WorksheetsLeksykologia - nst 8 units 24/25
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Please choose the missing word to get an idiom:
To dig into a ...............
foot
hole
blank
life
Please choose the missing word:
To clutch at ...................
grip
grips
straw
straws
Which idiom means "to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done" or " wypić piwo, które się nawarzyło"?
to spread yourself too thin
to draw a blank
to face the music
to get to grips
Which idiom means "works immediately and very well indeed"?
works magically
works like magic
works magic
works as magic
Imagine something bad happens to you and you decide you will never let it happen again. What would you say in such a situation?
I've learned my lesson
I had a bash
I'm at beck and call of the situation
I'll get my own way
Don't try to................................... You cannot do all those things at the same time.
jump for joy
draw a blank
spread yourself too thin
make do
Which idiom means "make someone annoyed"?
fall into place
put a damper on
carry the can
rub up the wrong way
The noise that my neighbours are making is really.........................................
giving me a piece of their mind
giving me an earful
sending the cat among the pigeons
driving me up the wall
He loves whitewater rafting. He does it
for kicks
out of sorts
to be floating on air
out for blood
Choose the odd word out (i.e. not referring to the same concept)
lexicon
vocabulary
lexis
lexicology
Which of the areas does lexicology not really rely on?
semantics
morphology
philosophy
etymology
Which of the following is the study of meaning?
semantics
lexicography
morphology
etymology
A person that writes and publishes dictionaries is involved in......... ?
theoretical lexicology
lexicography
semantics
syntax
What do we call morphs which are different representations of the same morpheme?
antimorphs
minimal pairs
allophones
allomorphs
Information on style and registers may be entered into dictionary. Those concepts normally belong to the area of.......?
sytnax
phonology
sociolinguistics
morphology
Apart from the origins of words, what does etymology also deal with?
the study of the syntax
the study of philosophical aspects of language
The study of the history of words
the study of the internal structure of words
What do we call a special technique of writing and compilation of dictionaries?
applied etymology
applied syntax
lexicology
lexicography
What do we call morphemes that can occur alone as individual words?
prefixes
bound morphemes
free suffixes
free morphemes
What do we call a historical process whereby speakers who cannot analyse an obscure form and replace it with a different form which is morphologically transparent?
folk lexycology
historical sytnax
folk etymology
etymology
