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O. Jespersen’s parts of speech classification is based on the … of the words |
Function. |
Meaning. |
Form. |
Structure. |
Distribution. |
The phrase “crying loudly” is … |
Verb phrase, progressive, subordination. |
Adverb phrase, regressive, subordination. |
Adjective, phrase, regressive. |
Noun phrase, regressive, subordination. |
Adverb phrase, progressive, predication. |
The purpose of practical grammar is… |
To present the knowledge of the grammatical structure of language in terms of rules that should be obeyed. |
To introduce different views of language. |
To develop the students’ ability to digest scientific information. |
To present a systematic study of the grammatical structure of language. |
To investigate different methods of teaching English. |
The method expressing a syntactical relationship, which consists in making a subordinate word take a form similar to that of the word to which it is subordinate is called… |
Agreement. |
Government. |
Coordination. |
Predication. |
Cumulation. |
Etymologically, pronoun means a word used instead of… |
Noun |
Particle |
Article |
Interjection |
Verbal |
A one – member sentence is a sentence… |
Which contains one only notional parts of speech. |
Which contains only one principal member. |
Which one word omitted. |
With one clause. |
Which contains only one adjective. |
Those verbs that have affixes are called… |
Derivative. |
Transitive. |
Terminative. |
Complex. |
Compound. |
According to… there are distinguished only “common” and “genitive” cases. |
Two-case theory. |
Theory of positional cases. |
Theory of prepositional cases. |
Common-genitive theory. |
Three-case theory. |
Kruisinga’s (Kruisinger) treatment of phrases is: |
Close and loose syntactic groups. |
The theory of three ranks. |
Endocentric and Exocentric. |
Headed and non-headed. |
Noun clusters and verb clusters. |
The “rheme” in the following sentence: But it is the first time that I am summoned by the husband in the case is… |
The first time. |
I am summoned. |
But. |
By the husband. |
In the case. |
The complex sentences is… |
If I let this chance slip, I’m a fool. |
She is a very faithful creature and I trust her. |
He was a clever and pleasant man to deal with. |
Try to be neither good nor bad. |
Logical but unpleasant was the job. |
New terms that the scientists employ to express the grammatical peculiarity of compound sentence are… |
“double” and “multiple” sentences. |
“multiple: and “triple” sentences. |
“independent” and “dependent” sentences. |
“copulative” and “adversative” sentences. |
“complex” and “composite” sentences. |
Ch. Fries divided all parts of speech into… |
Notional and functional. |
4 classes and 15 groups. |
Declinable and indeclinable. |
Distributional and non-distributional. |
Positional and functional. |
Simple sentences can be converted into complex ones by: |
Expanding into subordinate clauses. |
chunking. |
Expanding into coordinate clauses. |
Both expanding into coordinate and subordinate clauses. |
Contracting. |
The author of the following statement “Syntax shows the agreement and right disposition of words in a sentence” is… |
R. Lowth. |
Otto Jespersen. |
M. Blokh. |
H. Sweet. |
B. Ilyish. |
Aspect can be expressed by… |
Lexical (terminative and non-terminative verbs) and grammatical (continuous and non-continuous forms) means. |
Lexical means only (terminative, ingressive, effective and durative aspects). |
Discontinuous morphemes only (e.g.: He is speaking). |
Grammatical means only (continuous and non-continuous forms). |
Means of opposition “Aspect – Tense”. |
On the basis of linear characteristics… and … morphemes are distinguished. |
Continuous and discontinuous. |
Bound and free. |
Covert and overt. |
Segmental and supra-segmental. |
Additive and replacive. |
In accordance with their relation to the continuous form the verbs may be … |
Dynamic and stative. |
Transitive and intransitive. |
Notional and functional. |
Modal and auxiliary. |
Finite and non-finite. |
The word is the language unit of … |
Lexemic level. |
Phonetic level. |
Phrasemic level. |
Morphemic level. |
Proposemic level. |
Equipollent opposition is … |
A contrastive pair of members in which one member is characterized by the presence or absence of a certain feature. |
The expression of a certain degree of one and the same categorical feature. |
A generalized correlation of lingual forms by means of which a certain function is expressed. |
The expression of the grammatical meaning by means of different roots united in one and the same paradigm. |
A system of expressing a generalized grammatical meaning by means of paradigmatic correlation and grammatical forms. |
The verb is a part of speech which… |
Has a categorical meaning of “process”. |
Has a categorical meaning of “substance” or “thingness” |
Expresses the dependencies and interdependencies of substantive referents. |
Has a categorical meaning of “property/quality”. |
