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Lexicology Quiz

Total questions: 134

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

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1.

What does Lexicology, a brunch of linguistics study?

a)

It is the study of words

b)

It is the study of sentences

c)

It is the study of definitions

d)

It is the study of aspects

e)

It is the study of sounds

2.

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

3.

What do we mean by external structure of the word?

a)

We mean its morphological structure

b)

We mean its lexico-grammatical structure

c)

We mean its lexical meaning

d)

We mean its semantic structure

e)

We mean its linguistic structure

4.

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

a)

It is studied on the paradigmatic level

b)

It is studied on the modern level

c)

It is studied on the syntagmatic level

d)

It is studied on the simple level

e)

It is studied on the historical level

5.

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-building

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

6.

Which words do we call homonyms?

a)

Homonyms are the words which are identical in sound and spelling

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 their meaning

e)

Homonyms are words which are identical in writing

7.

What is the leading semantic component in the semantic structure of the word?

a)

The leading component is termed denotative component

b)

The leading component is called componential analysis

c)

The leading component in the word is termed transformational component

d)

The leading component is termed connotative component

e)

The leading component is called simple component

8.

What is the main way of enriching and enlarging the English vocabulary?

a)

The main way of enriching the English vocabulary is word-building

b)

The main way of enriching the English vocabulary is affixation

c)

The main way of enriching the English vocabulary is conversion

d)

The main way of enriching the English vocabulary is composition

e)

The main way of enriching enlarging the English vocabulary is contraction

9.

What do we mean by derivation?

a)

It is one of the most productive ways of word-building

b)

It is a process of developing English words

c)

It is a structural type of Modern English words

d)

It is a way of forming a new meaning

e)

It is a process of producing a new sounds

10.

Defіne the orіgіn of the word 'sputnіk'

a)

Russіаn

b)

Lаtіn

c)

French

d)

Germаn

e)

Іtаlіаn

11.

Homophones аre

a)

words of the sаme sound form but of dіfferent spellіng аnd meаnіng

b)

words whіch аre dіfferent іn sound form аnd meаnіng but іdentіcаl іn spellіng

c)

words sіmіlаr іn meаnіng

d)

words of opposіte meаnіng

e)

words of nаtіve orіgіn

12.

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

a)

into the vocabulary of one language from another language

b)

into the vocabulary of many languages from one language

c)

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

d)

into the vocabulary of one language from 2 or 3 other languages

e)

into the vocabulary without any changes

13.

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

14.

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

a)

roots and affixes

b)

roots and suffixes

c)

suffixes and affixes

d)

stems and roots

e)

prefixes and affixes

15.

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

a)

adding an affix to some root

b)

adding a suffix to some root

c)

adding a stem to some root

d)

deriving words from different languages to some root morpheme

e)

adding some endings to some root

16.

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

a)

Conversion

b)

Composition

c)

Affixation

d)

Derivation

e)

Formation

17.

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

a)

It is composition

b)

It is conversion

c)

It is affixation

d)

It is derivation

e)

It is shortening

18.

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

a)

They are neutral, morphological 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 grammar, neutral and syntactic

19.

What are the four types, which represent the main structural types of Modern English words?

a)

root words, derived words, compounds and shortenings

b)

root words, derived words, loan words and shortenings

c)

root words, derivatives, compounds and international words

d)

compounds, shortenings, homonyms and root words

e)

shortenings, loan

20.

Define the etymology of the word 'intrigue'

a)

French

b)

German

c)

Latin

d)

Spanish

e)

Russian

21.

What is the basis of the traditional and oldest principle for classifying phraseological unit?

a)

It is based on their original content

b)

It is based on their linguistic characteristics

c)

It is based on the semantic principle

d)

It is based on their structural characteristics

e)

It is based on their associations

22.

There are words which are avoided because they...

a)

are considered rude and impolite

b)

are considered delicate

c)

are considered ridiculous

d)

are considered too simple

e)

are considered funny and foolish

23.

How do we call the process of development of a new meaning?

a)

We term it 'transference'

b)

We term it ''similarity"

c)

We term it 'semantic process'

d)

We term it 'association'

e)

We term it 'slang'

24.

