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Task 1. Match As to Bs.
As Bs
1. The general categorical meaning of the verb is the
process presented dynamically, i.e.
a) the processual categorical features of
predication, i.e. time, aspect, voice and mood.
2. In the sentence the finite verb invariably performs the
function of the verb-predicate, expressing
b) the actual reality.
3. The category of aspect shows the way in which c) developing in time.
4. The verbal category of voice shows the direction of the
process as regards
d) the action develops, whether it is in progress or
completed, etc.
5. The category of mood expresses the character of
connection between the process denoted by the verb and

e) the participants of the situation.


Task 2. Define the type of the device that expresses time relations in Modern English.
1. No sooner had I came into the room when the rain began.
2. He is my ex-husband.
3. I saw her yesterday.

Task 3. Define the constituents of the functional-semantic category of aspect.
1. Peter kept laughing at Maria.
2. Edna gave a cry.
3. Tom talked and talked and talked.

Task 4. Define the voice and tense form of the verb.
1. The child has been crying for long.
2. Have you ever been told about it?
3. Nellie and Christopher divorced two years ago.
4. The new paperbacks are selling quickly.

Task 5. Define the mood of the verb.
1. I have been learning English for 2 years.
2. Be it as you wish.
3. Put down the address, will you?
4. May it all happen as you desire!
5. Even though it were raining, we will go boating on the lake.
6. If two people were found with a great bodily resemblance, the experiment would succeed.

Task 6. Define the type of syntactic relation.
1) pens and pencils; 2) to speak slowly; 3) to give up smoking

Task 7. Define the type of the sentence.
1. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
2. Is it blue or orange?
3. Open the window, please!
4. What fine weather!
5. It was a nice place and Sam and Kate were rather proud of it.
6. What he says is interesting.
7. The trouble is that I have lost my keys.
8. He told them what he had seen there.
9. I know the man whom you mean.
10. I saw him when I was at the club.




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Task 1. Match As to Bs.
As Bs
1. Syntactic unit is always a combination that has at
least
a ) the chief means of conveying a thought.
2. The word-group is a combination of at least b) two constituents.
3. A sentence is a unit of speech whose grammatical
structure conforms to the laws of the language and
which serves as
c) on the principle of coordination.
4. A two-member sentence has two members - d) two notional words which are syntactically
connected.
5. The compound sentence is a composite sentence
built
e) a subject and a predicate.

Task 2. Define the type of the device that expresses time relations in Modern English.
1. I wont call you till I know the truth.
2. He worked at the hospital.
3. She has bought a new dress. She will do it at once.

Task 3. Define the constituents of the functional-semantic category of aspect.
1. She speaks English fluently.
2. Peter kept smiling.
3. Kate is in the habit of smoking.

Task 4. Define the voice and tense form of the verb.
1. The child will be looked after all right.
2. Have you ever been to London yet?
3. Mary didnt dress up then.
4. The suggested procedure will hardly apply to all the instances.

Task 5. Define the mood of the verb.
1. I dont like coffee.
2. Be what may.
3. I wish George would have come!
4. If the peace-keeping force had not been on the alert, the civil war in that area would have resumed anew.
5. Let him repeat the accusation in Toms presence.
6. Dont cry, baby.

Task 6. Define the type of syntactic relation.
1) ladies and gentlemen; 2) to see a house; 3) she likes.

Task 7. Define the type of the sentence.
1. Thomas Gainsborough is a famous English painter.
2. Is Alice at home?
3. Stop talking!
4. What a beautiful girl she is!
5. I was not unhappy, not much afraid, yet I wept.
6. He went where the doctor sent him.
7. The friends couldnt decide where they should spend their vacation.
8. A letter which is written in pencil is difficult to read.
9. Boris went to the lecture early so that (so) he got a good seat.
10. How this happened is not clear to anyone.




