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1.

Semasiology studies the change in … which words under go?

a)

meaning

b)

word

c)

morphemes

d)

quality

e)

sentence

2.

Concept is …..

a)

a category of human cognition.

b)

a category of human quality.

c)

a category of human noise.

d)

a category of human communication.

e)

a category of human voice.

3.

The interrelation of linguistic signs with categories and phenomena outside the scope of language is comprised in ……

a)

meaning

b)

word

c)

morphemes

d)

quality

e)

sentence

4.

What is functional conversion?

a)

using one part of speech as another

b)

short elements which exist as a words in their own right

c)

fusing elements of two other words

d)

solid compounds

e)

short elements which do not exist as a words in their own right

5.

The functional approach maintains that the meaning of a linguistic unit may be studied through …..

a)

its relation to other linguistic units

b)

its correlation to other linguistic units

c)

its version to other linguistic units

d)

its similarity to other linguistic units

e)

its connection to other linguistic units

6.

Word meaning is ……

a)

homogeneous

b)

heterogeneous

c)

complex

d)

Semantic

e)

Polysemantic

7.

Find blended word

a)

brunch

b)

rainfall

c)

for example

d)

newborn

e)

VIP

8.

The words of different languages which are similar or identical in lexical meaning are … .

a)

learned words

b)

correlated words

c)

archaic words

d)

borrowed words

e)

synonyms

9.

What does Lexicology ,a brunch of linguistics study?

a)

It is the study of sentences.

b)

It is the study of words.

c)

It is the study of definitions.

d)

It is the study of aspects.

e)

It is the study of sounds.

10.

What is the name of the area of lexicology specializing in the semantic studies of the word?

a)

It is called semantics.

b)

It is called phraseology.

c)

It is called grammar.

d)

It is called semasiology.

e)

It is called sociolinguistics.

11.

What do we mean by external structure of the word?

a)

We mean its lexical meaning.

b)

We mean its lexico-grammatical structure.

c)

We mean its morphological structure.

d)

We mean its semantic structure.

e)

We mean its linguistic structure.

12.

On what level is the word studied in its relationships with other words the vocabulary system?

a)

It is studied on the simple level.

b)

It is studied on the historical level.

c)

It is studied on the modern level.

d)

It is studied on the syntagmatic level.

e)

It is studied on the paradigmatic level.

13.

What is the smallest meaningful unit of speech?

a)

The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a morpheme.

b)

The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a word.

c)

The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a sound.

d)

The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a stem.

e)

The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a root.

14.

Which words do we call homonyms?

a)

Homonyms are words which are identical in writing.

b)

Homonyms are the words which are identical in pronunciation.

c)

Homonyms are the words which are identical in speaking.

d)

Homonyms are the words which are identical in sound and spelling.

e)

Homonyms are the words which are identical in their meaning.

15.

By borrowing(or loan-word)we mean a word which came...

a)

into the vocabulary of many languages from one language.

b)

into the vocabulary of one language from another language

c)

into the stock of words of different languages from any foreign language.

d)

into the vocabulary of one language from 2or3other languages.

e)

into the vocabulary without any changes.

16.

The conversion, derivation and composition are....

a)

the productive ways of word-building.

b)

the productive ways of producing new words.

c)

the productive ways of forming new meanings.

d)

the productive ways of developing the language.

e)

the productive ways of forming the vocabulary.

17.

All morphemes are subdivided into two large classes:....and....

a)

stems and roots.

b)

roots and suffixes.

c)

suffixes and affixes.

d)

roots and affixes.

e)

prefixes and affixes.

18.

The process of affixation consists in coining a new word by....

a)

deriving words from different languages to some root morpheme.

b)

adding a suffix to some root.

c)

adding a stem to some root.

d)

adding an affix to some root.

e)

adding some endings to some root.

19.

....consists in making a new word from some existing word by changing the category of a part of speech.

a)

Derivation.

b)

Composition.

c)

Affixation.

d)

Conversion.

e)

Formation.

20.

This type of word-building consists in producing a new word by combining two or more stems.

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21.

