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Тестовое заданиеТаразский государственный университет имени М.Х. Дулати
Кафедра иностранная филология и переводческое дело________________ Тестовое задание
По дисциплине «Лексикология английского языка»____________________________________ Для обучающихся ____2__ курса специальности____ 5В011900 «Иностранный язык: два иностранных языка», 5В021000 «Иностранная филология» _________________________________ /шифр, наименование/ 1.Give a homophone to ‘suite’ A) sweet B) suit C) swite D) cirt E) swart
2. Give a homophone to ‘sew’ A) so B) saw C) sure D) sir E) sore
3. Define the type of composition in the word ‘sunflower’ A) neutral B) morphological C) syntactic D) conversion E) affixation
4. Define the type of composition in the word ‘handicraft’ A) morphological B) neutral C) syntactic D) affixation E) no correct answer
5. Define the type of composition in the word ‘son-in-law’ A) syntactic B) morphological C) neutral D) conversion E) affixation
6. The smallest meaningful language unit A) morpheme B) word C) set expression D) free phrase E) idiom
7. The main way of enriching vocabulary A) word-building B) word-structure C) metaphor D) metonymy E) phoneme
8. One of the most productive ways of word-building A) affixation B) metaphor C) metonymy D) phenomenon E) word-stock
9. Define the origin of the word ‘opera’ A) Italian B) German C) Latin D) Greak E) Russian
10. Define the origin of the word ‘steppe’ A) Russian B) Latin C) French D) German E) Italian
11. Homophones are A) words of the same sound form but of different spelling and meaning B) words which are different in sound form and meaning but identical in spelling C) words similar in meaning D) words of opposite meaning E) words of native origin
12. Define the type of borrowing ‘solar’ A) Latin B) French C) German D) Spanish E) Russian
13. Complete the simile ‘as busy as …’ A) bee B) horse C) dog D) plane E) cat
14. Give homophone to ‘fare’ A) fair B) fear C) fiber D) fire E) feint
15. Give homophone to ‘hear’ A) here B) hire C) hare D) harm E) herd
16. Define the type of word-building in the word ‘re-think’ A) affixation B) conversion C) sound-imitation D) shortening E) back formation
17. Define a feminine suffix A) -ess B) -er C) -ness D) -less E) -ful
18. Define the type of word-building process in a word ‘earthquake’ A) neutral B) morphological C) syntactic D) conversion E) sound-imitation
19. Define the type of word-building process in a word ‘honey-mooner’ A) dirived compound B) simple C) compound D) derived E) root
20. Define the etimology of the word ‘genre’ A) French B) German C) Latin D) Spanish E) Russian
21. Define the etimology of the word “bouquet’’ A) French B) German C) Latin D) Russian E) Spanish
22. Give homophone to ‘paw’ A) pour B) pair C) pure D) peer E) pire
23. Lexicology is … A) the study of words B) the study of meaning C) the study of grammar D) the study of sounds E) the study of syntax
24. By external structure of the word we mean its A) morphological structure B) denotative meaning C) grammar D) syntax E) emotions
25. The internal structure of the word is its… A) semantic structure B) morphological structure C) syntax D) emotions E) grammar
26. The totality of words in a language… A) vocabulary B) dictionary C) loan D) onomatopiea E) synchrony
27. The system of the grammatical forms of a word is… A) paradigm B) referent C) concept D) notion E) lexeme
28. Find a synonym to ‘benevolent’ A) friendly B) homely C) goodly D) earthly E) brotherly
29. Give adjective of Latin origin to ‘sun’ A) solar B) sunny C) vital D) oral E) feline
30. Complete the simile ‘as fast as….’ A) lightning B) lion C) swine D) cat E) dog
31. Complete the simile ‘ as light as …’ A) feather B) weather C) horse D) lion E) lightning
32. Complete the simile ‘ as black as …’ A) soot B) wolf C) dog D) cat D) feather
33. Complete the proverb ‘a new broom…’ A) sweeps clean B) spoils the broth C) makes light work D) forms the defence E) catches the worm
34. Complete the proverb ‘fortune favours…’ A) the brave B) like home C) easy go D) sweeps clean E) make light work
35. The smallest indivisible two-faced language unit is… A) morpheme B) word C) phrase D) phoneme E) idiom
36. Define the type of the compound word ‘son-in-law’ A) syntactic B) neutral C) morphological D) shortening E) conversion
37. Define the type of the phraselogical unit ‘to be good at something’ A) phraseological combination B) phraseological unity C) phraseological fusion D) phraseological-unit E) phraseological construction
38. Words which are no longer used in everyday speech A) archaisms B) neologisms C) synonyms D) antonyms E) metaphor
39. The theory and practice of compiling dictionaries A) lexicography B) lexicology C) semasiology D) phraseology E) morphology
40. Affixless way of word-building A) conversion B) derivation C) connotation D) denotation E) reversion
41. Onomatopeia A) sound imitation B) composition C) compounding D) conversion E) shortening
42. Define words which are made by doubling a stem A) ping-pong B) railway C) dragon-fly D) good-for-nothing E) son-in-law
43. Define words which are made by doubling a stem A) walkie-talkie B) forget-me-not C) father-in-law D) merry-go-round E) looking-glass
44. Define words which are made by doubling a stem A) dilly-dallying B) medium-size C) dragon-fly D) T-shirt E) light-hearted
45. The ability of words to have more than one meaning A) polysemy B) synonymy C) homonymy D) antonymy E) anomaly
46. The process of development of a new meaning or a change of meaning is termed… A) transference B) transformation C) transmission D) transportation E) treason
