1.

Pick out the paronyms from the pairs below

- to rise - to mount
- war - armed struggle
- collar - colour
- to accept - to reject

2. The result of semantic change in the word “smart: causing pain - attractive” is
- the narrowing of meaning
- the extension of meaning
- the elevation of meaning
- the degradation of meaning

3. Point out a phraseological combination:

- an official letter
- a big bug
- to have a bite
- neck and crop

4. Pick out the absolute synonyms from the pairs below:

- many - much
- plane - aircraft
- horrible - terrible
- child - infant

5. The word “deer” belongs to

- Latin borrowings
- French borrowings
- the words of Scandinavian origin
- the words of Native origin

6. Point out a free word-group:

- the last drop
- bosom friends
- a pleasant company
- at sixes and sevens

7. The words “air (n) - heir (n)” refer to

- homophones
- absolute homonyms
- homographs
- paronyms
8. Point out a verbal phrase:
- in cold blood
- dog's life
- safe and sound
- to win hands down

9. Pick out ideographic synonyms from the pairs below

- pavement - sidewalk
- to look - to gaze
- father - dad
- few - little

10. The supplementary expressive meaning presented either by emotive charge or by stylistic
reference is called ...
- grammatical meaning
- denotational meaning
- connotational meaning
- implicational meaning

11. According to the type of composition and the linking element the compound "butter-
fingers" belongs to those ...
- formed by juxtaposition
- with a vowel or a consonant as a linking element
- with linking elements represented by conjunctions/prepositions

12. The study of the principles and regularities of the signification of things and notions by
lexical and lexico-phraseological means of a given language is called
- Semasiology
- Lexicology
- Etymology
- Onomasiology

13. Pick out Scottish English words from the groups below:
- dwtty, grampu, mitching
- langered, quare, youse
- fish hook, lards, Brad Pitt
- auld, glen, aye

14. The result of semantic change in the word "garage: any safety place - a safety place for a
car” is ...
- the degradation of meaning
- the extension of meaning
- the narrowing of meaning
- the elevation of meaning
15. Pick out the neologisms from the groups below:
- par exemple, de facto, ad hoc
- lone, steed, naught
- cybercrash, biopiracy, genetic donor
- monophthong, assimilation, fraction

16. The prefix trans- in the word "transoceanic" implies ...

- locality
- priority
- incompleteness
- negation

17. Pick out American English words from the groups below:
- autumn, bill, flat
- toonie, humidex, double-double
- fall, check, apartment
- dingo, gum-tree, kiwi

19. English dialect or accent associated with South East England, especially the area along the
River Thames, centering around London is called ...
- Cockney
- Received Pronunciation
- Estuary English
- Standard English

20. The word "OPEC" is a(n) ...

- blend
- onomatopoetic word
- shortening
- acronym

21. The semantic change of the word Ford in the sentence “He bought a Ford” involves the
association:
- the producer is used for a product
- the place is used for the institution
- the part is used for the whole
- the place is used for the people occupying it

22. Polite words or expressions that are used instead of more direct ones to avoid shocking or
upsetting someone is called ...
- dyspheism
- eupemisms
- antonyms
- synonyms
23. The result of semantic change in the word "season: spring - any time of the year” is ...
- the narrowing of meaning
- the extension of meaning
- the degradation of meaning
- the elevation of meaning

24. Metaphor "hand of a clock" is based on ...

- similarity of function
- similarity of temperature
- similarity of color
- similarity of shape and form

25. Point out a phraseological unit borrowed from the Bible:

- A Dutch bargain
- something is rotten in the state of Denmark
- the land of promise
- a black sheep

26. The words of foreign origin which have not entirely been assimilated into English are
called ...
- historical words
- barbarism
- terms
- archaic words

27. Pick out the slang words from the groups below:
- bonehead, goddam, bastard
- lad, kirk, galloway
- mug, cock-eyed, beans
- yeomantry, battering ram, baron

28. Pick out the terms from the groups below:

- cybercrook, virtual money, transgenic
- mon cher, de jure, au revoir
- diphthong, operation, molecule
- eve, fair, woe