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 initial letters of a word group

b)

to make a new word from the last letters of a word-group

c)

to make a new word from the stem of the word

d)

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

e)

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

25.

What do we understand by etymological doublets?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

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

26.

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

a)

It differs in stylistic characteristics

b)

It differs in shades of meaning

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

27.

Can we define the language spoken in the USA as an American language?

a)

We define it as a regional variety of the English language

b)

We define it as one of the dialects of the English language

c)

We define it as an American language

d)

We define it as an independent language

e)

We define it as a different kind of the English language

28.

To which parts of speech do most antonyms belong?

a)

They mostly belong to adjectives

b)

They mostly belong to adverbs

c)

They mostly belong to verbs

d)

They mostly belong to nouns

e)

They mostly belong to verbs and nouns

29.

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

30.

What are syntagmatic relationships based on?

a)

They are based on the linear character of speech

b)

They are based on the basis of its vocabulary

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 typical meaning

31.

Complete the simile ' as light as ...'

a)

feather

b)

weather

c)

horse

d)

lion

e)

lightning

32.

Complete the simile ' as black as ...'

a)

soot

b)

wolf

c)

dog

d)

cat

e)

feather

33.

Pronouncing dictionaries record only ...'

a)

pronunciation

b)

semantic features of words

c)

neologisms

d)

origin of words

e)

historical development of words

34.

Complete the proverb 'birds of a feather...'

a)

flock together

b)

like home

c)

go together

d)

sweep clean

e)

catch the worm

35.

The smallest indivisible two-faced language unit is...

a)

morpheme

b)

word

c)

phraseological unit

d)

phoneme

e)

idiom

36.

Define the type of the compound word 'daughter-in-law'

a)

syntactic

b)

neutral

c)

morphological

d)

shortening

e)

conversion

37.

Define the type of the phraseological unit 'to stick to one's word'

a)

phraseological combination

b)

phraseological unity

c)

phraseological fusion

d)

phraseological-unit

e)

phraseological construction

38.

Words which are no longer used in everyday speech

a)

archaisms

b)

neologisms

c)

synonyms

d)

antonyms

e)

metaphor

39.

The theory and practice of compiling dictionaries

a)

lexicography

b)

lexicology

c)

semasiology

d)

phraseology

e)

morphology

40.

Affixless way of word-building

a)

conversion

b)

derivation

c)

connotation

d)

denotation

e)

reversion

41.

Sound imitation

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

composition

c)

compounding

d)

conversion

e)

shortening

42.

Define words which are made by doubling a stem

a)

chit-chat

b)

railway

c)

dragon-fly

d)

...

43.

Define words which are made by doubling a stem

a)

chit-chat

b)

railway

c)

dragon-fly

d)

good-for-nothing

e)

sister-in-law

44.

The ability of words to have more than one meaning

a)

polysemy

b)

synonymy

c)

homonymy

d)

antonymy

e)

anomaly

45.

The process of development of a new meaning or a change of meaning is termed…

a)

transference

b)

transformation

c)

transmission

d)

transportation

e)

treason

46.

Transference based on resemblance

a)

metaphor

b)

metonymy

c)

paradox

d)

sound imitation

e)

onomatopoeia

47.

Transference based on contiguity

a)

metonymy

b)

metaphor

c)

synonymy

d)

antonymy

e)

homonymy

48.

Define the type of transference in 'the wing of the building'

a)

metaphor

b)

metonymy

c)

synonymy

d)

homonymy

e)

antonymy

49.

The word UK is a case of

a)

abbreviation

b)

clipping

c)

blending

d)

antonymy

e)

homonymy

50.

Define the type of transference in 'boston'

a)

metonymy

b)

metaphor

c)

synonymy

d)

homonymy

e)

antonymy

51.

Define the word with diminutive suffix

a)

aunty

b)

fussy

c)

listless

d)

approval

e)

terrible

52.

Define the word with diminutive suffix

a)

daddy

b)

affection

c)

violence

d)

hostile

e)

dignity

53.

Functional affixes can be called

a)

endings

b)

prefixes

c)

suffixes

d)

infixes

e)

interfixes

54.

Inner form of the word is.

a)

meaning

b)

morphological structure

c)

phraseology

d)

syntax

e)

grammar

55.