47. Transference based on resemblance A) metaphor B) metonymy C) paradox D) sound imitation E) onomatopoeia
48. Transference based on contiguity A) metonymy B) metaphor C) synonymy D) antonymy E) homonymy
49. Define the type of transference in 'a neck of the bottle' A) metaphor B) metonymy C) synonymy D) homonymy E) antonymy
50. The word TV is a case of A) abbrevation B) clipping C) blending D) antonymy E) homonymy
51. Define the type of transference in 'kashmir' A) metonymy B) metaphor C) synonymy D) homonymy E) antonymy
52. Define the word with diminutive suffix A) birdie B) fussy C) listless D) approval E) terrible
53. Define the word with diminutive suffix A) mummy B) affection C) violence D) hostile E) dignity
54. Functional suffixes can be called A) endings B) prefixes C) suffixes D) idioms E) set expressions
55. Inner form of the word is.. A) meaning B) morphological structure C) phraseology D) syntax E) grammar
56. Synchronic approach deals with A) the vocabulary of a language as it exists at a given time B) changes and development of a vocabulary in the course of time C) with grammar D) with phraseology E) with sound forms
57. Denotative component is… A) the leading semantic component B) additional semantic component C) complied component D) borrowed component E) neutral component
58. Connotation is the... A) additional semantic component B) leading semantic component C) complex component D) borrowed component E) neutral component
59. Descriptive lexicology deals with A) the vocabulary of a given language at a given stage B) the evolution of any vocabulary C) general properties of word D) description of the characteristic peculiarities in the words E) the properties of the vocabulary of two or more languages
60. Syntagmatic relationships are studied by A) means of contextual transformation B) by means of word with related means C) by means of words with opposite meaning D) comparison with other words E) by phraseology
61. Etymology A) studies the origin of words B) studies the meaning of the word C) studies the compiling dictionaries D) studies the set-expression E) ways of formation of new words
62. Shortening is… A) a significant subtraction of a word B) a common element of words C) a derived word D) blending E) phraseological unit
63. Onomatopoeia A) sound imitation B) morphological structure C) grammatical meaning D) conversion E) back formation
64. Define the type of word-building in ‘Blue-eyed’ A) compound derivative B) root morpheme C) derivative D) compound E) simple word
65. A paradigm is A) the system of grammatical forms characteristic of a word B) totality of words C) word-group D) synonymic dominant in a synonymic group of words E) neologism
66. Define the type of compound in ‘Heartache’ A) neutral compound B) morphological compound C) syntactic compound D) lexicalized phrase E) affixation
67. Define the type of compound in ‘Forget-me-not’ A) lexicalized phrase B) neutral compound C) morphological compound D) affixation E) no answer
68. Define the type of compound in ‘Lily-of-the-valley’ A) syntactic compound B) neutral compound C) lexicalized phrase D) morphological compound E) affixation
69. Define the type of compound in ‘Statesman’ A) morphological compound B) syntactic compound C) neutral compound D) syntactic compound E) affixation
70. Define the type of compound in ‘Ad’ A) clipping B) blending C) conversion D) sound imitation E) back formation
71. Define the type of the compound in ‘T-shirt’ A) contracted compound B) morphological compound C) derivational compound D) syntactic compound E) nonce-word
72. Define the type of word-building in ‘water- to water’ A) conversion B) reduplication C) shortening D) juxtaposition E) reversion
73. Define simple neutral compound A) topcoat B) a glass-walled room C) radio-equipped car D) U-turn E) hunting-knife
74. Define the simple neutral compound A) waterproof B) lady-killer C) thirty-foot-tall D) watch-maker E) gold-seekers
75. Define the simple neutral compound A) nightgown B) match-breaker C) high-pitched voice D) sportsman E) forget-me-not
76. Define the simple neutral compound A) bookworm B) pain-killer C) U-turn D) dining-room E) two-seater
77. Define the simple neutral compound A) butterfly B) medium-sized C) good-for-nothing D) bread-and-butter E) maid-of-all work
78. Define the simple neutral compound A) necklace B) V-day C) bread-and-butter D) pain-killer E) radio-equipped car
79. Define a feminine suffix A) -ess B) -less C) -ness D) -ette E) -ful
80. Define a feminine suffix A) -ine B) -ful C) -less D) -ness E) -ful
81. Define a negative prefix A) non B) re- C) over D) under E) co-
82. Define a negative prefix A) il- B) le- C) over- D) under E) co-
83. Define the type of phraseological unit ‘as mad as a hatter’ A) phraseological fusion B) phraseological unity C) phraseological combination D) free phrase combination E) semi-fixed combination
84. Ancient or obsolete word, or style, or idiom gone out of current use A) Archaism B) Neologism C) Synonym D) Antonym E) Euphemism
85. Define the type of phraseological unit ‘to meet the requirement’ A) phraseological combination B) phraseological fusion C) free phrase combination D) semi-fixed combination E) phraseological unity
86. Define a mono-semantic word A) molecule B) to ask C) to expect D) nice E) set
87. Define a mono-semantic word A) hydrogen B) set C) table D) stock E) nice
88. Define a mono-semantic word A) oxygen B) select C) nice D) set E) table
89. Colloquial style A) Spoken English B) High-flown English C) Euphemism D) Neologism E) Poetical English
90. Define the international word: A) medicine B) table C) trace D) sentence E) orphan
