Name ……………………………… Group ……………….. Study ………………..

Q1 Fill in the blanks .( 4 marks )

1-Semantics is the study of the ………….of words, phrases and sentences.
2………………. meaning is the type of meaning that people might connect with the
use of words (e.g. needle = painful ).
Q2 What is the semantic role of the underlined words? ( 6 marks )

house)
1. The boy run from the house………………….
2. The man feels angry ………………………..
3. The students are in the classroom…………………….

Name ……………………………… Group ……………….. Study ………………..

1. “painful”)
Q1 Fill in the blanks .( 6 marks )

1. agent – the semantic role of the

noun phrase identifying the one
who performs the action of the
verb in an event
2. (The boy kicked the ball)
1-…………the semantic role of the noun phrase identifying the one who performs the
action . ( e.g. the boy kicks the ball).
2……… is the type of meaning refers to the basic components of meaning conveyed
by the literal use of words.
3. …….. … two or more words with different (written) forms and the same
pronunciation (e.g. meet–meat)
Q2 What is the semantic role of the underlined words? ( 4 marks )

house)
1. The boy run from the school………………….
2. The man feels angry ……………….
3. associative meaning
4. the type of meaning that people might connect with the use of words (e.g.
needle =
5. “painful”) that is not part of referential meaning emotive meani