Test in the English language History
VARIANT I.
1. The English language history includes … periods.
a) five c) three
b) two d) four
2. Old English period dates from the … to the … century.
a) first – fifth c) seventh – eleventh
b) fifth – eleventh d) eleventh – fifteenth
3. Old English belonged to the … branch of Indo-European family of languages.
a) Romanic c) Greek
b) Celtic d) Germanic
4. Modern English belongs to the … branch of Indo-European family of languages.
a) Romanic c) Greek
b) Celtic d) Germanic
5. Such phonetic phenomena as … , …, …., resulted in forming diphthongs.
a) i-mutation c) palatal mutation
b) breaking d) back mutation
6. In Middle English period all unstressed vowels …..
a) were lost c) were dropped
b) became the vowels d) became diphthongs
7. Old English ligature [æ] changed into:
a) ē c) a
b) ā d) e
8. The results of Great Vowel Shift was that long sound [i:] changed into ….
a) [e] c) [u:]
b) [ei] d) [ai]
9. The base for forming of the nation English language was …. dialect.
a) Northern c) West-Saxon
b) London d) Midland
10. English language is more … centuries old.
a) twenty c) fifteen
b) ten d) twenty one
11. The language of New English period is ….
a) syntactical c) mixed
b) analytical d) phonetic
12. The language of Old English period was ….
a) syntactical c) mixed
b) analytical d) phonetic
Test in the English language History
VARIANT II.
1. The earliest inhabitants of Britain were … .
a) Iberians c) Celts
b) Germanic tribes d) Romans
2. The linguists call … English period as a transitional period.
a) New c) Middle
b) Early New d) Old
3. The period till the … century is called unwritten period.
a) fifth c) third
b) seventh d) eleventh
4. The period from the 12-th till the 15-th century is called as a … English period.
a) Old c) Middle
b) New d) Modern
5. The result of Great Vowel Shift was that long sound [a:] changed into … .
a) [e] c) [u:]
b) [ei] d) [ai]
6. The result of Great Vowel Shift was that long sound [e:] changed into … .
a) [i:] c) [u:]
b) [ei] d) [ai]
7. “The Canterbury Tales” by Chaucer was written in … English language.
a) Old c) New
b) Middle d) Modern
8. The system of flexions was developed in … English period.
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a) Middle c) New
b) Old d) modern
9. The group of irregular verbs is the group of … verbs of Old English language.
a) strong c) regular
b) weak d) preterit
10. Weak verbs of Old English period formed their main forms by means of … .
a) vowel gradation c) the complicator
b) the dental suffix d) the stem-forming suffix
11. Strong verbs of Old English period formed their main forms by means of … .
a) vowel gradation c) the complicator
b) the dental suffix d) the stem-forming suffix
12. Another name for nouns of Weak Declension was … Declension.
a) Vocalic system c) Consonant Stem
b) Weak d) Root
Test in the English language History
VARIANT III.
1. The linguists call … English period as a transitional period.
a) New c) Middle
b) Early New d) Old
2. Modern English belongs to the … branch of Indo-European family of languages.
a) Romanic c) Greek
b) Celtic d) Germanic
3. The linguists call … English period as a transitional period.
a) New c) Middle
b) Early New d) Old
4. The period from the 12-th till the 15-th century is called as a … English period.
a) Old c) Middle
b) New d) Modern
5. The borrowings of Middle English period mainly include the borrowings from … language.
a) French c) Greek
b) Latin d) Dutch
6. Old English alphabet consisted of … .
a) Latin letters c) Latin and Celtic letters
b) Germanic runes d) Latin letters and some Germanic runes
7. The base for forming of the nation English language was …. dialect.
a) Nothern c) West-Saxon
b) London d) Midland
8. The language of New English period is ….
a) syntactical c) mixed
b) analytical d) phonetic
9. The group of irregular verbs is the group of … verbs of Old English language.
a) strong c) regular
b) weak d) preterit
10. Strong verbs of Old English period formed their main forms by means of … .
a) vowel gradation c) the complicator
b) the dental suffix d) the stem-forming suffix
11. Another name for nouns of Strong Declension was … Declension.
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a) Vocalic system c) Consonant Stem
b) Weak d) Root
12. “The Canterbury Tales” by Chaucer was written in … English language.
a) Old c) New
b) Middle d) Modern
Test in the English language History
VARIANT IV.