91. Define the international word: A) tennis B) country C) foodstuffs D) meaning E) feature
92. Define the international word: A) avocado B) approach C) apple D) anew E) acorn
93. Find the synonym to the word ‘to begin’: A) to commence B) to proceed C) to comment D) to concentrate E) to connect
94. Define the structural type of the word ‘flu’: A) shortening B) blending C) back formation D) compound E) derived compound
95. Define the word with the native suffix: A) wisdom B) relation C) disable D) arrogant E) patient
96. A figure of speech in which an inoffensive word or expression is substituted for an unpleasant A) Euphemism B) Slang C) Dialect D) Nonce-word E) Neologism
97. Define the word with the native suffix: A) senseless B) union C) opinion D) temptation E) create
98. Define the word with the native suffix: A) friendly B) union C) opinion D) temptation E) create
99. Define the word with native suffix: A) quarrelsome B) union C) opinion D) temptation E) create
100. The smallest indivisible component of the word possessing a meaning of its own: A) morpheme B) sentence C) comma D) stress E) voice
101. Substitution to indecent indelicate words A) euphemisms B) neologisms C) nonce-words D) archaisms E) borrowing
102. To which parts of speech do most antonyms belong A) adjective B) verbs C) nouns D) conjunction E) numerals
103. Who spoke of the semantic change in phraseological units A) V.V.Vinogradov B) A.V.koonin C) V.H.Collins D) Bloomfield E) N.N.Amosova
104. A short familiar epigrammic saying expressing popular wisdom, a truth or a moral lesson A) a proverb B) a phraseological unit C) a phraseological unity D) a phraseological fusion E) collocation
105. Semantic opposition, contrast A) antonyms B) synonymy C) euphemisms D) nonce-words E) obsolete words
106. The existence within one word of only one meaning A) monosemy B) polysemy C) context D) antonymy E) semantics
107. Supplementary meaning A) connotation B) denotation C) opposition D) collocation E) colligation
108. Word-formation where the target word is formed by combining two or more stems A) composition B) derivation C) affixation D) conversion E) back formation
109. Combining parts of two words to form one word A) blending B) clipping C) onomatopoeia D) derivation E) conversion
110. The amount of native words in English makes up: A) 30 per cent B) 50 per cent C) 40 per cent D) 70 per cent E) 90 per cent
111. Semasiology is a branch of linguistics devoted to the study of: A) meaning B) phonetic structure of the words C) grammatical structure D) origin E) morphemic structure
112. Define the nature of semantic change in 'the teeth of a saw' A) metaphor B) broadening C) narrowing D) amelioration E) metonymy
113. Descriptive lexicology deals with A) the vocabulary of a given language at a given stage B) the evolution of any vocabulary C) general properties of words D) description of the characteristic peculiarities in the words E) the properties of the vocabulary of two or more languages
114. Syntagmatic relationships are studied by A) means of contextual transformation B) by means of word with relating meaning C) by means of words with opposite meaning D) comparison with other words E) by phraseology
115. Historical lexicology studies: A) vocabulary origin and development B) Vocabulary of a given language C) The properties of words D) Method of scientific research E) Morphological and semantic studies
116. There are 2 principle approaches in linguistic science, they are: A) Synchronic and diachronic B) Interconnective and independent C) Historical and independent D) Discriptive and independent E) Grammatical and independent
117. What kind of meaning the words have? A) Grammatical and lexical B) Historical and discriptive C) Innterconnective D) Phonetic E) Phonetic and grammatical
118. What is the aim of lexicology: A) to group and systematize lexical material B) to study the meaning of the words C) to find synonyms, antonyms and homonyms D) to study polysemy E) no correct answer
119. How many types of motivation do you know: A) 3 B) 2 C) 1 D) 4 E) 5
120. Find the types of motivation: A) phonetic, morphological, semantic B) shortening and sound imitation C) composition and conversion D) synchronic and diachronic E) no answer
121. What is metaphor? A) transference based on the resemblance B) polysemantic word C) phonetic motivation D) new additional meaning of the word E) the meaning of the words
122. Words of the same sound form but of different spelling and meaning A) homophones B) homographs C) antonyms D) synonyms E) no correct answer
123. The relationship existing between the morphemic or phonemic composition and structural pattern of the word on the one hand and its meaning on the on the other hand: A) motivation B) expression C) narration D) saying E) meaning
124. Motivation based on a certain similarity between the sounds is called: A) phonetic B) morphological C) semantic D) polysemantic E) monosemantic
125. Define of word-building of the word «cock-a doodle-do»: A) sound imitation B) composition C) shortening D) affixation E) conversion
126. Who is the author of the dictionary «words and idioms» A) L.Smith B) V.Collins C) A.Koonin D) B.Beriskin E) A.Volconsky
127. All the words in the English language can be classified into: A) motivated and non-motivated B) synonyms and antonyms C) derived and compound D) polysemantic and homonymous E) connotative and derogative
128. What is the basic unit of the lexicology? A) A word B) A root C) A stem D) A suffix E) A meaning
