ENG501 Final Term Quizzes by Maha Malik

1. In many varieties of English in the outer circle, there is no difference between .

(long and short vowels)

2. During the British colonial rule, Standard was the language of administration.

(British English)

3. According to 2001 census, English was recorded as the language most often spoken at

home for of population. (8.2%)

4. In forwards, -wards is a suffix.

(Derivational

inflectional lexical none of the given options)

5. I used to stay out evenings. American English freely adds the suffix –s today to words

like night, evening, etc. to form denoting repeated or customary action.

(adverb)

6. The word ‘Kindergarten’ is added to the American vocabulary from language.

(German)

7. The words ending in unstressed –ile (e.g. fertile) are pronounced with in British

English; some are pronounced with /ɪ/ in American English. (/aɪ/)

8. In American English both ‘got’ and ‘gotten’ serve as but ‘gotten’ is preferred.

(past participle)

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

10.

11.

‘Team’ means a group of . (athletes)

12.

The term literally means “Frank language”. (lingua franca)

13. · 14. · (Spanish) · 15.

A language does not achieve a genuinely status until it develops a special

role that is recognized in every country. (Global)

16.

Choose the correct option.

Renaissance is a period of .

(Willingness eagerness enthusiasm

all of the given)

17.

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)

18.

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)

19.

What is orthography? (spellings)

20.

Which of the following is a modern word? (Kith)

21.

“I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native

tongue.” Who gave this statement? (John Dryden)

22.

What is the one word solution for “all manner of learning” for Sir Thomas Elyot?

Choose the best option. (Encyclopedia)

23.

When was the book “The New World of English Words” published? (1658)

24.

Which of the following shires does Shakespeare belong to? (Warwickshire)

25.

In the course of development of English language, the change in sound that ‘u’

underwent is known as . (unrounding)

26.

Who refused to accept inkhorn terms in English language? (George

Puttenham)

27.

Which was the source language for world knowledge in Renaissance period?

(Latin)

28.

Which language did become famous for philosophy in the Renaissance period?

(Greek)

29.

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

o All of the given

o The peculiar character of a language

o A style of speaking peculiar to a people

o Not predictable from the usual meanings

30.

Which is a non-literary language?

Choose the correct option. (Business language)

31.

Who was the publisher of the book “The New World of English Words”?

(Edward Phillips)

32.

What is the meaning of the word “fastidious” in the present age? (Fussy)

33.

Self-consciousness about language in Renaissance had two aspects: individual &

. (public)

34.

The invention of about the middle of the fifteenth century exercised a far

reaching influence on all the vernacular languages of Europe. (printing)

35.

Mark Antony’s “This was the most unkindest cut of all” is an instance of

. Choose the correct option. (double comparative)

36.

Some verb forms like predominate by the end of the sixteenth century.

(tells, gives, says)

37.

Write the source language/s of the words, “alligator, apricot, corral, hammock,

and maize.” Choose the correct option. (Spanish and Portuguese)

38.

In the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, standard was accepted and

people were sticking to it. (London)

39.

In recent times, even when the vowel has been restored in standard speech, the

weakened form is generally apparent in speech and in the dialects. (Informal)

40.

Which of the following periods has connection with the Great Vowel Shift?

(Renaissance age)

41.

Compared with English as spoken in , Northern American English is more

42.

The term literally means “Frankish language”. (lingua franca)

43.

In GA, the letter ‘r’ is pronounced in all positions, but in RP it is only pronounced

before . (Vowels)

44.

In ‘Received Pronunciation’, the sound disappeared except before vowels.

(/r/)

45.

‘Shall’ and ‘should’ are examples of . (auxiliary verbs)

46.

Has around 800-850 million native speakers. (Mandarin Chinese)