WorksheetsModule 5. Homonyms
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 30mins
Homonyms are...
Give 3 examples of homonyms
The following joke illustrates the use of homonyms based on a...
(a)
Homonyms that are the same in sound and spelling are called...
Homonyms proper
Homophones
Homographs
These are examples of...
Homonyms proper
Homophones
Homographs
Homographs are...
the same in spelling
different in sound
the same in sound
different in spelling
the same in sound and spelling
Give 2 examples of homographs...
Which of these are not sources of Homonyms?
Split polysemy
Shortenings
Phonetic changes
Metonymy
Metaphor
What kind of source of Homonyms do the words night & knight illustrate?
(a)
In which way are shortenings another source of Homonyms? Give examples.
The homonymic pair mew - mew illustrates which source of Homonyms?
(a)
How do you understand split polysemy?
Which of these are examples of split polysemy?
board
spring
match
rose
bean
According to Smirnitsky, homonyms can be classified into the following classes:
Full homonyms
Simple lexico-grammatical partial homonyms
Complex lexico-grammatical partial homonyms
Partial lexical homonyms
Complex grammatical partial homonyms
Maid & made are examples of:
Complex lexico-grammatical partial homonyms
Partial lexical homonyms
Simple lexico-grammatical partial homonyms
Full homonyms
Words that represent the same category of parts of speech and have the same paradigm are
Full homonyms
Partial homonyms
What is peculiar about partial lexical homonyms?
Give some examples of simple lexico-grammatical partial homonyms
Words of different categories of parts of speech that have one identical form in their paradigm are...
Complex lexico-grammatical partial homonyms
Partial lexical homonyms
Full lexical homonyms
Simple lexico-grammatical partial homonyms