129. Give definition of the stem: A) Stem is the part of the word that remains unchanged throughout its paradigm. B) Stem is the branch of a study concerning the morphological structure of words C) Stem is the branch of semasiology D) Stem concerns words without linking elements E) Stem is the new way of word building
130. Words jersey, pullover are: A) international words B) antonyms C) synonyms D) morphems E) polysemantic words
131.When two or more unrelated meanings are associated with the same form the word is: A) homonym B) antonym C) polysemy D) synonym E) simile
132. When two or more forms are associated with the same meaning the word is called: A) synonym B) antonym C) polysemy D) morpheme E) no answer
133. Denotative component is A) the leading semantic component B) additional semantic component C) complied component D) borrowed component E) neutral component
134. Define the type of compounding of the word ‘Forget-me-not’ A) lexicalized phrase B) neutral compound C) morphological compound D) affixation E) no answer
135. Define the simple neutral compound A) Boyfriend B) medium-sized C) good-for-nothing D) bread-and-butter E) maid-of-all work
136. They consist of two stems + affix A) derivational compounds B) simple neutral C) morphological compounds D) contracted compounds E) syntactic compounds
137. Find euphemism for the word ‘mad’ A) unbalanced B) under the influence C) Nick D) jug E) deuce
138. Find a word with morphological motivation A) reread B) build C) more D) again E) sound
139. Find a word with morphological motivation A) thoughtful B) build C) more D) again E) sound
140. Find the euphemism for the word ‘pregnant’ A) In a family way B) under the influence C) Nick D) jug E) deuce
141. Complete the simile 'as fat as..' A) pig B) dove C) sheep D) fox E) lion
142. Complete the comparison 'to smoke like a' A) chimney B) log C) pigeon D) duck E) pig
143. Give a homophone to 'hear' A) here B) hire C) herd D) hare E) hymn
144. Words coined and used only for the particular occasion A) nonce B) synonym C) affix D) root E) prephix
145. Define the word-building of the word «cock-a doodle-do»: A) sound imitation B) composition C) shortening D) affixation E) conversion
146. What are the two main approaches to the study of language material: A) descriptive and historic B) composition and narrowing C) metaphor and metonymy D) shortening and sound into change E) no correct answer
147. Etymology studies A) The origin of the words B) The meaning of the words C) Phonetic structure D) Stylistic devices E) no correct answer
148. Historical lexicology studies: A) Vocabulary origin and development B) Vocabulary of a given language C) The properties of words D) Method of scientific research E) Morphological and semantic studies
149. The style of language of everyday life which answers the needs of communication A) Colloquial B) High-flown C) Poetical D) Rhetorical E) technical
150. Define the type of abbreviation VIP: A) Acronym B) Blending C) Clipping D) Shortening E) Backformation
151. Phraseology studies A) phraseological units B) graphical abbreviations C) synonyms, antonyms D) lexical homonyms E) phrasal verbs
152. Shortening is A) a significant subtraction of a word B) a common element of words C) a derived word D) the smallest meaningful unit E) blending
153. Which of the given words stand for the American variant of the word flat A) apartment B) mansion C) but D) room E) cabin
154. What is the meaning of the underlined parts of words mono lingual, mono syllable, mono logue A) one B) many C) all D) every E) each
155. Which of the following words are international A) coffee, mango, sputnik, radio B) farm, video, friend, man C) bungalow, blitz, masterpiece, money D) radio, wonder-child, country, pen E) escalator, cat, park, television
156. Which of the following words is the British variant of the American fall A) autumn B) spring C) winter D) summer E) season
157. The word TV is a case of A) abbreviation B) clipping C) blending D) back-formation E) sound interchange
158. Has been in the following sentence “She had to be satisfied with the role of a has been” is the result of A) conversion B) word-composition C) word derivation D) polysemy E) affixation
159. What is motivation A) the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its meaning B) the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its sound-form C) the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its referent D) the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its graphical form E) the connection between the meaning of the word and referent
160. What are antonyms A) words different in sound and graphic form, having opposite denotational meanings B) words different in their sound-form, but identical or similar in some of their meanings C) words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning D) words differing in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form E) words with identical sound and different in their graphic forms
161. Which of the following words are homonyms proper A) bank (n) – bank (n) B) sea (n) – see (v) C) wind (n) – wind (v) D) tear (n) – tear (v) E) knight(n) – night (n)
162. A list of words in which the entry words are arranged in alphabetical order starting with their final letters are A) reverse dictionaries B) pronouncing dictionaries C) usage dictionaries D) dictionaries of word frequency E) dictionaries of slang
163. Which of the following lines contains only form words A) from, oh!, am B) dog-like, through, to help C) lonesome, handful, are D) terror, a computer, out of E) went, come on, and
164. Which of the following homonyms are partial A) match (n) – match (v) B) found (v) – found (v) C) bank (n) – bank (n) D) ball (n) – ball (n) E) jam (n) – jam (n)