Shows the quality of the action. |
A theoretical basis of textual linguistics is presented in the work of … |
M.A.K. Halliday. |
G.O. Curme. |
H. Sweet. |
J. Nesfield. |
Ch. Kennedy. |
Non-finite forms of the verb have… |
Dual semantic nature. |
Only nominal nature. |
Only verbal nature. |
Only adjectival nature. |
Only adverbial nature. |
The type of the syntactic bond in the following phrase “politically active” is… |
Adjectival phrase. |
Nominal phrase. |
Verbal phrase. |
Coordinate phrase. |
Predicative phrase. |
The transformational procedures in simple sentences are not carried out by means of… |
Delete. |
Expansion. |
Permutation. |
Omission. |
Introducers. |
The following is not the type of the semi-compound sentence. |
Sentences with nominal phrase complication. |
Sentences with participial phrases expressing a parallel event. |
Sentences with infinitival phrases. |
Sentences with coordinated subjects. |
Sentences with coordinated predicates. |
From the point of view of their structure, sentences can be … |
Simple and composite. |
affirmative, declarative, negative. |
Pronominal and suggestive. |
Subordinate or principal. |
Elementary, compound and complex. |
The “theme” of the sentence expresses. |
The starting point of the communication. |
The basis informative part of the communication. |
Contextually relevant center. |
Maximum new information. |
The last point of the communication. |
“Syntax” is a .. word meaning arrangement together. |
Greek. |
English. |
Latin. |
French. |
Gothic. |
The expression of the grammatical meaning by means of different roots united in one and the same paradigm is… |
Grammatical opposition. |
Gradual opposition.’ |
Grammatical category. |
Non-contrastive distribution. |
Equipollent opposition. |
Non-contrastive distribution is… |
The relations of different morphs having the same function in the identical environments. |
The relation of formally different morphs having the same function in different environments. |
The invariant-variant relations, connected on a non-linear basis. |
A variant, an alternative of a morpheme. |
The relations of different morphs in the identical environment. |
Contrastive distribution is… |
The relation of different morphs in the identical environment. |
The relation of different morphs having the same function in the identical environments. |
The relation of formally different morphs having the same function in different environments. |
A variant, an alternative of a morpheme. |
The invariant-variant relations, connected on a non-linear basis. |
The category of time-correlation is based on the opposition of… |
Continuous and non-continuos. |
Passive and active. |
Perfect and non-perfect. |
Reflexive and reciprocal. |
Present and past. |
Nouns are divided into countable and uncountable nouns according to… |
The quantitative structure. |
The type of nomination. |
The form of existence. |
Their syntactic properties. |
Their relation to the verb. |
Repetition in the text is… |
Lexical means of text connection. |
a supra-sentential unit. |
Syntactic means of text connection. |
Lexical unit. |
Lexico-grammatical means of text connection. |
The transformational grammar ( T-Grammar) distinguishes … sentences. |
Kernel. |
Compound. |
Simple. |
Complex. |
Elliptical. |
… expresses the categorical semantics of property of a substance. |
Adjective. |
Adverb. |
Participle. |
Preposition. |
Article. |
The terms two-axis and one-axis constructions are used by… |
M. Blokh. |
B. Ilyish. |
I. Ivanova. |
O. Jesperson. |
V. Burlakova. |
On the basis of segmental relations … and … morphemes are distinguished. |
Segmental and suprasegmental. |
Covert and overt. |
Additive and replacive. |
Bound and free. |
Continuous and discontinuous. |
The type of the clause in the following sentence “Ever since we left the house it has not ceased snowing” is… |
Adverbial clause of time. |
Subject clause. |
Adverbial clause of condition. |
Adverbial clause of cause. |
Attributive clause. |
The “rheme” in the following sentence: Where is your hat? Is… |
Hat. |
Where. |
Is |
Your. |
Is hat. |
The paradigmatic and syntagmatic bonds were first suggested by: |
F. De Saussure. |
Noam Chomsky. |
Iktenyeva. |
M. Bloch. |
Noan Chomsky. |
A theoretical basis of textual linguistics is presented in the work of… |
M.A.K. Halliday. |
G.O. Curme. |
H. Sweet. |
J. Nesfield. |
Ch. Kennedy. |
The type of semi-complex: Our mother’s coming brought us strength is … |
Sentence of nominal phrase complication. |
Subject sharing sentence. |
Object sharing sentence. |
Sentence of attributive complication. |
Sentence of adverbial complication. |
The “rheme” in the following sentence “Even she was absent” is … |
She. |
She was. |
Was. |
Was absent. |
Even. |
The headword in the phrase “very clever” is expressed by… |
An adjective. |
A noun. |
An adverb. |
A stative word. |
A pronoun. |
The aim of Theoretical grammar is… |
To present systematic study of the grammatical structure of Modern English. |