Synchronic approach deals with

a)

the vocabulary of a language as it exists at a given time

b)

its changes and development of a vocabulary in the course of time

c)

with grammar

d)

with phraseology

e)

with sound forms

56.

Denotative component is…

a)

leading semantic component

b)

additional semantic component

c)

compiled component

d)

borrowed component

e)

neutral component

57.

What is the meaning of -scribe in the words transcribe, subscribe, describe, inscribe

a)

write

b)

delete

c)

Say

d)

Read

e)

Print

58.

Descriptive lexicology deals with

a)

the vocabulary of a given language at a given stage of its development

b)

the evolution of any vocabulary

c)

general properties of word

d)

description of the characteristic peculiarities in the words

e)

the linguistic properties of the vocabulary of two, three or more languages

59.

Find the word homonymous to the word flower

a)

flour

b)

flavour

c)

floure

d)

flouer

e)

flow

60.

Etymology

a)

studies the origin of words

b)

studies the meaning of the word

c)

studies the compiling dictionaries

d)

studies the set-expression

e)

ways of formation of new words

61.

Which of these nouns are derived from verbs

a)

a break, a catch, a jump

b)

a pain, a tramp, a button

c)

a pen, a weekend, a drink

d)

a cook, a button, a monkey

e)

a fall, a windglass, an act

62.

Onomatopoeia

a)

sound imitation

b)

morphological structure

c)

grammatical meaning

d)

conversion

e)

back formation

63.

Define the type of word-building in 'grey-eyed'

a)

compound derivative

b)

two root

c)

derivative compound

d)

compound

e)

simple derivative

64.

A paradigm is

a)

the system of grammatical forms characteristic of a word

b)

totality of words

c)

word-group

d)

synonymic dominant in a synonymic group of a certain language

e)

neologism

65.

Define the type of compound in 'blackbird'

a)

neutral compound

b)

morphological compound

c)

syntactic compound

d)

lexicalized phrase

e)

affixation compound

66.

Define the type of compound in 'good-for-nothing'

a)

lexicalized phrase

b)

neutral compound

c)

morphological compound

d)

affixation

e)

no answer

67.

Define the type of compound in 'merry-go-round'

a)

syntactic compound

b)

neutral compound

c)

lexicalized phrase

d)

morphological compound

e)

affixation compound

68.

Define the type of word-formation in the following words: UNO, NATO, laser, radar

a)

shortening

b)

blending

c)

back formation

d)

lexicalization

e)

sound imitation

69.

Define the type of compound in 'lab'

a)

clipping

b)

blending

c)

conversion

d)

sound imitation

e)

back formation

70.

Define the type of the compound in 'A-bomb'

a)

contracted compound

b)

morphological compound

c)

derivational compound

d)

syntactic compound

e)

nonce-word

71.

Define the type of word-building in 'elbow-to elbow'

a)

conversion

b)

reduplication

c)

shortening

d)

juxtaposition

e)

reversion

72.

Define simple neutral compound

a)

bedroom

b)

a glass-walled room

73.

Define simple neutral compound

a)

bedroom

b)

a glass-walled room

c)

radio-equipped car

d)

U-turn

e)

hunting-knife

74.

Define the simple neutral compound

a)

butterfly

b)

lady-killer

c)

thirty-foot-tall

d)

watch-maker

e)

gold-seekers

75.

Define the simple neutral compound

a)

roughhouse

b)

match-breaker

c)

high-pitched voice

d)

sportsman

e)

forget-me-not

76.

Define the simple neutral compound

a)

snowfall

b)

pain-killer

c)

U-turn

d)

dining-room

e)

two-seater

77.

Define the simple neutral compound

a)

blackberry

b)

medium-sized

c)

good-for-nothing

d)

bread-and-butter

e)

maid-of-all work

78.

Define a feminine suffix

a)

-ess

b)

-less

c)

-ness

d)

-ette

e)

-ful

79.

Define a feminine suffix

a)

-ine

b)

-ful

c)

-less

d)

-ness

e)

-ful

80.

Define a negative prefix

a)

un-

b)

re-

c)

over

d)

under

e)

co-

81.

Define a negative prefix

a)

il-

b)

le-

c)

over-

d)

under

e)

co-

82.

