1. Define the international word:

A) tennis

B) country

C) foodstuffs

D) meaning

E) feature

2. Define the international word:

A) avocado

B) approach

C) apple
D) anew

E) acorn

3. Find the synonym to the word ‘to begin’:

A) to commence

B) to proceed

C) to comment

D) to concentrate

E) to connect

4. Define the structural type of the word ‘flu’:

A) shortening

B) blending

C) back formation

D) compound

E) derived compound

5. Define the word with the native suffix:

A) wisdom

B) relation

C) disable
D) arragant
E) patient

6. A figure of speech in which an inoffensive word or expression is supstituted for an unpleasant
A) Euphemesm
B) Slang
C) Dialect
D) Nonce-word
E) Neologism

7. Define the word with the native suffix:

A) senseless

B) union

C) oppinion

D) temptation
E) create

8. Define the word with the native suffix:

A) friendly

B) union

C) oppinion

D) temptation
E) create

9. Define the word with native suffix:

A) quarrelsome

B) union
C) oppinion

D) temptation
E) create

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

A) morpheme

B) sentence
C) comma

D) stress

E) voice

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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

C) V.H.Collins

D) Bloomfield l.

E) N.N.Amosova

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

D) a phraseological fusion

E) collocation

5. Semantic opposition, contrast

A) antonyms

B) synonymy

C) euphemisms

D) nonce-words

E) obsolete words

6. The existence within one word of only one meaning

A) monosemy

B) polysemy

C) context

D) antonymy

E) semantics

7. Supplementary meaning

A) connotation

B) denotation

C) opposition

D) collocation

E) colligation

8. 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

9. Combining parts of two words to form one word

A) blending

B) clipping

C) onomatopoeia

D) derivation

E) conversion

10. 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

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1. 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

2. Define the nature of semantic change in ‘the teeth of a saw’

A) metaphor

B) broadening

C) narrowing

D) amelioration

E) metonymy

3. 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 properties of the vocabulary of two or more languages

4. Syntagmatic relationships are studied by

A) means of contextual,distributional, transformational types of analysis

B) by means of word with relating meaning

C) by means of words with opposite meaning

D) comparison with other words

E) by phraseology

5. Historical lexicology studies:

A) Evalution of any vocabulary , origin and development

B) Vocabulary of a given language

C) The properties of words

D) Method of sientific research

E) Morphological and semantic studies

6. There are 2 principle approaches in linguistic science they are :

A) Syncronic and diacronic

B) Interconnective and independent

C) Historical and independent

D) Discriptive and independent
E) Grammatical and independent

7. What kind of meaning the words have?

A) Grammatical and lexical

B) Historical and discriptive

C) Innterconnective

D) Phonetical

E) Phonetical and grammatical

8. 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 and antonyms

D) to study polysemy

E) no correct answer

9. How many types of motivation do you know:

A) 3

B) 2

C) 1

D) 4

E) 5

10. Find the types of motivation :

A) phonetical,morphological,semantic

B) shortening and sound imitation

C) composition and conversion

D) syncronic and diacronic

E) no answer

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1. What is metaphor ?

A) transferense based on the resemblance

B) polysemantic word

C) phonetical motivation

D) new meaning of the word

E) the meaning of the words

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

A) homophones

B) homographs
C) antonyms

D) synonyms

E) no correct answer

3. The relationship existing between the morphemic or phonemic composition and structural pattern of the word on the one hand and its meaning on the on the other hand:

A) motivation

B) expression

C) narration

D) saying

E) meaning

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

A) phonetical

B) morphologycal

C) semantic

D) polysemantic

E) monosemantic

5. Define of word-building of the word «cock-a doodle-do»:

A) sound imitation

B) composition

C) shortening

D) affixation

E) conversion

6. 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

7. 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 homonimous

E) connotative and derogative

8. What is the basic unit of the lexicology?

A) A word

B) A root

C) A stem

D) A suffix

E) A meaning

9. 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

C) Stem is the branch of semaseology
D) Stem concerns words without linking elements

