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WorksheetsContemporary English - Key Terms
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 13mins
In Linguistics, the technical term for an emoji is...
graphology
logogram
smiley
emoticon
"BBC" is an example of...
Acronym
Colloquialism
Initialism
Pronoun
"Fish and Chips", "War and Peace". "Fake News" and "Scratch and Sniff" are examples of...
alliteration
slang
collocation
interjection
"Ffs! My laptop is knackered."
Tick all the linguistic features that apply (select 3).
Exclamative
Semantic field
Blend
Semantic change
Collocation
"cant deal with this bro my head is FRIED kmt"
This form of English is known as N_____ E______.
(a)
"Check the fridge, there should be a coke in there."
Identify the linguistic feature in the noun "fridge".
Semantic change
Clipping
Colloquialism
Verbal irony
"Husband, father, gamer and frequent podcaster."
What's the most prominent linguistic feature here?
Concrete nouns
Agent nouns
Non-standard English
Vocatives
"I see that the covidiots are out in force today!"
Select all the terms that apply to the underlined word. (choose 2)
Blend
Metaphor
Standard English
Coinage
"Hello my Queens! And welcome to RuPaul's Drag Race UK!"
Select the technical term which would apply to the underlined noun phrase.
Clipping
Vocative
Semantic shift
Ellipsis
Words which are no longer in use are said to be o (a)
The most widely accepted form of English, also known as BBC English, is known as S_____ E_____
(a)
Read the above tweet and make some general observations based on the key terms covered so far.
