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WorksheetsPhraseological Units 301-350
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 29mins
State the type of the phraseological unit ‘double Dutch’ according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:
phraseological unity
literary coinage
phraseological fusion
free-word combination
phraseological collocation
State the type of the phraseological unit ‘beat the Dutch’ (to exceed expectations) according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:
phraseological collocation
phraseological unity
literary coinage
phraseological fusion
free-word combination
State the type of the phraseological unit ‘Dutch headache’ (hangover) according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:
phrasal verb
literary coinage
phraseological unity
free-word combination
phraseological collocation
The sarcastic phraseological unit ‘The Dutch have taken Holland’ is an equivalent to the idiom:
Call the devil!
Break your leg!
Good riddance!
No pain, no gain!
Queen Anne is dead!
State the type of the phraseological unit ‘not to turn a hair’ according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:
literary coinage
phraseological fusion
phraseological unity
free-word combination
phraseological collocation
State the type of the phraseological unit ‘to bite the hand that feeds you’ according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:
free-word combination
phraseological collocation
phraseological fusion
phraseological unity
literary coinage
State the type of the phraseological unit ‘to put something by for a rainy day’ according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:
phraseological unity
free-word combination
phraseological collocation
phraseological fusion
literary coinage
________ are words that serve to refer to new concepts.
Hyponyms
Paronyms
Acronyms
Neologisms
Telescopisms
Words different in sound form and spelling but similar in meaning are traditionally called ______ .
synonyms
antonyms
homonyms
etymological doublets
acronyms
The synonymic dominant of the set of synonyms to walk - to stride - to trot - to pace - to swagger is:
to trot
to pace
to walk
to stride
to swagger
The synonymic dominant of the following set of synonyms strange- quaint-odd-queer-weird is:
odd
queer
weird
strange
quaint
Choose the most appropriate element for the following word combination: _______ of rotting fish:
aroma
odour
scent
stink
perfume
Say which word is not a synonym to the word “to die”
to pass away
to perish
to leave this world
to be as cold as cucumber
to kick the bucket
Say which word is odd in the list.
glory
repute
fame
reverence
notoriety
Which word is the synonymic dominant in the group ‘glare – look – stare – gaze – gape’?
stare
gaze
look
glare
gape
State the type of synonyms: house - home.
stylistic
absolute
ideographic
derivational
incompatibles
State the type of synonyms: father - dad.
absolute
derivational
stylistic
ideographic
incompatibles
Find a pair of stylistic synonyms among the pairs given below.
to see – to behold
mirror – looking-glass
to bring – to fetch
dumb - mute
war - truce
Which word is the synonymic dominant?
pang
twinge
prick
pain
anguish
. . . are words of the same part of speech, opposite in meaning
acronyms
antonyms
synonyms
homonyms
abbreviations
The example of contradictories is the pair_____ .
mirror - looking glass
dead – alive
asked - asked
white – blue
thick – narrow
The example of contraries is the following pair:
die - live
cool – hot
dead - alive
perfect – imperfect
beautiful – pretty
State the type of antonyms: war – peace
contraries
incompatibles
contradictories
absolute antonyms
derivational antonyms
Define the type of antonyms: ‘man – boy’:
absolute
derivational
contraries
contradictories
incompatibles
Words having more than one meaning are called…
homonyms
synonyms
antonyms
polysemantic
etymological doublets
The example of homographs is:
ords having more than one meaning are called…
homonyms
synonyms
antonyms
polysemantic
etymological doublets
The example of homographs is:
hare-hair
write-right
kneed-need
to tear – tear
night – knight
to seal (ставить печать) - a seal (тюлень) are the examples of:
conversion
polysemy
lexical homonyms
grammatical homonyms
lexico-grammatical homonyms
The example of homophones is:
bank - bank
night - knight
to tear - tear
mass – mass
to lead – lead (свинец)
Find a pair of homophones:
to lead – lid
height – hide
peak – pike
to meet - meat
to lead – lead (свинец)
Find a pair of perfect homonyms:
to hide – hid
been – bean
to be – bee
bank – bank
to lead – lead [led]
Say where we deal with a case of polysemy:
ball (мяч) – ball (бал)
seal (тюлень) – seal (печать)
bank (банк) – bank (берег)
knight (рыцарь) – night (ночь)
hand (рука) – hand (стрелка часов)
The example of homophones is:
hair – heir
lie - lay
to die – to dye
to bear – beer
mass – mass
A homophone to the word ‘high’ is ____ .
hi
tall
short
height
this word has no homophones
State the type of homonyms: ‘lead’ [led]– свинец, and ‘lead’ [li:d] - вести.
homographs
homophones
perfect homonyms
derivational homonyms
full homonyms
State the type of homonyms: heir - air.
full
perfect
grammatical
homophones
homographs
State the type of homonyms: cut (Past Simple) – cut (Past Participle).
full
partial
lexical
grammatical
homographs
State the type of homonyms: to lie (лежать) – to lie (лгать).
full
partial
homophones
derivational
grammatical
Say which linguistic phenomenon is this joke based on: Diner: ‘Do you serve fish here?’ Waiter: ‘We serve anyone here, sir.’
polysemy
synonymy
antonymy
monosemy
homonymy
Say which linguistic phenomenon is this joke based on: Pam: ‘Hasn’t Harvey ever married?’ Beryl: ‘No, and I don’t think he intends to, because he is studying for the Bachelor’s degree.’
homonymy
polysemy
synonymy
antonymy
monosemy
Find a pair of full homonyms.
heard – herd
ore – or
scent – cent
match (спичка) – match (матч)
hide (шкура) – hide (прятаться)
The words ‘ear’ (ухо) and ‘ear’ (кукурузный початок) are a good example of ______ .
homonymy
synonymy
antonymy
hyponymy
polysemy
The words date “свидание” and date “финик” are a good example of ___ .
synonymy
antonymy
hyponymy
homonymy
polysemy
Find a case of homonymy.
mint (мята)– mint (чеканить монету)
eye (глаз) – eye (игольное ушко)
abuse (оскорблять) – abuse (жестокое обращение)
lay (класть) – lay (грубо овладеть женщиной)
chew (жевать) – chew (нудно и долго рассказывать)
The words “flower” and “daisy” are _____ .
paronyms
antonyms
homonyms
hyponyms
synonyms
The words “scarlet” and “red” are _____ .
synonyms
antonyms
homonyms
paronyms
hyponyms
The words “politics” and “policy” are ______ .
antonyms
homonyms
hyponyms
paronyms
synonyms
The words “human” and “humane” are ______ .
synonyms
antonyms
homonyms
hyponyms
paronyms
. . . is an important branch of applied linguistics dealing with the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.
Lexicology
Lexicography
Theoretical grammar
Phonostylistics
Etymology
Dictionaries containing words and expressions of the native language and their foreign equivalents or vice-versa are called:
bilingual
unilingual
etymological
dictionaries of synonyms
spelling dictionaries
Judging by the name of the dictionary define its type: Kunin A.V. English-Russian Phraseological Dictionary.
general, monolingual
special, multilingual
special, bilingual
general, bilingual
special, unilingual