E) Stem is the new way of word building

10. Words jersey, pullover are:

A) international words

B) antonyms

C) synonyms

D) morphems
E) polysemantic words

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

A) homonym

B) antonym

C) polysemy

D) synonym

E) simile

2. 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

3. Denotative component is

A) the leading semantic component

B) additional semantic component

C) complied component

D) borrowed component

E) neutral component

4. Define the type of compounding of the word ‘Forget-me-not’

A) lexicalized phrase

B) neutral compound

C) morphological compound

D) affixation

E) no answer

5. Define the simple neutral compound

A) Boyfriend
B) medium-sized

C) good-for-nothing

D) bread-and-butter

E) maid-of-all work

6. They consist of two stems + affix

A) derivational compounds
B) simple neutral
C) morphological compounds

D) contracted compounds

E) syntactic compounds

7. Find euphemism for the word ‘mad’

A) unbalanced

B) under the influence

C) Nick

D) jug

E) deuce

8. Find a word with morphological motivation

A) reread
B) build

C) more

D) again

E) sound

9. Find a word with morphological motivation

A) thoughtful
B) build

C) more

D) again

E) sound

10. Find the euphemism for the word ‘pregnant’

A) In a family way
B) under the influence

C) Nick

D) jug

E) deuce

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1. Complete the simile ‘as fat as..’

A) pig

B) dove

C) sheep

D) fox

E) lion

2. Complete the comparison ‘to smoke like a’

A) chimney

B) log

C) pegion

D) duck

E) pig

3. Give a homophone to’hear’

A) here

B) hire

C) herd

D) hare

E) hymn

4. Words coined and used only for the particular occasion
A) nonce

B) synonym
C) affix

D) root

E) prephix

5. Define the word-building of the word «cock-a doodle-do»:

A) sound imitation

B) composition

C) shortening
D) affixation
E) conversion

6. 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

7. Etimology studies
A) The origin of the words
B) The meanig of the words
C) Phonetical structure
D) Stylistic devices
E) no correct answer

8. 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 sientific research
E) Morphological and semantic studies

9. The style of language of every day life which answers the needs of communication
A) Colloquial
B) High-flown\
C) Poetical
D) Rhetorical
E) Technical

10. Define the type of abbreviation VIP:
A) Acronym
B) Blending
C) Clipping
D) Shortening
E) Backformation

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1. Phraseology studies
A) free word-combinations and phraseological units
B) graphical abbreviations
C) synonyms and antonyms
D) lexical homonyms
E) phrasal verbs

2. Shortening is
A) a significant subtraction of a word
B) a common element of words
C) a derived word
D) the smallest meaningful unit
E) blending

3. Which of the given words stand for the American variant of the word flat
A) apartment
B) mansion
C) but
D) room
E) cabin

4. What is the meaning of the underlined parts of words monolingual, monosyllable, monologue
A) one
B) many
C) all
D) every
E) each

5. Which of the following words are international
A) coffee, mango, sputnik, radio
B) farm, video, friend, man
C) bungalow, blitz, masterpiece, money
D) radio, wonder-child, country, pen
E) escalator, cat, park, television

6. Which of the following words is the British variant of the American fall
A) autumn
B) spring
C) winter
D) summer
E) season

7. The word TV is a case of
A) abbreviation
B) clipping
C) blending
D) back-formation
E) sound interchange

8. Has been in the following sentence “She had to be satisfied with the role of a has been” is the result of
A) conversion
B) word-composition
C) word derivation
D) polysemy
E) affixation

9. What is motivation
A) the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its meaning
B) the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its sound-form
C) the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its referent
D) the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its graphical form
E) the connection between the meaning of the word and referent

10. What are antonyms
A) words different in sound and graphic form and characterized by semantic polarity of denotational meaning
B) words different in their sound-form, but identical or similar in some of their meanings
C) words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning
D) words differing in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form
E) words with identical sound and different in their graphic forms

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1. Which of the following words are homonyms proper
A) bank (n) – bank (n)
B) sea (n) – see (v)
C) wind (n) – wind (v)
D) tear (n) – tear (v)
E) knight(n) – night (n)

2. A list of words in which the entry words are arranged in alphabetical order starting with their final letters are
A) reverse dictionaries
B) pronouncing dictionaries
C) usage dictionaries
D) dictionaries of word frequency
E) dictionaries of slang

3. Which of the following lines contains only form words
A) from, oh!, am
B) dog-like, through, to help
C) lonesome, handful, are
D) terror, a computer, out of
E) went, come on, and

4. Which of the following homonyms are partial
A) match (n) – match (v)
B) found (v) – found (v)
C) bank (n) – bank (n)
D) ball (n) – ball (n)
E) jam (n) – jam (n)

