Контрольная работа 1

Task I

Answer the following questions:

1.How can you account for the fact that English vocabulary contains such an immense number of words of foreign origin?

2. What is the earliest group of English borrowings? Date it.

3. Which words were introduced into English vocabulary during the period of Christianization?

4. What is meant by the native element of English vocabulary?

Task 2

Identify the period of the following Latin borrowings; point out the structural and semantic peculiarities of the words from each period.

Wall, cheese, intelligent, candle, major, moderate, priest, school, street, cherry, music, stratum, media, addendum.

Task 3

a)Find in the dictionary the adjectives with the following suffixes (not less than 5 adjectives for every suffix):

-able (eg:comfortable)

-al (eg: cultural)

-ic (eg: heroic)

-ful (eg:careful)

-less (eg: helpless)

b) Explain the etymology and productivity of the affixes given below. Say what parts of speech can be formed with their help.

-ness, -ous, -ly, -y, -dom, -ish, -tion, over-, dis-, ab-, -or, -hood.

Task 4

Using a dictionary write the nouns and adjectives given below with these prefixes: un-, in-, mis-, dis-.

Сonvinient, convenience; comfort, comfortable; dependent, dependence; different, diffrerence; able, capable; important; experienced; obedient; understanding; honesty; qualified; practical; fortune.

Task 5

Identify the compounds in the word-groups below.

A heavy snowfall; an automobile salesman; corn-coloured chiffon; vehicle searchlights; a born troubleshooter; to disembark a stowaway, a sportscar agency.

Task 6

Answer the following questions:

What is understood by “semantics”? Explain the term “polysemy”.

Define polysemy as a linguistic phenomenon. Illustrate your answer with your own examples.

What are the two levels of analysis in investigating the semantic structure of a word?

4.What causes the development of new meaning? Give examples.

Task 7

Find pairs of antonyms among the following words:

Malice, deep, ugly, rage, good, shallow, handsome, gentle, autonomous, impetuous, dependent, slow, assurance, uncertainty.

Task 8

Find in the dictionary not less than three different meanings of the following words:

Key, spring, turn, right, drop.

Task 9

Look through synonymic dictionaries and prove that the rows of words given below are synonyms:

1. Fear – terror – horror. 2. To cry –to weep – to sob. 3. To walk –to trot – to stroll. 4. To stare – to gaze – to glare.

Task 10

Find in Russian the equivalents for the following metaphors:

Carpet of snow, brazen head, lion share, old salt, monkey business.

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