1. . Old English belonged to the … branch of Indo-European family of languages.
a) Romanic c) Greek
b) Celtic d) Germanic
2. The earliest inhabitants of Britain were … .
a) Iberians c) Celts
b) Germanic tribes d) Romans
3. The period till the … century is called unwritten period.
a) fifth c) third
b) seventh d) eleventh
4. The borrowings of Old English period mainly include the borrowings from … language.
a) French c) Greek
b) Latin d) Dutch
5. There were … languages in Britain at the beginning of Middle English period.
a) two c)one
b) three d) four
6. Old English vowels were divided into vowels of … and … row.
a) back c) long
b) front d) short
7. The result of Great Vowel Shift was that long sound [e:] changed into … . a) [i:] c) [u:]
b) [ei] d) [ai]
8. The system of flexions was developed in … English period.
a) Middle c) New
b) Old d) modern
9. Another name for nouns of Weak Declension was … Declension.
a) Vocalic system c) Consonant Stem
b) Weak d) Root
10. Weak verbs of Old English period formed their main forms by means of … .
a) vowel gradation c) the complicator
b) the dental suffix d) the stem-forming suffix
11. The language of Old English period was ….
a) syntactical c) mixed
b) analytical d) phonetic
12. English language is more … centuries old.
a) twenty c) fifteen
b) ten d) twenty one
VI. List of the examination questions in the English Language History
I. Theoretical problems.
1. Origin of English.
2. The period of the English language history (causes)
3. Families of languages and English.
4. Early history of Britain (till the VII cen AD).
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5. Traces of the civilization in the English language. Two layers Latin borrowings.
6. The anglo – saxon Conquest. Dialects of OE period..
7. Middle English Period (external and internal events).
8. Scandinavian Conguest and its influence.
9. The Norman conguest and its influence.
10. Old English period (external and internal events).
11. OE alphabet and ME alphabet.
12. Long monophthongs of OE period and ME period.
13. Short and long diphthongs of OE and NE period.
14. Consonants of OE period and their changes in ME period.
15. ME period – changes in spelling.
16. Unstressed vowel – OE, ME and NE period.
17. Great vowel shift.
18. Short vowels – OE, ME and NE period.
19. Vocalization of “R”.
20. OE letter “z”; ways of reading its forms in ME.
II. Practical problems.
1. Do phonetic analysis of the line 1 and 2 of “The canterbury Tales. Prologue.”
2. Do phonetic analysis of DE period and ME period.
3. Do phonetic analysis of the line 5 and 6 of “The canterbury Tales. Prologue.”
4. Do phonetic analysis of the line 7 and 8 of “The canterbury Tales. Prologue.”
5. Do phonetic analysis of the line 9 and 10 of “The canterbury Tales. Prologue.”
6. Do phonetic analysis of the line 11 and 12 of “The canterbury Tales. Prolo-
gue.”
7. Explain the changes of vowel sounds in the words of ME and NE periods: he,
side, go, food, noun.
8. Explain the changes of diphthongs: caru – cearu; ærm – earm; scort – sceort.
9. Explain the changes of diphthongs: hira – hiora; melcan – meolcan; scacan –
sceocan.
10. Explain changes of vowels: sandian – sendan; nampian – nemnan; cupian –
cypan.
11. Decline the OE noun: corn (n.n.a.) (NE corn). Give 4 forms of the OE verb:
risan (sv.I).
12. Decline the OE noun: ceap (n.m.a. – NE cattle). : Give 4 forms of the OE
verb: drosan (sv.II).
13. Decline the OE noun: noun – duru (n.f.n.) – NE – door verb – settan (w.v.I) – NE – sitdown.
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14. Decline the OE noun: noun – talu (n.f.o.) – NE tale verb – bidan (sv.I).
15. Decline the OE noun: noun – dream (n.m.a.) – NE joy verb – breosan (svII).
16. Decline the OE noun: noun – sunu (n.m.u.) – NE son verb – sprencan (wv.I).
17. Decline the OE noun: noun – carn (n.m.a.) – NE arm verb – glidan (sv.II).
18. Decline the OE noun: noun – ham (n.m.a.) – NE home verb – dreban (sv.II).
19. Decline the OE noun: noun – rod (n.f.o.) – NE road verb – wandrian (w.v.II).
20. Decline the OE noun: noun – land (m.n.a.) – NE land verb – writan (sv.I).
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