165. Conversives are A) antonyms B) synonyms C) homophones D) hybrids E) etymological doublets
167. Complete the idiom “like as…” using one of the following words A) peas B) bears C) twins D) nuts E) cucumbers
168. Now or never is A) phraseological repetition B) saying C) proverb D) hyperbole E) jargon
169. Which of the following suffixes are of Greek origin A) -ist, - ism, - ite B) -dom, -hood, -ly C) -able, -ible, -ant, -ous D) -age, -ful, -ence E) -anti, -dom, -ful
170. The difference between the British and American English is noticeable in the field of A) in all fields of the language system B) phonetics C) grammar D) vocabulary E) rhythm and intonation of speech
171. pot cheers is a word from A) New York city dialect B) Eastern New England dialect C) Inland Northern dialect D) Standard American E) Standard English
172. Semantically morphemes are classified as A) root and affixational morphemes B) free morphemes C) semi-free morphemes and stems D) bound morphemes E) semi-bound morphemes
173. Lexicography deals with A) the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries B) the word-making process in English C) classification of loan words D) variants of the English language E) the etymological background of the English word stock
174. The type of word-building used in the following words ping - pong, riff-raff, chit-chat is A) compounding B) shortening C) conversion D) blending E) back-formation
175. Stylistic synonyms are A) two words having the same denotational meaning but differing in stylistic connotation B) words which differ in shades of meaning C) words which differ in connotations D) words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning E) words which differ in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form
176. Head of cabbage is A) a metaphor B) a metonymy C) a saying D) a euphemism E) a proverb
177. Synonyms for the word to hope is A) to expect, to look forward, to anticipate B) to look forward, to sway, to puff C) to wait, to plague, to anticipate D) to appeal, to sway, to look forward E) to controvert, to contradict, to glare
178. Taboo is the main cause of such a linguistic phenomenon as a (an) A) euphemism B) idiom C) hybrid D) etymological doublet E) metonymy
179. Which of the following sound-imitative words are interjections A) bang!, bush!, pooh! B) purr, mew, cock-a-doodle-do C) quack, moo, buzz D) hiss, gibber, bray E) clash, crash, whip
180. External meaning A) morphological structure B) Inner structure C) Synonym D) idiom E) semantic structure
181. The stem of root or morpheme words contains A) one free morpheme B) not less than two morphemes of which at least one is bound C) not less than two free morphemes D) not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme E) a group of words
182. Prefixes mis -, mal-, pseudo- are A) perjorative B) negative C) privative D) locative E) prefixes of time and order
183. According to the structure the words: fridge, pub, tech, USA, exam are A) shortened B) simple C) compound D) derived E) blends
184. The underlined words in the following sentences: “How often do you milk the cows?”, “Restaurants in all large cities have ups and downs. ” “He began to nose about like an old bloodhound.” are cases of A) conversion B) allusion C) cliché D) metaphor E) euphemism
185. The words TV, T.B. are cases of A) abbreviation B) clipping C) blending D) back-formation E) sound interchange
186. What kind of clipping in the word “math” A) final clipping B) media clipping C) initial clipping D) reduplication E) sound interchange
187. Metonymy is based on A) contiguity of meaning B) harrowing of meaning C) pejoration of meaning D) amelioration of meaning E) extention of meaning
188. Check for the case of a hyperbole in the following A) thousand pardons B) the White House C) mother tongue D) the leg of the table E) grass green
189. Dictionaries of toponyms are A) special dictionaries B) general C) dictionaries of the most difficult words D) dictionaries of frequency E) explanatory dictionaries
190. Which of the following line has words belonging to terminology A) telegraph, antibiotic, radar, metaphor B) lovely, beautiful, colorful, handsome C) a book, a shop, a suite, a street D) to go to bed, to get up, to have breakfast, to clean E) three, above, are, far, straight
191. The synonymic dominant in series of leave, depart, quit, retire, clear out is A) leave B) depart C) quit D) retire E) clear out
192. A proverb is A) a saying expressing some well-known truth B) a familiar quotation from the literary work C) a free word-group D) a verb-adverb combination E) a traditional compound
193. Complete the following idiom as sly as A) a fox B) a cat C) a cock D) a mouse E) an owl
194. Hybrids are A) words made up of affixes from two or more different languages B) idiomatic compounds C) formed by removal of all functional and derivational elements D) words which are made after existing patterns E) the smallest meaningful units
195. Lass, Kirk are examples of A) vulgarism B) slang C) common colloquial words D) dialectical words E) jargonism
196. Structural morphemes fall into A) free, semi-free, bound, semi-bound morphemes B) root morphemes and affixational morphemes C) stem morphemes D) prefixational morphemes E) suffixational morphemes
197. Friend is a A) free morpheme B) bound morpheme C) semi-free morpheme D) semi-bound morpheme E) no answer
198. Sound imitation is A) onomatopeia B) the derivation of words by subtraction of an affix from words C) opposition of words or word-forms D) lexical abbreviations E) reduction of a word to one of its parts
