Тесты по "Лексикологии"

                                 Лексикология

 

Give a homophone  to ‘suite’sweet

 

1. suit

 

2. swite
3. cirt

 

4. swart

 

 

2. Give a homophone to ‘sew’

 

1. so 

 

2. saw  

 

3. sure 

 

4. sir  

 

5. sore

 

 

3. Define the type of composition in the word   ‘sunflower’

 

1. neutral 

 

2. morphological 

 

3. syntactic  

 

4. conversion   

 

5. affixation

 

 

4. Define the type of composition in the word ‘handicraft’  

1. morphological  

2. neutral 

 

3. syntactic 

 

4. affixation  

 

5. no correct answer

 

6. Define the type of composition in the word ‘son-in-law’

 

1. syntactic 

 

2. morphological 

 

3. neutral 

 

4. conversion 

 

5. affixation

 

 

7. The smallest meaningful language unit

 

1. morpheme 

 

2. word 

 

3. set expression 

 

4. free phrase 

 

5. idiom

 

 

8. The main way of enriching vocabulary

 

1. word-building

 

2. word-structure

 

3. metaphor

 

4. metonymy

 

5. phoneme

 

 

9. One of the most productive ways of word-building

 

1. affixation

 

2. metophor
3. metonymy

 

4. phenomenon

 

5. word-stock

 

 

10. Define the origin of the word ‘opera’

 

1. Italian

 

2. German

 

3. Latin

 

4. Greak

 

5. Russian

 

 

11. Define the origin of the word ‘steppe’

 

1. Russian 

 

2. Latin 
3. French 

 

4. German 

 

5. Italian

 

 

12. Homophones are…

 

1. words of the same sound form but of different spelling and meaning

 

2. words which are different in sound form and  meaning but identical in spelling

 

3. words similar in meaning

 

4. words of opposite meaning
5. words of native origin

 

 

13. Define the type of borrowing ‘solar’

 

1. Latin 

 

2. French 

 

3. German 

 

4. Spanish 

 

5. Russian

 

 

14. Complete the simile ‘as busy as …’

 

1. bee 

 

2. horse 

 

3. dog 

 

4. plane 

 

5. cat

 

 

15. Give homophone to ‘fare’

 

1. fair 

 

2. fear 

 

3. fiber 

 

4. fire 

 

5. feint

 

 

16. Give homophone to ‘hear’

 

1. here 

 

2. hire 

 

3. hare 

 

4. harm 

 

5. herd

 

 

17. Define the type of word-building in the word ‘re-think’

 

1. affixation 

 

2. conversion 

 

3. sound-imitation 

 

4. shortening 

 

5. back formation

 

 

18. Define a feminine suffix

 

1. -ess 

 

2. -er 

 

3. -ness 

 

4. -less 

 

5. -ful

 

 

19. Define the type of word-building process in a word ‘earthquake’

 

1. neutral 

 

2. morphological 

 

3. syntactic 

 

4. conversion 

 

5. sound-imitation

 

 

20. Define the type of word-building process in a word ‘honey-mooner’

 

1. dirived compound 

 

2. simple 

 

3. compound 

 

4. derived 

 

5. root

 

 

21. Define the etimology of the word ‘genre’

 

1. French 

 

2. German 

 

3. Latin 

 

4. Spanish 

 

5. Russian

 

 

22. Define the etimology of the word “bouquet’’
1. French 

 

2. German 

 

3. Latin 

 

4. Russian 

 

5. Spanish

 

 

23. Give homophone to ‘paw’

 

1. pour 

 

2. pair 

 

3. pure 

 

4. peer 

 

5. pire

 

 

24. Lexicology is …
1. the study of words 

 

2. the study of meaning

 

3. the study of grammar

 

4. the study of sounds

 

5. the study of syntax

 

 

25. By external structure of the word we mean its

 

1. morphological structure 

 

2. meaning

 

3. grammar 

 

4. syntax 

 

5. emotions

 

 

26. The internal structure of the word is its…

 

1. semantic structure 

 

2. morphological structure

 

3. syntax

 

4. emotions 

 

5. grammar

 

 

27. The totality of words in a language…

 

1. vocabulary 

 

2. dictionary 

 

3. loan 

 

4. onomatopiea 

 

5. synchrony

 

 

28. The system of the gramatical forms of a word is…

 

1. paradigm 

 

2. referent 

 

3. concept 

 

4. notion 

 

5. lexeme

 

 

29. Find  a synonym to ‘benevolent’

 

1. friendly 

 

2. homely 

 

3. goodly 

 

4. earthly 

 

5. brotherly

 

 

30. Give adjective of Latin origin to ‘sun’

 

1. solar 

 

2. sunny 

 

3. vital 

 

4. oral 

 

5. feline

 

 

31. Complete the simile ‘as fast as….’

 

1. lightning 

 

2. lion 

 

3. swine
4. cat 

 

5. dog

 

 

32. Complete the simile ‘ as light as …’

 

1. feather 

 

2. weather 

 

3. horse 

 

4. lion 

 

5. lightning

 

 

33. Complete the simile ‘ as black as …’

 

1. soot 

 

2. wolf 

 

3. dog 

 

4. cat 

 

5. feather

 

34. Complete the proverb ‘a new broom…’

 

1. sweeps clean 

 

2. spoils the brolh 

 

3. makes light work

 

4. forms the defence 

 

5. catches the worm

 

 

35. Complete the proverb ‘fortune favours…’

 

1. the brave 

 

2. like home 

 

3. easy go 

 

4. sweeps clean 

 

5. make light work

 

 

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

 

1. morpheme 

 

2. word 

 

3. phrase