

Process.

Property.

Quality.

Quantity.

What is the main problem of the category of tense?

the meaning of tenses

the number of tenses

the case of tenses

the gender of tenses

the absence of discontinuous morpheme

What members are called the secondary members of the sentence?

the object, the attribute and the adverbial modifier

the subject and the object

the object and the predicate

the subject and the predicate

the second member after the subject

The category of number of the verb shows …

Whether the action is associated with one or more doers

The number of the actions in the sentence

The number of listeners in the sentence

Whether the action was done once or more times

The number of objects in the sentence

Which of the following is a grammatical meaning of the category of tense?

the process of action irrespective of timing

the time of the action

the priority

the direction of the process

the relation to the reality

What are the main principles of classification of parts of speech?

Meaning, form function

Meaning, form, predication

Meaning, form, coordination

Function, meaning, sentence

Negative form, positive form

What are the functions of the adjectives in the sentence?

attribute

any function

no function

predicate

adverbial modifier

What sentence can be called “exclamatory”?

A sentence opens with one of the pronominal words “what” and “how”

A parenthetical sentence.

An utterance which does not constitute a sentence.

Different conversational formulas.

A sentence with a word exclaiming”

Classes of words, which have some common lexico-grammatical features, are called:

Parts of speech.

rammatical notions.

Phrases.

Interjections.

Grammatical categories.

What is the purpose of the theoretical grammar of the English language?

To present a systematic study of the grammatical structure of Modern English and to introduce different views of language.

To prescribe a set of normative rules based on the so-called standard English.

To investigate different methods of teaching English.

To help the students to learn as many words English.

To present the system of parts of speech.

Which of the following is not a syntactic bond?

Speculation.

Predication.

Subordination.

Coordination.

Cumulating.

What is the categorical meaning of a verb?

Process.

Substance.

Property.

Quality.

Quantity.

What are the main two parts of theoretical grammar?

Morphology and syntax.

Morphology and phrase.

Morphology and sentence.

Morpheme and word.

Syntax and text.

What a sentence is called “imperative”?

A sentence which expresses commands.

A sentence which contains a question.

A one –member sentence conveying signals of alarm.

A sentence which implies a choice between two or more alternative answers.

A sentence which contains a statement.

What is the meaning of the adjective as a part of speech?

Property.

Process.

Thinness.

Quantity.

Points to the things.

What does the syntax study?

The phrase and the sentence

The word – forms

The tenses

The parts of speech

The word groups

What sentence can be called “interrogative?”

a sentence which contains a question

a sentence with a word “enter”

only a sentences which begins with the word “why”

a sentence with contain negation

an elliptical sentence

Which of the following is a grammatical meaning of the category of voice?

the direction of the process as regards the participants of the situation

the process of action irrespective of timing

the time of the action

the priority

the relation to the reality

What sentences can be called “declarative?

a sentence which contains a statement

a sentence which contains a word “declare”

a sentence which contains a question

a sentence which asks for something

a sentence which implies a choice between two or more alternative answer

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The word “phonetic” means:

sound, voice;

letter;

language;

word

meaning

Which of the following branches of phonetics studies the way in which the air is set in motion, the movement of speech organs and the coordination of these movements in the production of sounds:

articulatory phonetics

acoustic phonetics

auditory phonetics

phonology

historical phonetics

Acoustic phonetics studies ... .

the way in which the air vibrates between the speaker’s mouth and the listener’s ear;

the way in which air is set in motion, the movements of speech organs and the coordination of these movements in the production of sounds;

the linguistic function of consonant and vowel sounds, syllabic structure, word accent, pitch, stress, tempo;

the functioning of phonetic units in the language,

the phonetics of a particular language.

One of the youngest and most quickly growing branches of phonetics is:

acoustic;

articulatory;

auditory;

phonology;

comparative

The oldest method of investigation used in phonetics is:

method of direct observation;

objective method;

laryngoscopy;

photography;

palatography.

Other sciences the branches of phonetics are connected with are:

all that have been mentioned

stylistics;

logics;

grammar

lexicology;

The term “allophone” is used to mean:

sounds which are variants of a phoneme;

“sound” in its contrastive sense;

organs of speech;

system of sounds of a particular language;

a consonant.

The “mentalistic” (“psychological”) trend of the phoneme theory was put forward by:

I.A.Baudain de Courtenay

N.Trubetskoy, L.Bloomfield;

L.V.Shcherba;

H.J.Uldall, K.Togby

E.D.Sapir.

The “materialistic” point of view of the phoneme theory was put forward by:

Shcherba;

Baudanin de Courtenay;

Uldall, Togby;

Sapir;

none.

By the tern “organ of speech” we mean:

all mentioned.

the vocal cords;

larynx;

glottis;

the lungs, the wind,pipe, the bronchy;

The two major classes of sounds traditionally distinguished in any language are:

vowels and consonants;

letters and sounds;

allophones and phonemes;

lenis and fortis sounds;

oral and nasal sounds.

The general principle of consonant formation is:

an obstacle is created in pharynx or the mouth cavity;

the muscular tension is created in the place of obstruction;

a stronger air-stream is required than in articulating vowels;

all mentioned;

none

According to the type of obstacle consonants are:

stops, constructive;

labial, lingual, pharyngal;

oral, nasal;

voiced, voiceless;

dental, alveolar, velar.

