SEMANTIC EXERCISE

A. Identify each of the following sentences as true or false. (15)

F 1. Semantics is the study of word, phrase, and sentence construction.

T 2 One of the strategies in doing semantics is by definition.
T 3. Sentence is real grammatical element regarding time and location.
T 4. Utterances are real pieces of speech.
T 5. The schedule is a mess. I cannot find Pragmatics. Pragmatics in the previous sentence is
referring expression.
T 6. He sent me an e-mail. The word me in the sentence is categorized into constant reference.
F 7. The model of concepts which views them as structured so that there are central or typical
members of a category is called as taxonomy.
F 8. Synonymy is unrelated word.
T 9. My red sweater brings you happiness that I cannot forget for good. The sentence is true.
T 10. Sense is one’s definition of a concept which is related to his or her world knowledge.
T 11. He took a book from the shelf. A book is a connotation.
T 12. Meronymy is one of lexical relations.
T 13. The pair boy and lad is a synonym.
T 14. Syntactic relation is by, one of them, drawing a diagram tree.
F 15. The name of teachers at High School is the example of taxonomic sisters.

B. Find the synonym for each of the following words. You are not allowed to use negation. (5)

1. Insane = Crazy
2. Pavement = Crossroad
3. Get = Obtain
4. Necessary = Constrain
5. Gasoline = Propellant

C. Identify the following pairs as simple, gradable, reverse, converse, and taxonomic sisters. (10)

1. Day x Night = Gradable 6. Married X Unmarried = Reverse

2. Brother x sister = Taxonomic sisters 7. False x True = Converse
3. Dress X Undress = Reverse 8. Good x Bad = Gradable
4. Asleep x awake = Converse 9. Push x Pull = Converse
5. Black x Red = Gradable 10. Lost x Found = Converse
 D. Identify the relationship of the following word as a synonym, antonym, hyponymy, polysemy,
meronymy, or homonymy.

1. Chair – rocking chair = Synonym

2. Teacher – student = Meronymy
3. Toilet – loo = Synonym
4. Great – amazing = Synonym
5. Ravel – unravel A = Antonym
6. Take – give = Antonym
7. Flower – petal = Meronymy
8. Bright color – bright child = Polysemy
9. Up – Down = Antonym
10. Assemble – dismantle = Antonym

E. Fill in the missing co-hyponyms. (5)

1. Software
Freeware

2. Board games
Chess

3. Fruits
Watermelon

4. Colors
Blue

5. Clean
Scrub