To make introduction to the lexical level of Modern English. |
To introduce different views of language. |
To prescribe a set of rules based on the so-called standard English. |
To investigate different methods of teaching English grammar. |
The type of the underlined clause in the following sentence "Even a feather shows which way the wind is blowing” is… |
Object clause. |
Subject clause. |
Attributive clause. |
Adverbial clause. |
Predicative clause. |
50. Noam Chomsky suggests the … model of sentence analysis. |
Transformational. |
Distributive. |
Actual division. |
Parts of the sentence. |
Immediate constituents. |
The gerund is the non-finite form of the verb which combines the properties of… |
The noun and the verb. |
The verb and the adverb. |
The adjective and the verb. |
The noun and the pronoun. |
The noun and the adjective. |
The pronoun cannot … |
Show the time of the action. |
Substitute for some word. |
Substitute for some phrase. |
Express grammatical categories of case, number, gender, person. |
Stand for a general concept. |
The terms “surface grammar” and “deep grammar” were used by… |
Noam Chomsky. |
C.F. Hockkett. |
Otto Jespersen. |
G.N. Leech. |
V. Burlakova. |
According to their meaning verbs can be… |
Terminative ad durative. |
Dynamic and stative. |
Finite and non-finite. |
Notional and functional. |
Transitive and intransitive. |
The ungrammatical sentence in the following list is … |
They days grew. |
They bought a car. |
They reached their car slowly. |
E Greco pale at the sight of her. |
She has rocked the child into sleep. |
“Predication” is a syntactic bond between …. |
A nominal element and a predicative element in predicative constructions. |
Two or more elements which are not grammatically equal, i.e. one of them is a headword and others are subordinated to it. |
Two or more elements which are grammatically equal. |
The units of syntactically equal rank. |
Adjuncts. |
Harris suggests … principal patterns of Kernel sentences. |
Seven. |
Two. |
Three. |
Five. |
Nine. |
The pronoun in the following sentence We approved neither plan is in the function of … |
The subject. |
The attribute. |
The object. |
The predicative. |
The adverbial modifier. |
The infinitive has the following grammatical categories… |
Of aspect, time – correlation and voice. |
Of mood, aspect, time – correlation. |
Of person, number, tense. |
Of priority, voice. |
Of tense, aspect, voice. |
Grammatical opposition is… |
A generalized correlation of lingual forms by means of which a certain function is expressed. |
A form of the word which expresses the grammatical meaning. |
The significance of a certain relation expressed by a dependent part of a word. |
The significance of a certain arrangement of elements. |
A form of the word which expresses the phonetical meaning. |
Both cardinal and ordinal numerals can have certain functions of … |
Nouns and adjectives. |
Nouns and adverbs. |
Adjectives and verbs. |
Nouns and verbs. |
Pronouns and prepositions. |
The category of Mood shows… |
The relation between the action expressed by the predicate verb and reality. |
The relation between the thing denoted by the noun and things. |
The relation between the verb and the other verb. |
The relation between the noun and the numeral. |
The relation between the noun and the article. |
What is a syntactic bond? |
A syntagmatic relation between word – forms, word – groups and sentence. |
A syntactic function. |
The meaning of the words. |
A sentence. |
A clause. |
All parts of speech can be divided into… |
Notional and structural. |
morphological and structural. |
Four classes (article, verb, preposition and numeral). |
Covert and overt. |
Lexical and syntactic. |
Predication is a type of syntactic bond which: |
Exists between the subject and the predicate. |
Unites any words in a sentences. |
Exists between the head-word and the adjunct. |
Exists between two equal sentences. |
Connects two prepositions. |
Noun as a part of speech plays the following function in the sentence: |
Any function with the exception of that of a simple verbal predicate. |
Connectors. |
No function at all. |
Only attribute and predicative. |
Predicate. |
The category of time-correlation shows… |
Whether the action is viewed as prior to other situations or irrespective of them. |
The tense of the verbs. |
The aspects of the verb. |
Whether the subjects of the sentence is the agent or object of the action. |
Whether the action is real or not. |
The category of gender in English is… |
A category of noun. |
A category of numeral. |
A category of adjective. |
A category of adverb. |
A category of verb. |
What is the status of the article? |
It’s a part of speech. |
It’s a phrase. |
It’s a supra-phrasal unit. |
It’s a clause. |
It’s a connector. |
What syntactic functions do you know? |
Subject, predicate, object, attribute and adverbial modifier. |
Subject and predicate. |
Word order and prosody. |
Predication, coordination and subordination. |
Declarative and interrogative. |