According to the articulating organs consonants are classified into:

labial, lingual, pharyngal;

voiced, voiceless;

stops, constructive, trilled;

dental, alveolar, velar;

oral, nasal.

Consonants are subdivided into voiced and voiceless according to:

the work of vocal cords;

the type of obstacle;

the articulating organs;

the involvement of passive organs of speech.

The place of obstruction;

The main criteria in classifying vowels in English are:

all mentioned.

length;

tongue and lip position;

tenseness;

stability in articulation;

According to the stability of articulation vowels are classified into:

monophthongs, diphthongs.

rounded, unrounded;

close, mid, open;

long, short;

front, central, back;

Vowels in English are classified into rounded/unrounded according to:

the lip position;

length;

the tongue position;

the stability of articulation;

tenseness.

The initial stage of articulation of any speech sound is:

the on-glide;

the off-glide;

the retention stage;

the medium stage;

none.

The retention is the stage of articulation of a sound during which:

the organs of speech are kept for some time in the position necessary to pronounce the sound;

the organs of speech move away from a neutral position to take up the position necessary for the pronunciation of a sound;

the organs of speech move away to a neutral position;

all mentioned;

none.

Define the degree of assimilation in the word”horseshoe”[ ‘ho:ssu:]

complete;

none.

partial;

interchangeable;

intermediate;

Define the direction of the assimilation in the word [ ‘nju:speipeipэ]

regressive

double;

progressive;

reciprocal;

none.

“no“ belongs to the following type of syllables:

open;

covered;

uncovered;

closed;

none.

The part of phonetics which deals with syllable division is called:

phonotactics;

auditory phonetics;

phonology;

articulatory phonetics.

acoustic phonetics;

The typical and the most fundamental syllable structure in English is of the following type:

(C) VC;

CV ( a consonant + a vowel);

VC;

V( C );

VV.

What is obstructer mechanism responsible for?

for the production of vowels;

for the production of consonants;

for the production of sonorants only;

for the production of all the sounds

for the production of nasal sounds;

What types is the syllable “no”?

covered, close;

covered, open;

uncovered, close;

uncovered, open;

uncovered, covered;

Which language has free word stress:

Russian & English;

Czeck & Slovak;

French;

Kazakh;

Polish;

Phonology is a branch of phonetics which studies:

The physical nature of sounds;

the functions of different phonetic phenomena;

articulation of sounds;

perception of sounds;

pronunciation of sentences;

What are the English nasal consonants:

[m, n,]

[m, p, d]

[p, b, t, d, k]

[ , n, l]

[m, n, l, , r]

A special prominence given to one more syllable in a word is:

The pause.

The rhythm.

The melody.

The tempo.

The stress.

What is the unit of Phonetics?

A phoneme.

An allophone.

Minimal pairs.

A distinctive speech sound.

A speech sound.

In the case when the assimilated consonant is influenced by the preceding consonant we have:

Progressive assimilation.

Regressive assimilation.

Double assimilation.

Complete assimilation.

Incomplete.

Sonority theory of the syllable was put forward by:

O. Jesperson;

N.I. Linkin;

L.V. Shcherba;

I.A. Vassiliev;

B. Block;

Publicistic, newspaper, scientific, official type are:

Voice tembre.

Melody.

Components of information.

Different styles.

Types of dialects.

What is the oldest theory of syllable formation & syllable division?

Sonority theory.

Muscular tension theory.

Expiratory theory.

The “are of loudness” theory.

Musical.

Phonetics studies:

Words & their semantic structure.

Words & their relations in the sentence.

Sounds & various aspects & functions.

Parts of speech.

Morphological structure of sentences.

Pronunciation of a syllable in a word on different pitch levels and with different pitch directions is called:

Dynamic.

Quantitative.

Qualitative.

Musical.

Logical.

What forms the speed of speech?

Pitch & loudness.

Rhythm.

Loudness.

Tempo.

Pausation.

According to the active organs of speech consonant [h] is:

dental

palatal

pharyngeal

lingual

To study phonetics at a particular period of time is:

synchronically

comparatively

generally

diachronically

A syllable which begins in vowel sound is called:

open;

closed;

covered;

uncovered;

fixed;

Allophones are:

phonemes themselves;

morphemes;

variants of phonemes;

non-distinctive sounds;

any sounds;

Which theory of syllable is based on L.V.Shcerba’s statement:

sonority

muscular tension theory;

are of loudness theory;

expiratory theory;

theory of relativity;

Speech is impossible without the following mechanisms:

The power & the vibrator mechanisms.

The resonator & the obstructer mechanisms.

Speech is impossible without all these mechanisms.

Careless speech is possible without all these mechanisms.

Only the obstructer mechanism.

Where does the stress fall in the words “psychology, biologist”:

On the 3-d syllable from the end.

On the 2-d syllable.

On the 1-st syllable.

On the last syllable.

They are unstressed words.

What is a syllable?

Morphemic structure of the word.

One of the speech sounds.

The shortest segment of speech continuum.

Segmental structure of the word.

Shortest speech continuum.