4. Affixation

5. no answer

5. Define the simple neutral compound

1. Boyfriend

2. medium-sized

3. good-for-nothing

4. bread-and-butter

5. maid-of-all work

6. They consist of two stems + affix

1. derivational compounds

2. simple neutral

3. morphological compounds

4. contracted compounds

5. syntactic compounds

7. Find euphemism for the word ‘mad’

1. unbalanced

2. under the influence

3. Nick

4. jug

5. deuce

8. Find a word with morphological motivation

1. reread

2. build

3. more

4. again

5. sound

9. Find a word with morphological motivation

1. thoughtful

2. build

3. more

4. again

5. sound

10. Find the euphemism for the word ‘pregnant’

1. In a family way

2. under the influence

3. Nick

4. jug

5. deuce

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1. Complete the simile 'as fat as..'

1. pig

2. dove

3. sheep

4. fox

5. lion

2. Complete the comparison 'to smoke like a'

1. chimney

2. log

3. pegion

4. duck

5. pig

3. Give a homophone to'hear'

1. here

2. hire

3. herd

4. hare

5. hymn

4. Words coined and used only for the particular occasion

1. nonce

2. synonym

3. affix

4. root

5. prephix

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

1. sound imitation

2. composition

3. shortening

4. affixation

5. conversion

6. What are the two main approaches to the study of language material:

   1. descriptive and historic

   2. composition and narrowing

   3. metaphor and metonymy

   4. shortening and sound into change

   5. 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:

1. Acronym

2. Blending

3. Clipping

4. Shortening

5. Backformation

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1. Phraseology studies

1. free word-combinations and phraseological units

2. graphical abbreviations

3. synonyms and antonyms

4. lexical homonyms

5. phrasal verbs

2. Shortening is

1. a significant subtraction of a word

2. a common element of words

3. a derived word

4. the smallest meaningful unit

5. blending

3. Which of the given words stand for the American variant of the word flat

1. apartment

2. mansion

3. but

4. room

5. cabin

4. What is the meaning of the underlined parts of words monolingual, monosyllable, monologue

1. one

2. many

3. all

4. every

5. each

5. Which of the following words are international

1. coffee, mango, sputnik, radio

2. farm, video, friend, man

3. bungalow, blitz, masterpiece, money

4. radio, wonder-child, country, pen

5. escalator, cat, park, television

6. Which of the following words is the British variant of the American fall

1. autumn

2. spring

3. winter

4. summer

5. season

7. The word TV is a case of

1. abbreviation

2. clipping

3. blending

4. back-formation

5. 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

1. conversion

2. word-composition

3. word derivation

4. polysemy

5. affixation

9. What is motivation

1. the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its meaning

2. the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its sound-form

3. the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its referent

4. the connection between the structural pattern of the word and its graphical form

5. the connection between the meaning of the word and referent

10. What are antonyms

1. words different in sound and graphic form and characterized by semantic polarity of denotational meaning

2. words different in their sound-form, but identical or similar in some of their meanings

3. words identical in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning

4. words differing in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form

5. words with identical sound and different in their graphic forms

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1. Which of the following words are homonyms proper

1. bank (n) – bank (n)

2. sea (n) – see (v)

3. wind (n) – wind (v)

4. tear (n) – tear (v)

5. 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

1. reverse dictionaries

2. pronouncing dictionaries

3. usage dictionaries

4. dictionaries of word frequency

5. dictionaries of slang

3. Which of the following lines contains only form words

1. from, oh!, am

2. dog-like, through, to help

3. lonesome, handful, are

4. terror, a computer, out of

5. went, come on, and

4. Which of the following homonyms are partial

1. match (n) – match (v)

2. found (v) – found (v)

3. bank (n) – bank (n)

4. ball (n) – ball (n)

5. jam (n) – jam (n)

5. Conversives are