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Phraseological Units 301-350

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 29mins

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1.

State the type of the phraseological unit ‘double Dutch’ according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:

a)

phraseological unity

b)

literary coinage

c)

phraseological fusion

d)

free-word combination

e)

phraseological collocation

2.

State the type of the phraseological unit ‘beat the Dutch’ (to exceed expectations) according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:

a)

phraseological collocation

b)

phraseological unity

c)

literary coinage

d)

phraseological fusion

e)

free-word combination

3.

State the type of the phraseological unit ‘Dutch headache’ (hangover) according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:

a)

phrasal verb

b)

literary coinage

c)

phraseological unity

d)

free-word combination

e)

phraseological collocation

4.

The sarcastic phraseological unit ‘The Dutch have taken Holland’ is an equivalent to the idiom:

a)

Call the devil!

b)

Break your leg!

c)

Good riddance!

d)

No pain, no gain!

e)

Queen Anne is dead!

5.

State the type of the phraseological unit ‘not to turn a hair’ according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:

a)

literary coinage

b)

phraseological fusion

c)

phraseological unity

d)

free-word combination

e)

phraseological collocation

6.

State the type of the phraseological unit ‘to bite the hand that feeds you’ according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:

a)

free-word combination

b)

phraseological collocation

c)

phraseological fusion

d)

phraseological unity

e)

literary coinage

7.

State the type of the phraseological unit ‘to put something by for a rainy day’ according to V.Vinogradov’s classification:

a)

phraseological unity

b)

free-word combination

c)

phraseological collocation

d)

phraseological fusion

e)

literary coinage

8.

________ are words that serve to refer to new concepts.

a)

Hyponyms

b)

Paronyms

c)

Acronyms

d)

Neologisms

e)

Telescopisms

9.

Words different in sound form and spelling but similar in meaning are traditionally called ______ .

a)

synonyms

b)

antonyms

c)

homonyms

d)

etymological doublets

e)

acronyms

10.

The synonymic dominant of the set of synonyms to walk - to stride - to trot - to pace - to swagger is:

a)

to trot

b)

to pace

c)

to walk

d)

to stride

e)

to swagger

11.

The synonymic dominant of the following set of synonyms strange- quaint-odd-queer-weird is:

a)

odd

b)

queer

c)

weird

d)

strange

e)

quaint

12.

Choose the most appropriate element for the following word combination: _______ of rotting fish:

a)

aroma

b)

odour

c)

scent

d)

stink

e)

perfume

13.

Say which word is not a synonym to the word “to die”

a)

to pass away

b)

to perish

c)

to leave this world

d)

to be as cold as cucumber

e)

to kick the bucket

14.

Say which word is odd in the list.

a)

glory

b)

repute

c)

fame

d)

reverence

e)

notoriety

15.

Which word is the synonymic dominant in the group ‘glare – look – stare – gaze – gape’?

a)

stare

b)

gaze

c)

look

d)

glare

e)

gape

16.

State the type of synonyms: house - home.

a)

stylistic

b)

absolute

c)

ideographic

d)

derivational

e)

incompatibles

17.

State the type of synonyms: father - dad.

a)

absolute

b)

derivational

c)

stylistic

d)

ideographic

e)

incompatibles

18.

Find a pair of stylistic synonyms among the pairs given below.

a)

to see – to behold

b)

mirror – looking-glass

c)

to bring – to fetch

d)

dumb - mute

e)

war - truce

19.

Which word is the synonymic dominant?

a)

pang

b)

twinge

c)

prick

d)

pain

e)

anguish

20.

. . . are words of the same part of speech, opposite in meaning

a)

acronyms

b)

antonyms

c)

synonyms

d)

homonyms

e)

abbreviations

21.

The example of contradictories is the pair_____ .

a)

mirror - looking glass

b)

dead – alive

c)

asked - asked

d)

white – blue

e)

thick – narrow

22.

The example of contraries is the following pair:

a)

die - live

b)

cool – hot

c)

dead - alive

d)

perfect – imperfect

e)

beautiful – pretty

23.

State the type of antonyms: war – peace

a)

contraries

b)

incompatibles

c)

contradictories

d)

absolute antonyms

e)

derivational antonyms

24.

Define the type of antonyms: ‘man – boy’:

a)

absolute

b)

derivational

c)

contraries

d)

contradictories

e)

incompatibles

25.

Words having more than one meaning are called…

a)

homonyms

b)

synonyms

c)

antonyms

d)

polysemantic

e)

etymological doublets

26.

The example of homographs is:

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27.

ords having more than one meaning are called…

a)

homonyms

b)

synonyms

c)

antonyms

d)

polysemantic

e)

etymological doublets

28.

