249.“To electrocute” is an example of…
- Blending
- Abbreviation.
- Shortened word combination
- Conversion
- Affixation
250.Define borrowing not completely assimilated phonetically
- Machine
- Shah
- Cheese
- Face
- Animal
251.Define borrowing not completely assimilated phonetically
- Cartoon
- Shah
- Cheese
- Face
- Animal
252.The native noun-forming suffixes –dom and –ship are …
- Non-productive
- Productive
- Functional
- Verb forming
- All answers are correct
253.The word chit-chat is …
- An example of reduplication
- An etymological doublet
- Slang
- Term
- Jargon
254.Define completely assimilated word
- Cheese
- Garage
- Phenomenon
- Sari
- All answers are correct
255.Define completely assimilated word
- Animal
- Garage
- Phenomenon
- Sari
- All answers are correct
256.The words shirt and skirt are …
- Etymological doublets
- Translation-loans
- Blending
- Acronyms
- Clipping
257.Words coined only for this particular occasion are …
- Nonce-words
- Neologisms
- Slang
- Jargon
- Colloquial words
258.The word girl is …
- Of the Indo-European origin
- Of German origin
- English proper
- Of French origin
- All answers are correct
259.International words are …
- Borrowed by several languages
- Borrowed by one language
- Native words
- Euphemism
- Synonyms
260.Degradation of meaning is …
- Degeneration
- Elevation
- Generalization
- Specialization
- Amelioration
261.The word summer is …
- Of common Germanic origin
- English by origin
- Not English by origin
- Latin
- French
262.Indo-European elements are …
- Native
- Borrowed
- Hybrid
- Elevation
- Amelioration
263.The process of development of a new meaning is termed …
- Transference
- Acronym
- Blending
- Clipping
- Euphemism
264.Narrowing of meaning is …
- Specialization
- Generalization
- Amelioration
- Degradation
- Elevation
265.
Which of the following words is the case of an initial clipping
- story, phone, cello
- T-shirt, H-bone, V-day
- flu, fridge, tech
- babble, chatter, giggle
- beg, housekeep, butler
266.
-age, -an, -ary are
- noun-forming suffixes
- verb--forming suffixes
- adjective-forming suffixes
- adverb-forming suffixes
- numeral-forming suffixes
267.
Sources of synonyms are
- all the above mentioned cases
- native and borrowed words
- shortening
- conversion
- euphemisms
268.
The main types of dictionaries are
- general and special
- general and etymological
- special and multilingual
- usage and slang dictionaries
- general and ideographic
269.
The following words hell, damn, shut up are
- vulgarisms
- terms
- dialectical words
- slang
- synonyms
270.
An idiom is
- an expression or phrase the meaning of which
is different from the literal meanings of its components
- a free word-group
- a proverb
- a familiar quotation
- a saying
271.
Which of the following antonyms are derivational
- careful – careless
- slow – fast
- correct – incorrect – wrong
- temporary- permanent
- enemy – friend
272.
Check for the line where all the words have American spelling
- humor, theater, program, thru
- traveling, centre, color, offence
- jewellery, woolen, favour meter
- armour, although, fibre, monologue
- telegramme, center, picturesque, favour
273.
Word composition is a word-building process in which words are built
- by joining two or more stems
- by adding derivational affixes to stems
- by means of changing the paradigm
- by combining parts of two words
- by clipping the beginning or the end of the
word
274.
Which of the following words are blendings
- smog, brunch, Oxbridge
- beggar, to burgle, to edit
- hanky, nighty, radar
- M.P., USA, BBC
- ping-pong, topsy-turvy, walkie-talkie
275. The
word story is an example of
- initial clipping
- final clipping
- medial clipping
- reduplication
- sound interchange
276. What
is polysemy
- the existence within one word of several connected
meanings
- the ability of words to coincide in their sound
forms
- the existence of contrastive meanings within
a word
- the existence of only one meaning within words
- words with opposite meanings
277. Homographs
are
- words identical in spelling, but different
both in their sound-form and meaning
- words identical in sound-form, but different
both in spelling and in meaning
- words identical in sound-form, but different
in meaning
- words identical in meaning, but different in spelling
- words identical in spelling and sound-form
meaning, but different in meaning
278. A Don Juan, the foot of the bed, bookworm, the
head of the school are cases of
- a metaphor
- a metonymy
- a euphemism
- an irony
- litotes
279. Which
of the following synonymic group belong to total (complete or absolute)
synonymy
- functional affix, inflection, flexion
- pretty, handsome, beautiful
- to eat, to partake , to peck
- capable, skillful, qualified
- companion, friend, associate
280. Free
word-groups are
- words put together to form lexical units
- stereotyped or unchangeable set expressions
- phraseological fusions
- phraseological colloquialisms
- phraseological unities
281.
