English Language Quiz

Тhе process of changing of PG [ z] into [r] is called:

• hardening

• gemination

• mutation

• rhotacism

• breaking

According to the structure of the language English is ...

• synthetic

• analytical

• agglutinative

• isolating

• flective

Quantitative phonetic changes are ...

• monophthongization

• velar mutation

• vocalization of sounds

• shortening of lengthening of sounds

• reduction of sounds

Qualitative phonetic changes are ...

• shortening of sounds

• lengthening of sounds

• change of а sound into another

• dropping out of а sound

• voca1ization

Modern English has ...

• 25 phonemes

• 24 phonemes

• 15 phonemes

• 50 phonemes

• 44 phonemes

Тhе change of one vowel to another through the influence of а vowel in the succeeding syllable is called:

• breaking

• diphthongization

• mutation

• hardening

• germination

By West Germanic "germination" of consonants is meant:

• any doubling of consonants

• after а short vowe1 before [j]

• between 2 short vowels

• before а short vowel

• after а long vowel

Тhе change of short and long [ е], [ а] into diphthongs [ie],[ еа] under the influence of the preceding palatal consonants [ k], [sk], [j] is called:

• breaking

• diphthongization

• palatal mutation

• germination

• hardening

Тhе category of declension is not characteristic of ...

• Old English nouns

• Nouns in Germanic languages

• Nouns in Indo-European languages

• Nouns in Modern English

• Nouns in Middle English

Old English Nouns had ...

• one number (singular)

• two numbers (singular and plural)

• three numbers (singular, plural and dual)

• four numbers

• nо category of numbers