The example of homographs is:

a)

hare-hair

b)

write-right

c)

kneed-need

d)

to tear – tear

e)

night – knight

29.

to seal (ставить печать) - a seal (тюлень) are the examples of:

a)

conversion

b)

polysemy

c)

lexical homonyms

d)

grammatical homonyms

e)

lexico-grammatical homonyms

30.

The example of homophones is:

a)

bank - bank

b)

night - knight

c)

to tear - tear

d)

mass – mass

e)

to lead – lead (свинец)

31.

Find a pair of homophones:

a)

to lead – lid

b)

height – hide

c)

peak – pike

d)

to meet - meat

e)

to lead – lead (свинец)

32.

Find a pair of perfect homonyms:

a)

to hide – hid

b)

been – bean

c)

to be – bee

d)

bank – bank

e)

to lead – lead [led]

33.

Say where we deal with a case of polysemy:

a)

ball (мяч) – ball (бал)

b)

seal (тюлень) – seal (печать)

c)

bank (банк) – bank (берег)

d)

knight (рыцарь) – night (ночь)

e)

hand (рука) – hand (стрелка часов)

34.

The example of homophones is:

a)

hair – heir

b)

lie - lay

c)

to die – to dye

d)

to bear – beer

e)

mass – mass

35.

A homophone to the word ‘high’ is ____ .

a)

hi

b)

tall

c)

short

d)

height

e)

this word has no homophones

36.

State the type of homonyms: ‘lead’ [led]– свинец, and ‘lead’ [li:d] - вести.

a)

homographs

b)

homophones

c)

perfect homonyms

d)

derivational homonyms

e)

full homonyms

37.

State the type of homonyms: heir - air.

a)

full

b)

perfect

c)

grammatical

d)

homophones

e)

homographs

38.

State the type of homonyms: cut (Past Simple) – cut (Past Participle).

a)

full

b)

partial

c)

lexical

d)

grammatical

e)

homographs

39.

State the type of homonyms: to lie (лежать) – to lie (лгать).

a)

full

b)

partial

c)

homophones

d)

derivational

e)

grammatical

40.

Say which linguistic phenomenon is this joke based on: Diner: ‘Do you serve fish here?’ Waiter: ‘We serve anyone here, sir.’

a)

polysemy

b)

synonymy

c)

antonymy

d)

monosemy

e)

homonymy

41.

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.’

a)

homonymy

b)

polysemy

c)

synonymy

d)

antonymy

e)

monosemy

42.

Find a pair of full homonyms.

a)

heard – herd

b)

ore – or

c)

scent – cent

d)

match (спичка) – match (матч)

e)

hide (шкура) – hide (прятаться)

43.

The words ‘ear’ (ухо) and ‘ear’ (кукурузный початок) are a good example of ______ .

a)

homonymy

b)

synonymy

c)

antonymy

d)

hyponymy

e)

polysemy

44.

The words date “свидание” and date “финик” are a good example of ___ .

a)

synonymy

b)

antonymy

c)

hyponymy

d)

homonymy

e)

polysemy

45.

Find a case of homonymy.

a)

mint (мята)– mint (чеканить монету)

b)

eye (глаз) – eye (игольное ушко)

c)

abuse (оскорблять) – abuse (жестокое обращение)

d)

lay (класть) – lay (грубо овладеть женщиной)

e)

chew (жевать) – chew (нудно и долго рассказывать)

46.

The words “flower” and “daisy” are _____ .

a)

paronyms

b)

antonyms

c)

homonyms

d)

hyponyms

e)

synonyms

47.

The words “scarlet” and “red” are _____ .

a)

synonyms

b)

antonyms

c)

homonyms

d)

paronyms

e)

hyponyms

48.

The words “politics” and “policy” are ______ .

a)

antonyms

b)

homonyms

c)

hyponyms

d)

paronyms

e)

synonyms

49.

The words “human” and “humane” are ______ .

a)

synonyms

b)

antonyms

c)

homonyms

d)

hyponyms

e)

paronyms

50.

. . . is an important branch of applied linguistics dealing with the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.

a)

Lexicology

b)

Lexicography

c)

Theoretical grammar

d)

Phonostylistics

e)

Etymology

51.

Dictionaries containing words and expressions of the native language and their foreign equivalents or vice-versa are called:

a)

bilingual

b)

unilingual

c)

etymological

d)

dictionaries of synonyms

e)

spelling dictionaries

52.

Judging by the name of the dictionary define its type: Kunin A.V. English-Russian Phraseological Dictionary.

a)

general, monolingual

b)

special, multilingual

c)

special, bilingual

d)

general, bilingual

e)

special, unilingual