Define the type of phraseological unit 'as mad as a hatter'

a)

phraseological fusion

b)

phraseological unity

c)

phraseological combination

d)

free phrase combination

e)

semi-fixed combination

83.

Ancient or obsolete word, or style, or idiom gone out of current use

a)

Archaism

b)

Neologism

c)

Synonym

d)

Antonym

e)

Euphemism

84.

Which word-building ways are similar to compounding

a)

blending and reduplication

b)

sound imitation

c)

free phrase combination

d)

semi-fixed combination

e)

affixation

85.

Define a monosemantic word

a)

atom

b)

to ask

c)

to expect

d)

nice

e)

set

86.

-er, -dom, -ness, -ation are

a)

noun-forming suffixes

b)

adverb-forming suffixes

c)

adjective-forming suffixes

d)

verb-forming suffixes

e)

numeral-forming suffixes

87.

Define a monosemantic word

a)

xylan

b)

select

c)

nice

d)

set

e)

table

88.

Colloquial style

a)

Spoken English

b)

High-flown English

c)

Euphemism

d)

Neologism

e)

Poetical English

89.

Define the international word:

a)

tennis

b)

table

c)

trace

d)

sentence

e)

orphan

90.

Define the international word:

a)

basketball

b)

country

c)

foodstuffs

d)

meaning

e)

feature

91.

Define the international word:

a)

banana

b)

approach

c)

apple

d)

anew

e)

acorn

92.

Find the synonym to the word 'to begin':

a)

to commence

b)

to proceed

c)

to comment

d)

to concentrate

e)

to connect

93.

Define the structural type of the word 'prof':

a)

shortening

b)

blending

c)

back formation

d)

compound

e)

derived compound

94.

Define the word with the native suffix:

a)

wisdom

b)

relation

c)

disable

d)

arrogant

e)

patient

95.

A figure of speech in which an inoffensive word or expression is substituted for a pleasant

a)

Euphemism

b)

Slang

c)

Dialect

d)

Nonce-word

e)

Neologism

96.

Define the word with the native suffix:

a)

senseless

b)

union

c)

opinion

d)

temptation

e)

create

97.

Define the word with the native suffix:

a)

beautiful

b)

union

c)

opinion

d)

temptation

e)

create

98.

Which of these prefixes have the opposite meaning

a)

-anti-, counter-, non

b)

-be-, co-, extra

c)

-ultra-, sub-, pre

d)

-re-, co-, pre

e)

-de-, un-, over-, ultra

99.

The smallest indivisible component of the word possessing a meaning of its own:

a)

morpheme

b)

sentence

c)

derived compound

d)

stress

e)

voice

100.

Substitution to indecent indelicate words

a)

euphemisms

b)

neologisms

c)

nonce-words

d)

archaisms

e)

borrowing

101.

To which parts of speech do most antonyms belong

a)

adjective

b)

verbs

c)

nouns

d)

conjunction

e)

numerals

102.

Who spoke of the semantic change in phraseological units

a)

V.V.Vinogradov

b)

A.V.Koonin, V.H.Collins

c)

V.H.Collins

d)

Bloomfield

e)

N.N.Amosova, A.V.Koonin

103.

A short familiar epigrammatic saying expressing popular wisdom, a truth or a moral lesson

a)

a proverb

b)

a phraseological unit

c)

a phraseological unity

d)

a phraseological fusion

e)

collocation

104.

Semantic opposition, contrast

a)

antonyms

b)

synonymy

c)

euphemisms

d)

nonce-words

e)

obsolete words

105.

The existence within one word of only one meaning

a)

monosemy

b)

polysemy

c)

context

d)

composition

e)

semantics

106.

Supplementary meaning

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

opposition

d)

back formation

e)

colligation

107.

Word-formation where the target word is formed by combining two or more stems

a)

composition

b)

derivation

c)

compounding

d)

blending

e)

shortening

108.

Word-formation where the target word is formed by combining two or more stems

a)

composition

b)

derivation

c)

affixation

d)

conversion

e)

back formation

109.

Combining parts of two words to form one word

a)

blending

b)

clipping

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

derivation

e)

conversion

110.

The amount of native words in English makes up:

a)

30 per cent

b)

50 per cent

c)

40 per cent

d)

70 per cent

e)

90 per cent

111.

