HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY MID -TERM TEST ON LEXICOSEMANTICS

FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH (No 3)

Subject Code: EN11

Full name: ………………………………...............

Date of birth: ………………………………...........
Group: …………………………………….............
I. Answer the following questions: (40 points)
1. What are grammatical morphemes? Their typical features ? Give some examples.
2. What are derivational morphemes? What are the productive and non-productive
prefixes? Give some examples.
(The file sent will be named after each student’s name. Plagiarism will lead to failure)

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II. Exercises
Exercises on suffixes
I. Deduce the meaning of the following derivatives from the meanings of their
constituents.

reddish, a. ………………………………………………………………………..
overwrite, v. ……………………………………………………………………..
irregular, a………………………………………………………………………...
illegal, a…………………………………………………………………………..
retype,v. ………………………………………………………………………….
old-womanish, a. …………………………………………………………………
disrespectable, a. …………………………………………………………………
inexpensive, a. …………………………………………………………………..
unladylike, a. …………………………………………………………………….
disorganise, v…………………………………………………………………….
renew, v. ………………………………………………………………………….
eatable, a. ………………………………………………………………………..

II. Explain the difference between the meanings of the following words

watery - waterish, ……………………………………………………………

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embarrassed - embarrassing. …………………………………………………
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manly- mannish, ……………………………………………………………
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colorful - colored, ……………………………………………………………
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distressed - distressing, ………………………………………………………
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respected-respectful-respectable………………………………………………
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exhausting- exhausted, ………………………………………………………
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bored -boring, ………………………………………………………………..
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touchy - touched - touching. …………………………………………………

III -phobia (fear or hatred of) -cide (killer, killing) -gamy (marriage)
Put each of the above suffixes in its correct place in the sentences below.
(a) Those rose-bushes need protection. Spray them with insecti……. .
(b) He gets very tense and nervous in enclosed spaces like lifts and the underground. He
suffers from claustro........…. .
(c) The custom of having more than one wife or husband is known as ‘poly…..…’
(d) Some people, and some animals, are terrified of water. This aversion is known as
aqua……. .
(e) His problems overwhelmed him and he finally comitted sui……... .
(f) When he was arrested and charged with bi…….., both his wives stood by him.
(g) His Anglo……..... comes from some bad experiences he had in England.
(h) Following the man's death, his wife was charged with homi……... .

IV. Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases.

(a) germicide (d) a monogamous society
(b) xenophobia (e) fratricide
(c) patricide (f) agoraphobia
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V. Fill in the gaps with: -maniac (obsessed person) -phile (lover of) or -monger
(dealer in)
(a) A person who makes and exploits war is called a war…….. .
(b) He has always been a biblio……… and has amassed a vast collection of books over
the years.
(c) He has a shop selling pots and pans, tools and other metal goods.He's an iron…. .
(d) He's unbelievably self-centred and arrogant. He's a complete ego…….. .
(e) She loved the year she spent in Italy and has been an Italo…….. ever since.
(f) Some journalists are perfectly honest and well-meaning but she just makes a profit
from gossip and rumour. She’s just a cheap scandal.…….. .
(g) A klepto……. is a person who has a compulsive desire to steal.
(h) His fondness for drink became an addiction, and his doctor says he's now a
dipso……… .

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