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Prelim Eng Major 3 Structure of English
Prelim Eng Major 3 Structure of English
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Test – I: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. Write the complete word and make sure
the spelling is correct. Given below are your choices. Strictly no erasures
______1. At the time of the Roman Empire about 400 A.D., the speakers of what was to
become ‘English Language’ were scattered along the northern coast of ___________.
______4. Between 1000 and 1200 A.D., the Norman Conquest brought the __________
language to England.
______5-6. English was used as ____________ while French was the ___________ language to
England.
______8. This is a branch of linguistics that deals with the sound patterns of language.
______9. This is the smallest unit of meaning you can have in a language.
______10. This a branch of linguistics that deals with the formation of phrases and sentences.
______11-12. The great _______ shift occurred between _________ and 1600 A.D. which also
helped to change Middle English.
______13. This one classification of sound in phonology which are produced with some form
of obstruction of air along the speech tract by one or more organs of speech.
______14. In the history of English language, the linguistic ancestors were savages
wandering through the forests of Northern Europe and spoke a dialect of low ________.
______15. By 550 A.D., the _________________ were firmly established English was now the
language of England.
______16-17. The invention of ____________________ by William Caxton in 1475 standardized
English spelling and with production of books and reading materials the printed word
became __________________.
_____18. In England, the dialect of _____________ became the literary standard used by the
upper and middle class and taught in schools although other dialects existed.
_____19. This is used to analyze all the units of grammar except morpheme.
_____20. This is used to analyze language at four categories: unit, class, structure and
system.
Test – II Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If FALSE, change the underlined
word(s) that makes the statement wrong, and then write the correct
answer in the space before the number. Strictly no erasures
_____31. An adjective word added with suffix (-ly) becomes an adverb called Disjunct.
_____32. Every group consists of words. Some of the words such as dancing and gracefully
have more than one morpheme.
_____33. The elements of the clause in English are: subject, predicator, complement, adjunct.
Test – III Essay: Answer the three questions below in one paragraph. Write your answers
in a separate sheet. Observe correct grammar and maintain a clear, neat
and readable handwriting. Strictly no erasures.
36-40. Why language is the most useful and most brilliant human invention?
Direction: Identify the elements of the clause structure of the given sentence below.