TKT Glossary quiz Unit 2 Lexis

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1 Which of the following words could be described as abstract?

• A cheese

• B happiness

• C crowd

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2 What is affixation?

• A groups of words with similar meanings

• B letters added to the beginning or end of a word to make a new word

• C a pair of words that are normally used together

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3 Which option contains examples of affixes?

• A -ment, -ly, re-, dis-

• B / f/ʊə/ʒ/

• C ; @ ?

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4 Which of these pairs of words are antonyms?

• A there–their

• B clothes–socks

• C dry–wet

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5 Which of these groups of words are in the same category?

• A useful, potato, trees, truth

• B water, milk, lemonade, tea

• C in, decide, natural, desk

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6 Which of these contains a chunk?

• A I’ll do it tomorrow.

• B See you later.

• C What’s his mother’s name?

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7 Which of these describes a collocation?

• A words which are made up of two or more words

• B words which are regularly used together

• C words which have a similar sound

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8 Which of these is a compound noun?

• A brown hair

• B minibus

• C head teacher

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9 A compound noun is made by putting together

• A words from the same lexical field.

• B words of the same or different parts of speech.

• C words with prefixes and/or suffixes.

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10 Concrete lexis refers to

• A feelings and attitudes.

• B complex ideas.

• C things that can be seen or touched.