Progress test 2

Homonyms which are the same in sound and spelling are termed

Such words as humming-bird, to bark, to howl are produced by

Affixes that take part in deriving new words in this particular period of language development are called

Phraseological units are defined as units of fixed context according to

By external structure of the word we mean

PROGRESS TEST 1

a) its morphological structure

b) its semantic structure

c) its grammatical employment

2. A Matisse, a jersey, factory hands are examples of:

a) linguistic metonymy;

b) linguistic metaphor;

c) generalization.

3. In contemporary from the point of view of the semantic criterion words with the same denotation, but differing connotations are

a) metaphors;

b) antonyms;

c)synonyms.

a) A.I. Smirnitsky;

b) N.N.Amosova

c) S.V.Kunin

5. Aye, nay, thy are examples of:

a) professional terminology;

b) obsolete words;

c) basic vocabulary.

6. Datum-data, criterion-criteria illustrate

a) the phonetic adaptation;

b) the semantic adaptation;

c) the grammatical adaptation

7. The semantic relationship of inclusion existing between elements of various levels (e.g., vehicle including car, bus, bike) is called

a) hyponomy;

b) word-family;

c) ideographic group.

8. Which among the following is NOT a neutral compound?

a) craftsmanship;

b) bedroom;

c) shop-window

a) native;

b) productive;

c) frequently occurring.

10. Diamond drops, mint drops, snowdrops are instances of

a) metonymy;

b) metaphor;

c) broadening of meaning.

11. The initial sk usually indicates

a) Italian borrowings;

b) French borrowings;

c) Scandinavian borrowings

12. –land in Ireland, wonderland and –like in businesslike, ladylike are examples of

a) stem;

b) suffix;

c) semi-affix.

a) shortening;

b) onomatopoeia;

c) reversion

14. Chi-chi, shilly-shallying illustrate

a) composition;

b) reduplication;

c) back-formation

15. Street, wall, London are

a) Celtic borrowings;

b) Greek borrowings;

c) native words.

a) homonyms proper;

b) homophones;

c) homographs.

17. to lay, v. and lay, v. (Past Indef. of to lie) are

a) partial lexical homonyms;

b) simple lexico-grammatical partial homonyms;

c) complex lexico-grammatical partial homonyms

18. V.V.Vinogradov’s classification of synonyms include: 1);

2); 3) synonyms.

19. The book is a splendid read shows

a) conversion;

b) affixation;

c) contraction

20. Neck and crop, to show the white feather, at sixes and sevens are examples of (V.V.Vinogradov’s classification)

a) phraseological collocations (combinations);

b) phraseological unities;

c) phraseological fusions

1. The most productive ways of word-building in English are:

a) conversion, derivation, composition;

b) shortening and affixation;

c) composition, contraction and conversion

2. –ish, -dom, -ly are examples of:

a) native suffixes;

b) noun-forming suffixes;

c) borrowed affixes.

3. To lunch, to nurse, to back are illustrations of

a) derivation;

b) conversion;

c) substantivization.

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