199. What is the denotational meaning A) the component of the lexical meaning which makes communication possible B) the component of meaning that considers emotive charge and stylistic reference of words C) the component of meaning that distinguishes one word from all others containing identical morphemes D) the component of meaning recurrent in identical sets of individual forms of different words E) the connotational meaning
200. Euphemism is A) substitution of unpleasant words by mild ones B) a taboo expression used by native speakers C) an irony D) an ellipsis E) litotes
201. Metaphor is a transfer of name based on A) the association of similarity B) contiguity of meaning C) pejoration of meaning D) amelioration of meaning E) extention of meaning
202. Jargonisms are A) words bearing a secret and cryptic character B) common colloquial words C) professionalisms D) vulgarisms E) barbarisms or unassimilated loan words
203. Words jersey, pullover are A) international words B) slang words C) neologisms D) obsolete words E) terms
204. Which of the following statements is the distinctive feature of proverbs A) proverbs function as independent units of communication B) proverbs are neither parts of statement, nor do they stand for the whole statement C) proverbs are completely non-motivated D) proverbs function as word-equivalents E) proverbs function as word-groups
205. Which of these proverbs expresses best the idea of the following situation “ Very soon after his father’s death Mike’s mother died and he became an orphan.”. The words “pipe of peace”, “pale face” were borrowed from A) Indian language B) Latin language C) Greek language D) French language E) Japanese language
206. The words pajamas, khaki, mango, bungalow which became international come from A) India B) New Zealand C) Australia D) Canada E) the USA
207. What is polyglot? A) multilingual dictionary B) glossary C) specialized dictionary D) encyclopedia E) bilingual dictionary
208. The root of the word is A) the basic part of a word to which affixes are added B) the basic unit of a language, having denotative meaning C) a derivational affix D) a grammatical paradigm E) a derived stem
209. Affixation, word-composition and conversion are A) principle and productive ways of forming new words B) non-productive ways of word-formation C) minor types of word-building D) morphosyntactically conditioned combinability of words E) word-building patterns
210. Which of the following parts of words has the verb derived from the noun A) a monkey – to monkey B) a peel – to peel C) a help – to help D) a tramp – to tramp E) a jump – to jump
211. Which of the following is a minor way of word-formation A) back-formation B) word-composition C) conversion D) affixation E) word-derivation
212. What is the connotational meaning A) the component of meaning that considers emotive charge and stylistic reference of words B) the component of meaning that distinguishes one word from all others containing identical morphemes C) the component of meaning recurrent in identical sets of individual forms of different words D) the component of meaning recurrent in identical sets of individual forms of different words E) the denotational meaning
213. Absolute (or complete) synonyms are A) words coinciding in all their shades of meaning and in all their stylistic characteristics B) words conveying the same notion but differing in shades of meaning C) words which differ in connotations D) words conveying the same notion but differing in shades of meaning E) words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning
214. The White House, boston, volt, mackintosh are cases of A) a metonymy B) a metaphor C) a euphemism D) an irony E) litotes
215. Which of the following words are homophones A) night (n) – knight (n) B) tear (n) – tear (v) C) lead (n) – lead (v) D) wind (n) – wind (v) E) new (adj) – old (adj)
216. What common element do the words cities, tables, relations have A) the grammatical meaning of plurality B) the lexical meaning C) the stylistic coloring D) one and the same denotational meaning E) the connotational meaning
217. “I have told you 10 times” is an example of a A) hyperbole B) metonymy C) metaphor D) euphemism E) litotes
218. The selection of lexical units, arrangement and setting of the entries is one of the main problem in A) lexicography B) lexicology C) phonetics D) phraseology E) grammar
219. Which of the following sentences has an idiom A) “why can’t the mayor just cut all the red tape and let us have a parade without a permit?” B) there are two possible explanations about the origin of this famous phrase C) some idioms originated as colloquialisms or slang D) some idioms were well-known proverbs and short sayings that express practical, basic truth E) it’s time to go to bed
220. Which of the following words are of French origin A) beau, commence, chauffeur B) empty, ask, belly C) afternoon, and, ask D) hyena, home, husband E) hippopotamus, guerilla, caftan
221. Which of the following words are native English A) summer, hope, life B) vacuum, exist, act C) machine, parachute, valley D) xylophone, epoch, chemist E) confetti, macaroni, life
222. A stem is A) an unchanged part B) a functional affix C) a derivational affix D) a prefix E) a suffix
223. Suffix -er is A) productive and active B) non-productive and active C) active D) productive E) productive and non-active
224. Conversion is a word-building process in which words are built A) by means of changing the paradigm B) by joining two or more stems together C) by adding word-building affixes to stems D) by combining parts of two words E) by shortening a written word or phrase
