Practical assignments

Exercise 1. Define to which group the pairs of antonyms below belong to: 1)contradictories 2) contraries.

permit – forbid; remember – forget; luxury-squalor; right-wrong; sweet-bitter; foolish-wise;

true – false; abundant-scarce; raise-lower; exit-entrance; man-woman; stiff-limp; joy-grief;

accidental-intentional; vacant-occupied; man-woman;

Keys:

1	2
permit – forbid	luxury-squalor
remember – forget	sweet bitter
right-wrong	foolish-wise
true – false	abundant-scarce
raise-lower	stiff-limp
exit-entrance	joy-grief
man-woman
accidental-intentional
vacant-occupied

Exercise 2. Choose the proper antonym for the word in brackets.

white wealth failed hard arrival intentionally answer defence write father

1.Tom told nobody about his departure.

2.The assignment was to read the article about celebrated people.

3.He was extremely surprised he passed his exams.

4. How poverty is defined?

5.My professor always makes easy tests.

6. Mother brought her daughter lukewarm milk.

7.Martha has decided to wear her favorite black dress.

8.The question was too puzzling.

9.This murder was considered to be committed accidently.

10.The attack is strong point of our football team.

Keys: 1) arrival 2)write 3)failed 4)wealth 5)hard 6)father 7)white 8)answer 9)intentionally 10)defence.

Exercise 3. Write the missing antonyms to each word, define to which group of antonyms each pair belong to.

1)doctor -…

2)thaw -…

3)push - …

4)quick -…

5)hot -…

6)fat -…

7)day -…

8)absent -…

9)former -…

10)servant -…

Keys:

1) patient (converses)

2) freeze (contradictories)

3) pull (contradictories)

4) slow (contraries)

5)cold (contraries)

6)skinny (contraries)

7)night (incompatibles)

8)present (contradictories)

9) latter (contradictories)

10)master (converses)

The literature used

1. Ginsburg R.S. and others. A Course in Modern English Lexicology. – М.: Высшая школа.

2. Cruse, A. 2004. Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

3. Kempson, R.M. 1977. Semantic theory. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

4. Arnold I.V. The English Word. – М.: Высшая школа.

5. Korunets I.V. Contrastive Typology of the English and Ukrainian Languages: Навчальний посібник. – Вінниця: Нова книга.