A) castra, Woolwich, Greenport
B) pund, ynce, flasce
C) antefn, biscop, munuc
D) hand, sand, fox
51. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:
Other OG languages OE NE
Gt. sibun [v] seofon [v] seven
A) Voicing
B) Rhotacism
C) Breaking
D) Hardening
52. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:
Other OG languages OE NE
Gt. huzd hord hoard
A) Hardening
B) Voicing or devoicing
C) Rhotacism
D) Breaking
53. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:
Other OG languages OE NE
Gt. maiza māra more
A) Hardening
B) Voicing or devoicing
C) Rhotacism
D) Breaking
54. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:
Other OG languages OE NE
Gt. kiusan [s] cēosan [z] choose
A) Hardening
B) Voicing
C) Rhotacism
D) Breaking
55. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:
Other OG languages OE NE
Gt. hlaifs hlāfas loaves
A) Hardening
B) Voicing
C) Rhotacism
D) Breaking
56. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:
Other OG languages OE NE
Gt. guma Ʒuma ‘man’
A) Hardening
B) Voicing
C) Rhotacism
D) Breaking
57. Choose correctly the sort of reduced case – system the Infinitive had in OE.
A) The Nominative and Dative cases
B) The Nominative and Genitive cases
C) The Nominative and Accusative cases
D) The Genitive and Dative cases
58. Choose correctly the case of the following OE infinitive to beranne.
A) the “Dative” case
B)the “Genitive” case
C) the “Nominative” case
D) the “Accusative” case
59. What consonant change is illustrated by the following pairs of words:
Other OG languages OE NE
O Icel rauðr rēad red
A) Voicing or devoicing
B) Rhotacism
C) Breaking
D) Hardening
60. Choose correctly the method of word derivation which arose in Late Middle English.
OE Late ME NE
lufu n – lufian vlove n – love (n) v love, n, v
chaunge n – (from Fr) – chaunge (n)vchange, n, v
A) Conversion
B) Sound Interchanges
C) Word Stress
D) Prefixation
61.Choose correctly the method of word derivation used as word – building means in the following examples: misjudge, unreasonable, overload.
A) Prefixation
B) Sound Interchanges
C) Word Stress
D) Conversion
62. Choose correctly the reason why the missionaries came to England in the sixth century.
A) To spread education
B) To convert England to Christianity
C) To plunder England
D) To build roads and baths
63.Choose correctly the language the personal pronouns they and she were borrowed from:
A) Old Scandinavian
B) Anglo - Norman
C) Latin
D) Africaans
64. Choose correctly the dialect the following works were borrowed from: haven, knife, take, root.
A) Scandinavian
B) Mercian
C) Saxon
D) Kentish
65. Choose correctly the number of words the English took from the French.
A) 5.000
B) 8.000
C) 10.000
D) 9.000
66. Choose correctly the name of the Scandinavians who had settled in France.
A) The Alemanias
B) The Swabians
C) The Normans
D) The Teutons
67. Choose correctly the date of the Rennaissance in Italy.
A) 410-650
B) 1200-1300
C) 1450-1600
D) 1300-1400
68. Choose correctly the country the following words were borrowed from: kangaroo, budgerigar.
A) China
B) Turkey
C) India
D) Australia
69. Choose correctly the country the following words were borrowed from: divan, shaul.
A) China
B) Percia
C) India
D) Turkey
70. Choose correctly the country the following words were borrowed from:skipper, deck, dock.
A) India
B) China
C) The Netherlands
D) Turkey
71. Choose the correct translation of the following OE sentence into Modern English.
Hwæt sceal ic singan?
A) What shall I sing
B) Why shall I sing
C) I shall sing a song
D) I shall not sing
72. Choose correctly the case the OE noun metes belongs to.
A) Nominative
B) Genitive
C) Dative
D) Accusative
73. Choose correctly the case the OE noun musum belongs to.
A) Nominative
B) Genitive
C) Dative
D) Accusative
74. Choose the OE equivalent of the Modern English pronoun they.
A) hira
B) hire
C) he
D) hīe
75. Choose correctly the dates of King Alfred’s rule.
A) 871-899
B) 899-902
C) 781-799
D) 861-899
76. Find out the Old West Germanic language in the list given below.
A) Old Norse
B) Frisian
C) Anglian
D) Gothic
77. Choose the date of the first written records in Old High German.
A) 8th and 9th century
B) 12th and 13th c
C) 3rd and 4th c
D) 19th and 20th c
78. Point out the number of components the word consisted of in Old Germanic languages.
A) 4
B) 5
C) 3
D) 2
79. Choose the name of the capital of Wessex during the reign of King Alfred.
A) Lancaster
B) London
C) Worcester
D) Winchester
80. Point out the survival of the Britonnic branch in modern France.
A) Armorican
B) Erse
C) Kymric
D) Cornish
81. Point out the part of Britain occupied by the Angles.