225. Sound imitation, reduplication, clipping, abbreviation are A) minor types of word making B) productive ways of word-building C) principal ways of word-building D) ways of making up phraseological units E) ways of changing syntactic pattern and paradigm of words
226. Compound words contain A) not less than two morphemes B) one free morpheme C) not less than two morphemes of which at least one is bound D) not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme E) a group of words
227. Dictionaries of abbreviations, antonyms, borrowings, new words are A) special dictionaries B) general dictionaries C) glossaries D) rhyming and thesaurus type of dictionaries E) etymological dictionaries
228. Which of the following words is the case of an initial clipping A) story, phone, cello B) T-shirt, H-bone, V-day C) flu, fridge, tech D) babble, chatter, giggle E) beg, housekeep, butler
229. - age, -an, -ary are A) noun-forming suffixes B) verb-forming suffixes C) adjective-forming suffixes D) adverb-forming suffixes E) numeral-forming suffixes
230. Sources of synonyms are A) all the above mentioned cases B) native and borrowed words C) shortening D) conversion E) euphemisms
231. The main types of dictionaries are A) general and special B) general and etymological C) special and multilingual D) usage and slang dictionaries E) general and ideographic
232. The following words hell, damn, shut up are A) vulgarisms B) terms C) dialectical words D) slang E) synonyms
233. An idiom is A) an expression of the meaning which is different from the literal meanings of its components B) a free word-group, consisting of independent words, each of them having its own meaning C) a proverb D) a familiar quotation E) a saying
234. Which of the following antonyms are derivational A) careful – careless B) slow – fast C) correct – incorrect – wrong D) temporary- permanent E) enemy – friend
235. Check for the line where all the words have American spelling A) humor, theater, program, thru B) traveling, centre, color, offence C) jewellery, woolen, favour meter D) armour, although, fibre, monologue E) telegramme, center, picturesque, favour
236. Word composition is a word-building process in which words are built A) by joining two or more stems B) by adding derivational affixes to stems C) by means of changing the paradigm D) by combining parts of two words E) by clipping the beginning or the end of the word
237. Which of the following words are blends A) smog, brunch, clap B) beggar, to burgle, to edit C) hanky, nighty, radar D) M.P., USA, BBC E) ping - pong, topsy-turvy, walkie-talkie
238. According to which word-formation way the Americanisms electronic, automaniac, Gerrymander were created A) blending B) shortening C) reduplication D) compounding E) back-formation
239. The word story is an example of A) initial clipping B) final clipping C) medial clipping D) reduplication E) sound interchange
240. What is polysemy A) the existence within one word of several connected meanings B) the ability of words to coincide in their spelling and sound forms C) the existence of contrastive meanings within a word D) the existence of only one meaning within words E) words with opposite meanings
241. Homographs are A) words identical in spelling, but different both in their sound-form and meaning B) words identical in sound-form, but different both in spelling and in meaning C) words identical in sound-form, but different in meaning D) words identical in meaning, but different in spelling E) words identical in spelling and sound-form meaning, but different in meaning
242. A Don Juan, the foot of the bed, bookworm, the head of the school are cases of A) a metaphor B) a metonymy C) a euphemism D) an irony E) litotes
243. Which of the following synonymic group belong to total (complete or absolute) synonymy A) functional affix, inflection, flexion B) pretty, handsome, beautiful C) to eat, to partake, to peck D) capable, skillful, qualified, professional E) companion, friend, associate
244. Noun and substantive are A) partial synonyms B) ideographic synonyms C) stylistic synonyms D) antonyms E) total synonyms
245. The following definition “coal is a black, hard substance that burns and gives off heat” is an entry form A) a descriptive dictionary B) a pronunciation dictionary C) a bilingual dictionary D) a dictionary of pronunciation E) an etymological dictionary
246. Free word-groups are A) words put together to form lexical units B) stereotyped or unchangeable set expressions C) phraseological fusions D) phraseological colloquialisms E) phraseological unities
247. (to be) like a bull in a china shop means A) a careless, clumsy person who may cause damage through lack of skill or care B) to be a cause of danger C) to be an insensitive, crude person D) to feel very proud and happy about something E) to feel uncomfortable, ill at ease in one’s surroundings, situation or in society
248. Which of the following phraseological units is not motivated A) hot dog B) bear a grudge C) bear malice D) take a linking E) to show one’s teeth
249. Which of the following words are native English A) summer, hope, life B) vacuum, exist, act C) machine, parachute, valley D) xylophone, epoch, chemist E) confetti, macaroni, life
250. What is Cockney A) one of the southern dialects of London B) the British Standard English C) the Scottish variant of English language D) an artificial language E) the Irish dialect
251. The following words dormitory, fall, elevator, apartment are typical for A) American English B) Standard English C) Cockney D) Canadian English E) Slang
252. Explanatory dictionary can also be called A) unilingual dictionary B) bilingual dictionary C) translation dictionary D) glossary E) encyclopedia