Semasiology is a branch of linguistics devoted to the study of:

a)

meaning

b)

phonetic structure of the words

c)

grammatical structure

d)

origin

e)

morphemic structure

112.

Define the nature of semantic change in 'head of a cabbage'

a)

metaphor

b)

broadening

c)

narrowing

d)

amelioration

e)

metonymy

113.

Descriptive lexicology deals with

a)

the vocabulary of a given language at a given stage of its development

b)

the evolution of any vocabulary

c)

general properties of words

d)

description of the characteristic peculiarities in the words

e)

the linguistic properties of the vocabulary of two, three or more languages

114.

Point out a pair of homographs

a)

bow - bow

b)

pair - pear

c)

pail - pale

d)

sow - sew

e)

sweet - suite

115.

Historical lexicology studies:

a)

Evolution of any vocabulary, origin and development

b)

Vocabulary of a given language

c)

The properties of words

d)

Method of scientific research

e)

Morphological and semantic studies in the certain language

116.

There are 2 principle approaches in linguistic science they are:

a)

Synchronic and diachronic

b)

Interconnective and independent

c)

Historical and independent

d)

Descriptive and independent

e)

Grammatical and independent

117.

What kind of meaning do the words have?

a)

Grammatical and lexical

b)

Historical and descriptive

c)

Interconnective

d)

Phonetic

e)

Phonetic and grammatical

118.

What is the aim of lexicology:

a)

to help to choose the words, to group and systematize lexical material

b)

to study the meaning of the words

c)

to find synonyms, antonyms and homonyms, showing the system of vocabulary

d)

to study polysemy

e)

no correct answer

119.

How many types of motivation do you know:

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

d)

4

e)

5

120.

Find the types of motivation:

a)

phonetic, morphological, semantic

b)

shortening and sound imitation

c)

sound imitation, composition and conversion

d)

synchronic and diachronic

e)

no answer

121.

What is metaphor?

a)

transferense based on the resemblance

b)

polysemantic word

c)

phonetic motivation

d)

new meaning of the word based on contiguity

e)

the meaning of the words

122.

Words of the same sound form but of different spelling and meaning

a)

homophones

b)

homographs

c)

antonyms

d)

synonyms

e)

no correct answer

123.

The relationship existing between the morphemic or phonemic composition

a)

motivation

b)

expression

c)

narration

d)

saying

e)

no correct answer

124.

Motivation based on a certain similarity between the sounds is called:

a)

phonetic

b)

morphological

c)

semantic

d)

polysemantic

e)

monosemantic

125.

Define of word-building of the word «to giggle»:

a)

sound imitation

b)

composition

c)

back formation and blending

d)

affixation

e)

conversion

126.

Who is the author of the dictionary «words and idioms»

a)

L.Smith

b)

V.Collins

c)

A.Koonin

d)

B.Beriskin

e)

A.Volconsky

127.

All the words in the English language can be classified into:

a)

motivated and non-motivated

b)

synonyms and antonyms

c)

derived and compound

d)

polysemantic and homonymous

e)

connotative and derogative

128.

What is the basic unit of the lexicology?

a)

A word

b)

A root

c)

A stem

d)

A suffix

e)

A meaning

129.

Give definition of the stem:

a)

Stem is the part of the word that remains unchanged throughout its paradigm

b)

Stem is the branch of a study concerning the words irrespective of the language

c)

Stem is the branch of semasiology

d)

Stem concerns words without linking elements

e)

Stem is the new way of word building

130.

Words telephone, planet are:

a)

international words

b)

antonyms

c)

synonyms

d)

morphems

e)

polysemantic words

131.

When two or more unrelated meanings are associated with the same form the word is called:

a)

homonym

b)

antonym

c)

polysemantic words

d)

synonym

e)

simile

132.

When two or more forms are associated with the same meaning the word is called:

a)

synonym

b)

antonym

c)

polysemy

d)

morpheme

e)

no answer

133.

Denotative component is

a)

leading semantic component

b)

additional semantic component

c)

compiled component

d)

borrowed component

e)

neutral component

134.

Give a synonym to the following word: accident

a)

case

b)

affair

c)

action

d)

play

e)

reside

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