What three aspects of composition are there in the English language?

a)

They are grammar, neutral and syntactic.

b)

They are syntactic, morphological and linguistic.

c)

They are simple, neutral and morphological.

d)

They are compound, simple and neutral.

e)

They are neutral, morphologyical and syntactic.

22.

Contracted words are produced in two different ways: the first is to make a new word from a syllable of the original word. What is the second?

a)

to make a new word from the root of the original word.

b)

to make a new word from the last letter sofa word-group.

c)

to make a new word from the stem of the word.

d)

to make a new word from the initial letter sofa word group.

e)

to make a new word from the affixes of the original words.

23.

What do we understand by etymological doublets?

a)

Doublets are the words with the same source but different in phonemic shape.

b)

These are words which have the same meaning but differ in phonemic shape.

c)

These are words which originated from the same source, but differ in phonemic shape and in meaning.

d)

Such words which are the same in phonemic shape but differ in meaning.

e)

Doublets are words which have the same phonemic shape and meaning.

24.

There are three types of synonyms: ideographic, stylistic and absolute. What is a stylistic type?

a)

It differs in shades of meaning.

b)

It differs in stylistic characteristics.

c)

It coincides in all their shades of meaning.

d)

It has the same concept but differs in meaning.

e)

It has the same stylistic characteristics.

25.

To which parts of speech do most antonyms belong?

a)

They mostly belong to verbs.

b)

They mostly belong to nouns.

c)

They mostly belong to adverbs.

d)

They mostly belong to adjectives.

e)

They mostly belong to verbs and nouns.

26.

What is the general tendency with the English vocabulary at the modern stage of its history?

a)

To increase the total number of its meanings.

b)

To involve the appearance of its new meanings.

c)

To develop the semantic structure of a word.

d)

To narrow the total number of its meanings.

e)

To add new words to the English vocabulary.

27.

What are syntagmatic relationships based on?

a)

They are based on the basis of its vocabulary.

b)

They are based on the linear character of speech.

c)

They are based on the basis of its grammar structure.

d)

They are based on the basis of its morphological structure.

e)

They are based on the basis of its lexical structure.

28.

... is the vocabulary available to a native speaker or a learner for encoding purposes such as speaking, writing or translating from the native into a foreign language; it is considerably smaller than passive vocabulary associated with decoding tasks such as listening and reading.

a)

active vocabulary

b)

phraseological unit

c)

dictionary information

d)

onomatopoeia

e)

semasiology

29.

... is a stereotyped expression mechanically reproduced in speech.

a)

cliche

b)

cognate word

c)

creole

d)

amelioration

e)

paronyms

30.

... is a word in all its meanings and form, i.e. a word as a structural element of language.

a)

lexeme

b)

prefix

c)

lemma

d)

dialekt

e)

synchronic

31.

... is a speech variety appropriate to a particular speech situation (e.g. formal versus casual).

a)

register

b)

prefix

c)

abbreviation

d)

epithet

e)

colligation

32.

... denotes a group of words which exists in the language as a ready-made unit, has the unity of meaning, the unity of syntactical function.

a)

word- group

b)

concordance

c)

conversion

d)

discource

e)

conversation

33.

... is the adaptation of borrowed words to the system of the receiving language in pronunciation, in grammar and in spelling.

a)

assimilation of borrowings

b)

affixation

c)

etymological dictionary

d)

corpus- oriented lexicography

e)

the defining vocabulary

34.

... is a lexical item that was previously widely used but has survived only in a particular dialect.

a)

archaism

b)

euphemism

c)

morpheme

d)

cognate word

e)

neologism

35.

... is the meaning of the formal membership of a word expressed by the word's form. i.e. the meaning of relationship manifested not in the word itself but in the dependent element which is supplementary to its material part.

a)

grammatical meaning

b)

semantic narrowing

c)

grammatical valency

d)

active vocabulary.

e)

vocabulary control movement

36.

... is the relative freedom with which affixes can combine with bases of the appropriate category.

a)

productivity

b)

pejoration

37.

