WorksheetsQuiz on Lexicology and Vocabulary
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 24mins
The words of different languages which are similar or identical in lexical meaning are … .
learned words
correlated words
archaic words
borrowed words
synonyms
What does Lexicology ,a brunch of linguistics study?
It is the study of sentences.
It is the study of words.
It is the study of definitions.
It is the study of aspects.
It is the study of sounds.
What is the name of the area of lexicology specializing in the semantic studies of the word?
It is called semantics.
It is called phraseology.
It is called grammar.
It is called semasiology.
It is called sociolinguistics.
What do we mean by external structure of the word?
We mean its lexical meaning.
We mean its lexico-grammatical structure.
We mean its morphological structure.
We mean its semantic structure.
We mean its linguistic structure.
On what level is the word studied in its relationships with other words the vocabulary system?
It is studied on the simple level.
It is studied on the historical level.
It is studied on the modern level.
It is studied on the syntagmatic level.
It is studied on the paradigmatic level.
What is the smallest meaningful unit of speech?
The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a morpheme.
The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a word.
The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a sound.
The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a stem.
The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a root.
Which words do we call homonyms?
Homonyms are words which are identical in writing.
Homonyms are the words which are identical in pronunciation.
Homonyms are the words which are identical in speaking.
Homonyms are the words which are identical in sound and spelling.
Homonyms are the words which are identical in their meaning.
By borrowing(or loan-word)we mean a word which came...
into the vocabulary of many languages from one language.
into the vocabulary of one language from another language
into the stock of words of different languages from any foreign language.
into the vocabulary of one language from 2or3other languages.
into the vocabulary without any changes.
The conversion, derivation and composition are....
the productive ways of word-building.
the productive ways of producing new words.
the productive ways of forming new meanings.
the productive ways of developing the language.
the productive ways of forming the vocabulary.
All morphemes are subdivided into two large classes:....and....
stems and roots.
roots and suffixes.
suffixes and affixes.
roots and affixes.
prefixes and affixes.
The process of affixation consists in coining a new word by....
deriving words from different languages to some root morpheme.
adding a suffix to some root.
adding a stem to some root.
adding an affix to some root.
adding some endings to some root.
....consists in making a new word from some existing word by changing the category of a part of speech.
Derivation.
Composition.
Affixation.
Conversion.
Formation.
This type of word-building consists in producing a new word by combining two or more stems.
It is conversion.
It is composition.
It is affixation.
It is derivation.
It is shortening.
What three aspects of composition are there in the English language?
They are grammar, neutral and syntactic.
They are syntactic, morphological and linguistic.
They are simple, neutral and morphological.
They are compound, simple and neutral.
They are neutral, morphologyical and syntactic.
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?
to make a new word from the root of the original word.
to make a new word from the last letter sofa word-group.
to make a new word from the stem of the word.
to make a new word from the initial letter sofa word group.
to make a new word from the affixes of the original words.
What do we understand by etymological doublets?
Doublets are the words with the same source but different in phonemic shape.
These are words which have the same meaning but differ in phonemic shape.
These are words which originated from the same source, but differ in phonemic shape and in meaning.
Such words which are the same in phonemic shape but differ in meaning.
Doublets are words which have the same phonemic shape and meaning.
There are three types of synonyms: ideographic, stylistic and absolute. What is a stylistic type?
It differs in shades of meaning.
It differs in stylistic characteristics.
It coincides in all their shades of meaning.
It has the same concept but differs in meaning.
It has the same stylistic characteristics.
To which parts of speech do most antonyms belong?
They mostly belong to verbs.
They mostly belong to nouns.
They mostly belong to adverbs.
They mostly belong to adjectives.
They mostly belong to verbs and nouns.
What is the general tendency with the English vocabulary at the modern stage of its history?
To increase the total number of its meanings.
To involve the appearance of its new meanings.
To develop the semantic structure of a word.
To narrow the total number of its meanings.
To add new words to the English vocabulary.
What are syntagmatic relationships based on?