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Task 1. Answer the following questions using one-word/phrase answers or give the definition to its concept.
Question/Concept Answer/Definition
1 What is the largest unit of speech?
2 A language used as a means of communication by speakers who do
not have a native language in common is called

3 What three aspects can speech sounds be viewed from?
4 Name the 2RP vowels which have the highest text frequency of
occurrence?

5 Which American accent prevails in New York?
6 How many aspects of speech are distinguished?
7 Sounds made with a complete obstruction or stoppage of the airflow
coming up from the lungs are termed

8 The limit for the number of syllables in English is
9 Which is the name of the tendency that defines the placement of word
stress on the root of the native English words with a prefix with no
referential meaning?

10 Where is the focus/the semantic centre of an unmarked utterance
located on?


Task 2. Match As to Bs.
As Bs
1 A monophthong, short, lax, rounded, back advanced, low/open vowel phoneme of the
wide variety
a) z
2 A closing diphthong with the I-glide b) u
3 A forelingual, alveolar, constrictive, fricative, voiced, lenis consonant phoneme c) u:
4 A labial, bilabial, occlusive, plosive nasal sonant d) m
5 Thriphthongs e) r
6 A lingual, forelingual, post-alveolar, constrictive, fricative, medial sonant f) o
7 A monophthong, short, lax, unrounded, central/mixed, mid vowel phoneme of the
wide variety
g) oI
8 A forelingual, palato-alveolar, constrictive, fricative, voiceless, fortis consonant
phoneme
h)
9 A lingual, backlingual, occlusive, plosive, voiced, lenis consonant phoneme i) g
10 A monophthong, long, tense, rounded, back, high/close vowel phoneme of the
narrow variety
j) eI

Task 3. Explain the most important allophonic variants of the occlusive noise consonant [p].
1) pass, picture, Peter.
2) pea, pit, pet, pat, palm, pot, paw, pun, put, pool, purr, parade, pay, pie, pound, poach.
3) lip, leap, step, clap, harp, hip, thorp, stoop, up.
4) supped, what place.



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Task 1. Answer the following questions using one-word/phrase answers or give the definition to its concept.
Question/Concept Answer/Definition
1 How many language resources does language consist of as a code?
2 The situation when speakers can use both literary pronunciation and
their native local accent in different situations is called

3 The part of phonetics which is concerned with the work of the speech
organs and activities of the speech organs was termed

4 What accent is currently making a great influence on RP?
5 How many consonants are there in GenAm?
6 Grouping speech sounds according to their major articulatory features
is termed

7 Functional differences between vowels and consonants are defined by
their role in

8 The universal syllabic structure in the canonical form is
9 What function is attached to word stress by the tendency for languages
to prefer final or penultimate syllable for the location of fixed lexical
stress?

10 What is the force component of intonation made by?

Task 2. Match As to Bs.
As Bs
1 A monophthong, short, lax, unrounded, front retracted, high/close vowel phoneme of
the wide variety
a)
2 An alveolar-apical, constrictive, fricative, lateral sonant
b)
3 A post-alveolar, constrictive, fricative, medial sonant c) l
4 A thriphthong d) s
5 A monophthong, long, tense, rounded, back, low/open vowel phoneme of the narrow
variety
e) o
6 A lingual, forelingual, alveolar, constrictive, fricative, voiceless, fortis consonant
phoneme
f) oI
7 A closing diphthong with the I-glide
g) oI
8 A lingual, interdental, constrictive, fricative, voiced, lenis consonant phoneme h) j
9 A monophthong, short, lax, unrounded, central/mixed, mid vowel phoneme of the
wide variety
i) I
10 A labial, bilabial, occlusive, plosive, voiced, lenis consonant phoneme j) b

Task 3. Explain the most important allophonic variants of the occlusive noise consonant [b].
1) bit, bet, bad, bar, box, bought, but, book, boot, burr, banana, bay, by, bow, boy, beer.
2) grebe, nib, ebb, cab, garb, mob, orb, tube, tub.
3) labour, imbue.
4) balm, bee, bet; ebb, nib, cab.