Exam test

1. Choose the answer which is NOT correct (1 point)

• Texts are usually regarded as a written artifact.
• The term symbolic sign serves to denote a direct picture of what it refers to.
• «The cat had a snack» may be considered as an example of assonance.
• A set of cultural rules and behavior interconnect with language use.

2. According to F. de Saussure the text is considered as (1 point)

• semiotic system
• pragmatics system
• a system of communication
• a text

3. Mark as true or false: Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. (1 point)

• TRUE
• FALSE

4. Fill in the gap (1 point): The study of connections across a text is called __________________.

5. The oppositions of the bound morphemes are (1 point):

• derivational morphemes;
• inflectional morphemes;
• free morphemes;
• oppressed morphemes;

6. Mark the means which are considered as means of word-formation (1 point):

• Borrowings
• Acronyms and initialisms
• Conjugation
• All mentioned above

7. Choose the answer which IS correct (1 point):

• Cohesive language items never point forwards.
• Conjunctions are the same as connectives.
• Grammar aspect of cohesion include the repetition of words.
• The largest grammatical unit smaller than a clause is called sentence.

8. Mark as true or false (1 point): Modality is the grammatical category associated with the expression of obligation, permission, prohibition, necessity, possibility and ability.

• TRUE
• FALSE

9. Mark a complex sentence (1 point):

• When I said go to the store, I wanted you to get some milk.
• He went to bed early, and the next day he felt better.
• He turned himself in to the police; otherwise, they would have arrested him.
• I have known him for a long time, yet I have never understood him.

10. Fill in the gap (1 point): An intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning is called...