They are based on the basis of its vocabulary.
They are based on the linear character of speech.
They are based on the basis of its grammar structure.
They are based on the basis of its morphological structure.
They are based on the basis of its lexical structure.
... 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.
What are hybrids?
words made up of elements derived from two or more different languages;
words made up of elements derived from two languages;
words made up of elements derived from different languages;
words made up of elements derived from one different language;
words made up of elements derived from two or more similar languages;
Semasiology is the branch of Lexicology that deals with
the study of word meaning;
the study of word history;
the study of word building;
the study of word origin;
the study of word quality;
Free word-groups are
words put together to form lexical units;
words put together to form grammatical units;
words put together to form morphological units;
words put together to form phonetic units;
words put together to form different units;
What is a phraseological unit?
functionally and semantically inseparable word-groups;
functionally and semantically inseparable words;
functionally and semantically inseparable morpheme-groups;
semantically inseparable word-groups;
functionally inseparable word-groups;
The selection of lexical units, arrangement and setting of the entries is one of the main problems in
lexicography;
morpegraphy;
phonography;
serigraphy;
logosgraphy;
The main types of dictionaries are
general and special;
general and smart;
bestseller and special;
professional and special;
general, mixed and special;
Synonyms for the word "to hope" is
to expect, to look forward, to anticipate;
to expect, to look for, to anticipate;
to explain, to look forward, to anticipate;
to escape, to look for, to anticipate;
to appear, to look for, to anticipate;
Which of the following words have derived stems?
beautiful, girlish, activate;
beauty, girlish, activate;
beautiful, girlish, active;
beautiful, girl, activate;
beauty, girl, active;
Varieties of the English language peculiar to some districts and having no normalized literary form are
local dialects;
regional dialects;
various dialects;
mixed dialects;
different dialects;
The words glamour, kilt, raid, came into English from
the Scottish dialect;
the Irish dialects;
the British dialects;
local dialects;
regional dialects;
Which of the following words is the case of a metaphor?
the bonnet of the car;
the bonnet of the house;
the bonnet of the dog;
the bonnet of the school;
the bonnet of the book;
Which of the following homonyms are partial?
match (n) -match (v);
came (n) -came (v);
go (n) -go (v);
sit (n) -sit (v);
make (n) -make (v);
Which of the following words are homonyms proper?
bank (n) - bank (n)
came (n) -came (v);
go (n) -go (v);
sit (n) -sit (v);
make (n) -make (v);
Metaphor is a transfer of name based on
the association of similarity;
the cory of similarity;
the feature of similarity;
the face of similarity;
the date of similarity;
Which of the following synonymic groups belong to total (complete or absolute synonymy)?
functional affix, inflection, flexion;
functional suffix, inflection, flexion;
functional affix;
inflection, flexion;
prefix, inflection, flexion
What are derivational compounds?
compound words that have affixes
compound words that have prefixes
compound words that have roots
compound words that have suffixes
compound words that have morphemes
What are antonyms?
words different in sound-form and characterized by semantic polarity of denotational meaning
words consisting of at least two stems which occur in the language as free forms
words coinciding in all their shades of meaning and in all their stylistic characteristics
words identical in their sound -form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning
the connection between the different in meaning
Structurally morphemes fall into
free, semi-free, bound, semi-bound morphemes
free, semi-free morphemes
semi-bound morphemes
free and mixed morphemes
semi-free, semi-bound morphemes
Check for the type of word-formation in the following words: UNO, NATO
shortening
a metaphor
hyperbole
metonymy
comparison
What are compound words?
words consisting of at least two stems which occur in the language as free forms
words coinciding in all their shades of meaning and in all their stylistic characteristics
words identical in their sound -form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning
the connection between the different in meaning
the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its meaning
Absolute or complete synonyms are:
words coinciding in all their shades of meaning and in all their stylistic characteristics
words identical in their sound -form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning
the connection between the different in meaning
words consisting of at least two stems which occur in the language as free forms
the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its meaning
