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Language and Word Formation Quiz

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Substitution to indecent indelicate words

a)

euphemisms

b)

neologisms

c)

nonce-words

d)

archaisms

e)

borrowing

2.

To which parts of speech do most antonyms belong

a)

adjective

b)

verbs

c)

nouns

d)

conjunction

e)

numerals

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

Semantic opposition, contrast

a)

antonyms

b)

synonymy

c)

euphemisms

d)

nonce-words

e)

obsolete words

7.

The existence within one word of only one meaning

a)

monosemy

b)

polysemy

c)

context

d)

composition

e)

semantics

8.

Supplementary meaning

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

opposition

d)

back formation

e)

colligation

9.

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

10.

Combining parts of two words to form one word

a)

blending

b)

clipping

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

derivation

e)

conversion

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

a)

metaphor

b)

broadening

c)

narrowing

d)

amelioration

e)

metonymy

14.

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

15.

Point out a pair of homographs

a)

bow - bow

b)

pair - pear

c)

pail - pale

d)

sow - sew

e)

sweet - suite

16.

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

17.

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

18.

What kind of meaning do the words have?

a)

Grammatical and lexical

b)

Historical and descriptive

c)

Interconnective

d)

Phonetical

e)

Phonetical and grammatical

19.

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

20.

How many types of motivation do you know:

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

d)

4

e)

5

21.

Find the types of motivation:

a)

phonetical, morphological, semantic

b)

shortening and sound imitation

c)

sound imitation, composition and conversion

d)

synchronic and diachronic

e)

no answer

22.

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

23.

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

a)

homophones

b)

homographs

c)

antonyms

d)

synonyms

e)

no correct answer

24.

The relationship existing between the morphemic or phonemic composition

a)

motivation

b)

expression

c)

narration

d)

saying

e)

no correct answer

25.

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

a)

phonetical

b)

morphological

c)

semantic

d)

polysemantic

e)

monosemantic

26.

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

a)

sound imitation

b)

composition

c)

back formation and blending

d)

affixation

e)

conversion

27.

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

28.

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

(a)  

29.

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

30.

What is the basic unit of the lexicology?

a)

A word

b)

A root

c)

A stem

d)

A suffix

e)

A meaning

31.

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

32.

Words telephone, planet are:

a)

international words

b)

antonyms

c)

synonyms

d)

morphems

e)

polysemantic words

33.

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

34.

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

35.

Denotative component is

a)

leading semantic component

b)

additional semantic component

c)

compiled component

d)

borrowed component

e)

neutral component

36.

Give a synonym to the following word: accident

a)

case

b)

affair

c)

action

d)

play

e)

reside

37.

Define the simple neutral compound

a)

wolf-dog

b)

medium-sized

c)

good-for-nothing

d)

bread-and-butter

e)

maid-of-all work

38.

They consist of two stems + affix

a)

derivational compounds

b)

simple neutral

c)

morphological compounds

d)

contracted compounds

e)

syntactic compounds

39.

Find euphemism for the word 'mad'

a)

insane

b)

influence

c)

Nick

d)

jug

e)

deuce

40.

Find a word with morphological motivation

a)

rebuild

b)

conform

c)

more

d)

again

e)

sound

41.

Find a word with morphological motivation

a)

joyful

b)

build

c)

more

d)

again

e)

sound

42.

Find the euphemism for the word 'pregnant'

a)

In an interesting condition

b)

under the interesting influence

c)

Nick

d)

jug

e)

deuce

43.

Give a synonym to the following word: avoid

a)

escape

b)

leave

c)

miss

d)

pass

e)

crush

44.

Give a synonym to the following word: stare

a)

glare

b)

catch

c)

star

d)

smell

e)

scramble

45.

"friend's - friends" are

a)

grammatical homonyms

b)

lexico-grammatical homonyms

c)

homophones

d)

lexical homonyms

e)

antonyms

46.

Words coined and used only for the particular occasion

a)

nonce words

b)

synonym

c)

affix

d)

lexical homonyms

e)

prefix

47.

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

a)

sound imitation

b)

composition

c)

a significant subtraction of a word

d)

affixation

e)

conversion

48.

What are the two main approaches to the study of language material:

a)

descriptive and historic

b)

composition and narrowing

c)

metaphor and metonymy

d)

shortening and sound into change

e)

no correct answer

49.

Etymology studies

a)

The origin of the words

b)

The meaning of the words

c)

Phonetical structure

d)

Stylistic devices

e)

no correct answer

50.

Historical lexicology studies:

a)

Evolution of any vocabulary, origin and development

b)

Vocabulary of a given language, its characteristics

c)

The properties of words

d)

Method of scientific research irrespective of the language

e)

Morphological and semantic studies

51.

The style of language of everyday life which answers the needs of communication

a)

Colloquial

b)

High-flown

c)

Poetical

d)

Rhetorical

e)

technical

52.

Define the type of abbreviation NATO:

a)

Acronym

b)

Blending

c)

Clipping

d)

Shortening

e)

Backformation

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