29. The suffix -ward found in the word "eastward" is a/an ...
- adjective-forming suffix
- noun-forming suffix
- verb-forming suffix
- adverb-forming suffix
30. Point out an adjectival phrase:
- to win hands down
- safe and sound
- dog's life
- in cold blood

31. The word “moo” is a(n) …

- acronym
- blend
- shortening
- onomatopoetic word

32. Pick out the historisms from the group below:

- boozy, brain-pan, dough
- boony, cuddy, loch
- yeoman, musketeer, vassal
- damn, bloody, to hell

33. Words whose aim is to preserve secrecy within one or another social group are called …
- neologisms
- slang words
- poetic words
- jargonisms

34. Point out a phraseological unit borrowed from a literary source

- a crooked sixpence
- to rob Peter to pay Paul
- forbidden fruit is sweet
- vanity fair

35. The suffix –en found in the word “broaden” is a/an …

- adjective-forming suffix
- verb-forming suffix
- adverb-forming suffix
- noun-forming suffix

36. The word “ball (n) – ball (n)” refer to …

- homographs
- homophones
- paronyms
- absolute homonyms

37. Pick out the antonyms from the pairs below:

- preposition – proposition
- hope – despair
- to die – to pass away
- to begin – to commence
38. The word “canal (n) – channel (n)” refer to …
- absolute homonyms
- paronyms
- homographs
- homophones

39. Pick out Canadian English words from the groups below:
- lift, lorry, mark
- washroom, knapsack, snowbird
- elevator, truck, grade
- koala, digger, Kangarooland

40. The system formed by the sum total of all the words and the morphemes which make up
words, variable word-groups and phraseological units is denoted by the term …
- morpheme
- word
- vocabulary
- word equivalent

41. The word “formula” is a(n) …

- partially assimilated borrowing (not assimilated grammatically)
- completely assimilated borrowing
- partially assimilated borrowing (not assimilated phonetically)
- unassimilated borrowing (barbarism)

42. Morphemes that make up words of conditional segmentability and do not rise to the
status of full morphemes for semantic reason are called …
- allomorps
- combining forms
- pseudo-morphemes
- unique morphemes

43. The formation of new words by means of merging fragments of words into one new word
is called …
- blending
- sound interchange
- back-formation
- shortening

44. Metaphor “mouth of a river” is based on …

- similarity of function
- similarity of color
- similarity of temperature
- similarity of shape and form

45. A type of affixless derivation where a newly-formed word acquires a paradigm and
syntactic functions different from those of the original word is called …
- affixation
- word composition
- conversion
- substantivation

46. Thing-books that give more information about extra-linguistic world and deal with
concepts, their relations to other objects and phenomena are called…
- standart-descriptive dictionaries
- linguistic dictionaries
- encyclopedic dictionaries
- overall-descriptive dictionaries

47. The semantic change of the word “town” in the sentence “The town was sleeping” involves
the association:
- the part is used for the whole
- the producer is used for a product
- the place is used for the institution
- the place is used for the people occupying it

48. Pick out the euphemisms from the pairs below:

- friendly – hostile
- to end – to finish
- to kill – to remove
- popular – populous

49. Metaphor “symphony in yellow” is based on …

- similarity of function
- similarity of temperature
- similarity of color
- similarity of shape and form

50. The word “husband” belongs to ...

- the words of Scandinavian origin
- French borrowings
- the words of Native origin
- Latin borrowings

51. Point out a phraseological unity:

- a red flower
- to show the while feather
- to lose one’s head
- to be good at smth

52. The word “beige” is a(n) …

- unassimilated borrowing (barbarism)
- partially assimilated borrowing (not assimilated phonetically)
- completely assimilated borrowing
- partially assimilated borrowing (not assimilated grammatically)
53. The semantic change of the word “Wall Street” in the sentence “Wall Street is in a panic”
involves the association …
- the place is used for the people occupying it
- the place is used for the institution
- the part is used for the whole
- the producer is used for a product