... is the relative freedom with which affixes can combine with bases of the appropriate category

a)

productivity

b)

pejoration

c)

combinability

d)

inflection

e)

injerection

38.

... is a manner of pronunciation of a language.

a)

accent

b)

cognate word

c)

semantics

d)

dialect

e)

creole

39.

... is the form to which an affix is added

a)

base

b)

lexeme

c)

polysemy

d)

etymon

e)

basic

40.

... are words identical in pronunciation and spelling

a)

homonyms proper

b)

variants of english

c)

homophones

d)

collocation

e)

denotation

41.

What are hybrids?

a)

words made up of elements derived from two or more different languages;

b)

words made up of elements derived from two languages;

c)

words made up of elements derived from different languages;

d)

words made up of elements derived from one different language;

e)

words made up of elements derived from two or more similar languages;

42.

Semasiology is the branch of Lexicology that deals with

a)

the study of word meaning;

b)

the study of word history;

c)

the study of word building;

d)

the study of word origin;

e)

the study of word quality;

43.

Free word-groups are

a)

words put together to form lexical units;

b)

words put together to form grammatical units;

c)

words put together to form morphological units;

d)

words put together to form phonetic units;

e)

words put together to form different units;

44.

What is a phraseological unit?

a)

functionally and semantically inseparable word-groups;

b)

functionally and semantically inseparable words;

c)

functionally and semantically inseparable morpheme-groups;

d)

semantically inseparable word-groups;

e)

functionally inseparable word-groups;

45.

The selection of lexical units, arrangement and setting of the entries is one of the main problems in

a)

lexicography;

b)

morphegraphy;

c)

phonography;

d)

serigraphy;

e)

logosgraphy;

46.

The main types of dictionaries are

a)

general and special;

b)

general and smart;

c)

bestseller and special;

d)

professional and special;

e)

general, mixed and special;

47.

Synonyms for the word "to hope" is

a)

to expect, to look forward, to anticipate;

b)

to expect, to look for, to anticipate;

c)

to explain, to look forward, to anticipate;

d)

to escape, to look for, to anticipate;

e)

to appear, to look for, to anticipate;

48.

Which of the following words have derived stems?

a)

beautiful, girlish, activate;

b)

beauty, girlish, activate;

c)

beautiful, girlish, active;

d)

beautiful, girl, activate;

e)

beauty, girl, active;

49.

Varieties of the English language peculiar to some districts and having no normalized literary form are

a)

local dialects;

b)

regional dialects;

c)

various dialects;

d)

mixed dialects;

e)

different dialects;

50.

The words glamour, kilt, raid, came into English from

a)

the Scottish dialect;

b)

the Irish dialects;

c)

the British dialects;

d)

local dialects;

e)

regional dialects;

51.

Which of the following words is the case of a metaphor?

a)

the bonnet of the car;

b)

the bonnet of the house;

c)

the bonnet of the dog;

d)

the bonnet of the school;

e)

the bonnet of the book;

52.

Which of the following homonyms are partial?

a)

match (n) -match (v);

b)

came (n) -came (v);

c)

go (n) -go (v);

d)

sit (n) -sit (v);

e)

make (n) -make (v);

53.

Which of the following words are homonyms proper?

a)

bank (n) - bank (n)

b)

came (n) -came (v);

c)

go (n) -go (v);

d)

sit (n) -sit (v);

e)

make (n) -make (v);

54.

Metaphor is a transfer of name based on

a)

the association of similarity;

b)

the cory of similarity;

c)

the feature of similarity;

d)

the face of similarity;

e)

the date of similarity;

55.

Which of the following synonymic groups belong to total (complete or absolute synonymy)?

a)

functional affix, inflection, flexion;

b)

functional suffix, inflection, flexion;

c)

functional affix;

d)

inflection, flexion;

e)

prefix, inflection, flexion;

56.

Compound derivatives contain

a)

not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme;

b)

not less than three free morphemes and one bound morpheme;

c)

not less than one free morphemes and one bound morpheme;

d)

not less than ten free morphemes and one bound morpheme;

e)

not less than eight free morphemes and one bound morpheme;

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