(to be) like a bull in a china shop means
- to be a careless, clumsy person who may cause
damage through lack of skill or care
- to be a cause of danger
- to be an insensitive, crude person
- to feel very proud and happy about something
- to feel uncomfortable, ill at ease in one’s surroundings situation
282.
Which of the following phraseological units is not motivated
- hot dog
- bear a grudge
- bear malice
- take a linking
- to show one’s teeth
283. Which
of the following words are native English
- summer, hope, life
- vacuum, exist, act
- machine, parachute, valley
- xylophone, epoch, chemist
- confetti, macaroni, life
284.
What is Cockney
- one of the best known southern dialects (the
regional dialect of London)
- the British Standard English
- the Scottish variant of English
- an artificial language
- the Irish dialect
285.
The following words dormitory, fall, elevator, apartment are typical for
- American English
- Standard English
- Cockney
- Canadian English
- Slang
286.
Explanatory dictionary can also be called
- unilingual dictionary
- bilingual dictionary
- translation dictionary
- glossary
- encyclopedia
287. A Prefix
is
- derivational morpheme preceding the root
- a derivational morpheme following the stem
- a common element of words within a word-family
- an affix placed within the word
- a combining form
288.
Form of functional words comprise
- all this group
- auxiliary verbs
- prepositions
- conjunctions
- relative adverbs
289.
Words swish, splash are
- phonetically motivated
- semantically motivated
- morphologically motivated
- non-motivated
- graphically motivated
290.
A word that appears or is specially coined to name a new object or express
a
new concept is a
- neologism
- euphemism
- homonymy
- hybrid
- loan word
291.
A stereotyped expression mechanically reproduced in speech is a
- cliché
- proverb
- a set-expression
- phraseological unit
- idiom
292.
Varieties of the English language peculiar to some districts and having
no
normalized literary form are
- local dialects
- variants of English
- separate languages
- slang
- artificial language
293. A suffix
is
- a derivational morpheme following the stem
- a derivational morpheme preceding the root
- a common element of words within a word-family
- an affix placed within the word
- a combining form
294. Etymology
investigates
- the origin and history of a word and its true
meaning
- peculiarities of the English vocabulary
- different types of compounds
- general problems of the theory of the word
- different kinds of dictionaries
295. The
word brunch (breakfast +lunch) was formed with
the help of
- blending
- sound-interchange
- shortening
- conversion
- affixation
296. What
are synonyms
- words different in their sound-form, but identical or similar in some
of their meanings
- words with identical sound and graphic forms
- words differing in their morphemic structure
but coinciding in their sound-form
- words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but differing in meaning
- words with contrastive meanings
297.
Perfect homophones are
- words identical in spelling and sound-form
but differing in meaning
- words identical in sound-form but different
both in spelling and in meaning
- words identical in spelling, but different
both in their sound-form and meaning
- words identical in meaning but different in
spelling
- words identical in sound-form but different
in meaning
298. To err is human is a (an)
- familiar quotation
- cliche
- proverb
- idiom
- free phrase
299. Complete
the following idiom of comparison as busy as
- a bee
- a mouse
- a frog
- a dove
- an ant
300. Red
tapes, mare’s nest are
- phraseological fusions
- phraseological unities
- phraseological combinations
- proverbs
- familiar quotations
301. The system of the grammatical forms of a word is
- a paradigm
- a root
- a stem
- grammatical
- a syntax
302. The words glamour, kilt, came into English from
- the Scottish dialect
- Cockney
- The Irish dialect
- Australian English
- Canadian English
303. Suffixes –able, -ible are of
- of Latin origin
- French origin
- Scandinavian origin
- native suffixes
- of German origin
304. The specific feature of Cockney is
- rhyming slang
- shortening
- sound-interchange
- reduplication
- blending
305. What is context
- the minimal stretch of speech determining such individual meaning of the
word
- the structural patterns of phrases
- the derivational patterns of words
- a set of words united by the identity of the
root
- a group of non-motivated words
306. Grammatical meaning is the component of meaning proper to
- sets of word-forms
- words
- parts of the sentences
- parts of the speech
- affixes