ENG501 Final Term Quiz Set 2

ENG501

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Maha Malik History of English Language

1. FM stands for (frequency modulation)
2. AM stands for (amplitude modulation)
3. AIDS stands for (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
4. Introvert word represents (psychology)
5. Larynx and pathos borrowed from (Greek)
6. Photography invented in which the year of (1983)
7. The number of reduced in Creole. (phoneme)
8. Who was the writer of essay on criticism? (Pope echoed)
9. The word web itself come into existence in contributing to the revolutionary linguistic chars of the (1991)
10. One of the striking things at the movement of the contributing to the vocabulary of English (Expansion)
11. Identify the origin of the word Vela. (Latin)
12. All Middle English long vowels underwent extensive alteration during this period. (True)
13. In 15th century, a great change happened i.e. all the long vowels gradually came to be pronounced with a greater elevation of the tongue and closing of the mouth. (True)
14. In many varieties of English in the outer circle, there is no difference between . (long

and short vowels)

15. During the British colonial rule, Standard was the language of administration.
16. According to 2001 census, English was recorded as the language most often spoken at home for of population. (8.2%)
17. In forwards, -wards is a suffix.

(Derivational

inflectional lexical none of the given options)

18. I used to stay out evenings. American English freely adds the suffix –s today to words like
19. The word ‘Kindergarten’ is added to the American vocabulary from language.

(German)

20. The words ending in unstressed –ile (e.g. fertile) are pronounced with in British English; some are pronounced with /ɪ/ in American English. (/aɪ/)
21. In American English both ‘got’ and ‘gotten’ serve as but ‘gotten’ is preferred. (past

participle)

22. Compared with English as spoken in , North American English is more homogeneous.

(England)

23. ‘Midland’ and ‘New Orleans’ are examples of regional and local varieties of .
24. ‘Team’ means a group of . (athletes)
25. The term literally means “Frank language”. (lingua franca)
26. In American English, collective nouns are . (singular)
27. The word ‘Barbeque’ is added to the American vocabulary from language. (Spanish)
28. A language does not achieve a genuinely status until it develops a special role that is recognized in every country. (Global)
29. Choose the correct option. Renaissance is a period of .

(Willingness eagerness enthusiasm

all of the given)

30. In the 15th century, all the long vowels of English language gradually came to be pronounced with a greater of the tongue and closing of the mouth. (elevation)
31. Choose the author of the following statement from the given options.

“Speke none englisshe but that which is cleane, polite, perfectly and articulately pronounced, omittinge no lettere or sillable.” (Sir Thomas Elyot)

32. What is orthography? (spellings)
33. Which of the following is a modern word? (Kith)
34. “I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native tongue.” Who gave this statement? (John Dryden)
35. What is the one word solution for “all manner of learning” for Sir Thomas Elyot? Choose the best option. (Encyclopedia)
36. When was the book “The New World of English Words” published? (1658)
37. Which of the following shires does Shakespeare belong to? (Warwickshire)
38. In the course of development of English language, the change in sound that ‘u’ underwent is known as . (unrounding)
39. Who refused to accept inkhorn terms in English language? (George Puttenham)
40. Which was the source language for world knowledge in Renaissance period? (Latin)
41. Which language did become famous for philosophy in the Renaissance period? (Greek)

Q42. Which of the following best defines the term ‘idiom’?

❖ All of the given

❖ The peculiar character of a language ❖ A style of speaking peculiar to a people ❖ Not predictable from the usual meanings

43. Which is a non-literary language? Choose the correct option. (Business language)
44. Who was the publisher of the book “The New World of English Words”? (Edward Phillips)
45. What is the meaning of the word “fastidious” in the present age? (Fussy)
46. Self-consciousness about language in Renaissance had two aspects: individual & .

(public)

47. The invention of about the middle of the fifteenth century exercised a far reaching influence on all the vernacular languages of Europe. (printing)
48. Mark Antony’s “This was the most unkindest cut of all” is an instance of . Choose the correct option. (double comparative)