253. A Prefix is A) derivational morpheme preceding the root B) a derivational morpheme following the stem C) a common element of words within a word-family D) an affix placed within the word E) a combining form
254. Which of these nouns are derived from verbs A) a break, a catch, a jump B) a pain, a tramp, a button C) a pen, a weekend, a drink D) a cook, a button, a monkey E) a fall, a windglass, an act
255. Form of functional words comprise A) all this group B) auxiliary verbs C) prepositions D) conjunctions E) relative adverbs
256. What are homonyms A) words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning B) words with identical sound and graphic forms C) words differing in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form and spelling D) words coinciding in some shades of meaning E) words with opposite meanings
257. Homophones are A) words identical in sound-form but different in meaning B) words identical in meaning but different in spelling C) words identical in spelling, but different both in their sound-form and meaning D) words identical in sound-form but different both in spelling and in meaning E) words identical in spelling and sound-form meaning but different in meaning
258. Which of the words are homonyms proper A) ball (n) – ball (n) B) wind (n) – wind (v) C) check (n) – cheque (n) D) been (v) – bean (n) E) bear (n) – bear (v)
259. Words swish, splash are A) phonetically motivated B) semantically motivated C) morphologically motivated D) non-motivated E) graphically motivated
260. A word that appears or is specially coined to name a new object or express a new concept is a A) neologism B) euphemism C) homonymy D) hybrid E) loan word
261. A stereotyped expression mechanically reproduced in speech is a A) cliché B) proverb C) a set-expression D) phraseological unit E) idiom
262. Varieties of the English language peculiar to some districts and having no normalized literary form are A) local dialects B) variants of English C) separate languages D) dialectisms E) artificial language
263. A suffix is A) a derivational morpheme following the stem B) a derivational morpheme preceding the root C) a common element of words within a word-family D) an affix placed within the word E) a combining form
264. Etymology investigates A) the origin and history of a word and its true meaning B) peculiarities of the current English vocabulary C) different types of compounds D) general problems of the theory of the word E) different kinds of dictionaries
265. The word brunch (breakfast +lunch) was formed with the help of A) blending B) sound-interchange C) shortening D) conversion E) affixation
266. What are synonyms A) words different in their sound-form, but identical or similar in some of their meanings B) words with identical sound and graphic forms C) words differing in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form D) words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but differing in meaning E) words with contrastive meanings
267. Perfect homophones are A) words identical in spelling and sound-form but differing in meaning B) words identical in sound-form but different both in spelling and in meaning C) words identical in spelling, but different both in their sound-form and meaning D) words identical in meaning but different in spelling E) words identical in sound-form but different in meaning
268. Check for the line with synonyms to the word to look A) to gaze, to glance, to peep, to stare B) to see, to gaze, to blame C) to peep, to stroll, to sob, to cry D) to watch, to strive, to race E) to starve, to search, to wait
269. Which of the following antonyms are mixed antonyms A) active – passive – inactive B) final – first C) safety – danger D) temporary – permanent E) slow – quick
270. Check for the homographs in the following sets of words A) bow – bow B) new – knew C) brake – break D) by – bye E) piece – peace
271. To err is human is a (an) A) familiar quotation B) cliche C) proverb D) idiom E) free phrase
272. Isotope is a A) neologism B) historism C) common colloquial word D) jargonism E) vulgarism
273. Complete the following idiom of comparison as busy as A) a bee B) a mouse C) a frog D) a dove E) an ant
274. Red tapes, mare’s nest are A) phraseological fusions B) phraseological unities C) phraseological combinations D) proverbs E) familiar quotations
275. Which of the following words contain diminutive suffixes A) booklet, hanky B) heroine, actress C) poetic, picturesque D) cloudy, girlish E) funny, sunny
276. What is the meaning of -scribe in the words transcribe, subscribe, describe, inscribe A) write B) read C) spell D) say E) print
277. An infix is A) an affix placed within the word B) a derivational morpheme proceeding the root C) a derivational morpheme following the stem D) a common element of words within a word-family E) a combining form
278. The word exam is a cause of A) clipping B) blending C) back-formation D) sound-interchange E) onomatopoeia
279. Grammatical meaning is A) the meaning proper to sets of word-forms common to all words of a certain class B) the meaning proper to the given linguistic unit in all its forms and distributions C) the component of the lexical meaning that makes communication possible D) the connotational meaning E) the denotational meaning
280. An exaggerated statement not meant to be understood literally but expressing an intensely emotional attitude of the speaker to what he is speaking about is called A) hyperbole B) exaggeration C) irony D) metaphor E) litotes
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