54. The prefix demi- in word “demiofficial” implies …

- incompleteness
- locality
- priority
- negation

55. Words whose elements are derived from different languages are called …
- international words
- etymological hybrids
- translation-loans
- etymological doublets

56. Point out a substantive/noun phrase:

- to the bitter end
- white lie
- to make a song about smth
- as good as gold

57. Pick out the stylistic synonyms from the pairs below:
- few – little
- strange – odd
- girl – maiden
- railway – railroad

58. According to the type of composition and the linking element the compound
"speedometer" belongs to those ...
- with linking elements represented by conjunctions/prepositions
- formed by juxtaposition
- with a vowel or a consonant as a linking element

59. Point out a phraseological unit associated with beliefs or superstitions:

- a black sheep
- daily bread
- A Dutch comfort
- something is rotten in the state of Denmark

60. Pick out the barbarisms from the groups below:

- cybercrook, virtual money, transgenic
- mon cher, de jure, au revoir
- diphthong, operation, molecule
- eve, fair, woe
61. The result of semantic change in the word *picture: a painting – any image* is:

- the elevation of meaning

- the narrowing of meaning
- the degradation of meaning
- the extension of meaning

62. The branch of linguistics whose subject-matter is the study of word meaning and the
classification of changes in the signification of words of forms is called:

- Semasiology
- Onomasiology
- Lexicology
- Etymology

63. The basic unit of a given language resulting from the association of a given … group of
sounds suspectible of a given grammatical employment is:

- morpheme
- word equivalent
- word
- vocabulary

64. The word *buzz* is a(n)…

- acronym
- shortening
- onomatopoetic word
- blend

65. Metaphor *head of cabbage* is based on…

- similarity of color
- similarity of temperature
- similarity of function
- similarity of shape and form

66. Metaphor *key to the mystery* is based on…

- similarity of function
- similarity of temperature
- similarity of shape and form
- similarity of color

67. Metaphorr *black magic* is based on…

- similarity of function
- similarity of color
- similarity of temperature
- similarity of shape and form

68. Dictionaries which contain words grouped by the concepts expressed are called…

- dictionaries of slang
- ideographic dictionaries
- phraseological dictionaries
- dictionaries of dialects

69. The prefix ex- in the word *ex-minister* implies…

- priority
- negation
- incompleteness
- locality

70. The prefix un- in the word *unhappy* implies…

- priority
- locality
- negation
- incompleteness

71. The suffix –able in the word *eatable* is a/an…

- adverb-forming suffix
- verb-forming suffix
- adjective-forming suffix
- noun-forming suffix

72. The word *brunch* is a(n)…

- acronym
- blend
- shortening
- onomatopoetic word

73. Phonetically conditioned positional variants of the same morpheme identical in meaning
and function are called…

- combining forms
- pseudo-morphemes
- unique morphemes
- allomorphs

74. The names of some objects, special relations, institutions, customs, which are no longer in
use are called…

- barbarisms
- archaic words
- historical words
- terms

75. Expressive ironical words which sound somewhat vulgar, cynical and harsh, aiming to
show the object in the light of an off-hand contemptuous ridicule are called…

- slang words
- poetic words
- jargonisms
- neologisms

76. The official language of Great Britain taught at schools and universities, used by the press,
radio and television and spoken by educated people is called…

- Cockney
- Received Pronunciation
- Estuary English
- Standard English

77. Word-books, whose subject –matter is lexical units and their linguistic properties such as
pronunciation, meaning, peculiarities of use, etc. are called…

- standard-descriptive dictionaries
- overall-descriptive dictionaries
- encyclopedic dictionaries
- linguistic dictionaries

78. Dictionaries containing elements from areas of substandard speech such as vulgarisms,
jargonisms, taboo words, colloquialisms, etc. are called…

- dictionaries of slang
- phraseological dictionaries
- dictionaries of dialects
- ideographic dictionaries

79. The result of semantic change in the word *deer: any wild animal – only a certain kind of
animals* is …

- the elevation of meaning

- the degradation of meaning
- the narrowing of meaning
- the extension of meaning