5. Conversives are
A) antonyms
B) synonyms
C) homophones
D) hybrids
E) etymological doublets

6. Complete the idiom “like as…” using one of the following words
A) peas
B) bears
C) twins
D) nuts
E) cucumbers

7. Now or never is
A) phraseological repetition
B) saying
C) proverb
D) hyperbole
E) jargon

8. Which of the following suffixes are of Greek origin
A) -ist, — ism, — ite
B) -dom, -hood, -ly
C) -able, -ible, -ant, -ous
D) -age, -ful, -ence
E) -anti, -dom, -ful

9. The difference between the British and American English is noticeable in the field of
A) in all fields of the language system
B) phonetics
C) grammar
D) vocabulary
E) rhythm and intonation of speech

10. pot cheers is a word from
A) New York city dialect
B) Eastern New England dialect
C) Inland Northern dialect
D) Standard American
E) Standard English

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1. Semantically morphemes are classified as
A) root and affixational morphemes
B) free morphemes
C) semi-free morphemes
D) bound morphemes
E) semi-bound morphemes

2. Lexicography deals with
A) the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries
B) the word-making process in English
C) classification of loan words
D) variants of the English language
E) the etymological background of the English word stock

3. The type of word-building used in the following words ping-pong, riff-raff, chit-chat is
A) compounding
B) shortening
C) conversion
D) blending
E) back-formation

4. Stylistic synonyms are
A) two words having the same denotational meaning but differing in stylistic connotation
B) words which differ in shades of meaning
C) words which differ in connotations
D) words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning
E) words which differ in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form

5. Head of cabbage is
A) a metaphor
B) a metonymy
C) a saying
D) a euphemism
E) a proverb

6. Synonyms for the word to hope is
A) to expect, to look forward, to anticipate
B) to look forward, to sway, to puff
C) to wait, to plague, to anticipate
D) to appeal, to sway, to look forward
E) to controvert, to contradict, to glare

7. Taboo is the main cause of such a linguistic phenomenon as a (an)
A) euphemism
B) idiom
C) hybrid
D) etymological doublet
E) metonymy

8. Which of the following sound-imitative words are interjections
A) bang!, bush!, pooh!
B) purr, mew, cock-a-doodle-do
C) quack, moo, buzz
D) hiss, gibber, bray
E) clash, crash, whip

9. External meaning
A) morphological structure
B) Inner structure
C) Synonym
D) idiom
E) semantic structure

10. The stem of root or morpheme words contains
A) one free morpheme
B) not less than two morphemes of which at least one is bound
C) not less than two free morphemes
D) not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme
E) a group of words

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1. Prefixes mis-, mal-, pseudo- are
A) perjorative
B) negative
C) privative
D) locative
E) prefixes of time and order

2. According to the structure the words: fridge, pub, tech, USA, exam are
A) shortened
B) simple
C) compound
D) derived
E) blendings

3. The underlined words in the following sentences: “How often do you milk the cows?”, “Restaurants in all large cities have ups and downs.” “He began to nose about like an old bloodhound.” are cases of
A) conversion
B) allusion
C) cliché
D) metaphor
E) euphemism

4. The words TV, T.B. are cases of
A) abbreviation
B) clipping
C) blending
D) back-formation
E) sound interchange

5. What kind of clipping in the word “math”
A) final clipping
B) media clipping
C) initial clipping
D) reduplication
E) sound interchange

6. Metonymy is based on
A) contiguity of meaning
B) harrowing of meaning
C) pejoration of meaning
D) amelioration of meaning
E) extention of meaning

7. Check for the case of a hyperbole in the following
A) thousand pardons
B) the White House
C) mother tongue
D) the leg of the table
E) grass green

8. Dictionaries of toponyms are
A) special dictionaries
B) general
C) dictionaries of the most difficult words
D) dictionaries of frequency
E) explanatory dictionaries

9. Which of the following line has words belonging to terminology
A) telegraph, antibiotic, radar, metaphor
B) lovely, beautiful, colorful, handsome
C) a book, a shop, a suite, a street
D) to go to bed, to get up, to have breakfast, to clean
E) three, above, are, far, straight

10. The synonymic dominant in series of leave, depart, quit, retire, clear out is
A) leave
B) depart
C) quit
D) retire
E) clear out