LEXICOLOGY TEST

I. WORD FORMATION
1. The word “recollection” comprises_______morpheme(s)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
2. The following words have grammatical (inflectional) affixes EXCEPT
A. listens B. listener C. listening D. listened
3. The word “brunch” is created by
A. compounding B. blending C. clipping D. suffixation
4. _________are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words
A. roots B. stems C. affixes D. compounds
5. In the words: “artist, ex-prisoner”, “-ist, ex, -er” are:
A. prefixes B. suffixes C. free morphemes D. bound morphemes
6. “omnibus, earthquake, discotheque” are replaced by: “bus, quake, disco” respectively in
the way of
A. conversion B. clipping C. acronym D. back formation
7. Which group of the following are acronyms
A. VOA, AIDS, D-DAY B. G-MAN, BBC, BASIC
C. CORE, Laser, TEFL D. TV, ID, UFO, NATO
8. The compound whose meaning can be inferred from its separate elements is
A. red meat B. hot dog C. fat head D. flower pot
9. True or False
a. A word is the smallest unit of a language which stands alone to convey meaning
b. The conversion between Noun and Verb may involve a change of stress
c. Root morphemes are, in general, free morphemes because they can function independently.
d. Acronyms are words built from the initials of several words.
10. Comment on the methods of word-formation
Dorm, APEC, association, overtone, cage (v), snowfall, lab, donate (from donation)
WATT, loud-speaker, beg (from beggar), must (n), stagflation
11. Supply the correct form of words
a. "What's that " "It's the neighbors' vacuum cleaner. It's really noisy!"
b. There's widespread in the country. The majority of the people are very poor.
c. I think he's sincere, but some people doubt his .
d. We don't know the exact of this necklace, but it must be very valuable.
e. The politicians' speeches were really boring. We nearly died of .
f.The two pictures look the same but they are different. Find the eight .
g. She's a very dedicated teacher. Her is admired by all her students and
colleagues.
h."Thirsty? Have a 7-Down - the drink that really quenches your !"
i. Jean is her parents’ . They're very proud of her.
j. is our main concern. We want this playground to be a safe place for children
II. WORD MEANING
1. True or False
a. Functional words have both lexical and grammatical meaning
b. Grammatical meaning refers to the part of speech, tense of verb, singular or plural form
of words
c. Metonymy occurs when we call one object by the name of another because we compare
the objects and find some common features between them.
d. Homonyms are words which are semantically connected and identical in pronunciation.
e. A set expression is characterized by the stability of its lexical components and grammatical
structures.
2. The four major modes of semantic change are__________
A. extension, narrowing, elevation, degradation
B. extension, generalization, elevation, degradation
C. extension, narrowing, specialization, degradation
D. extension, elevation, amelioration, degradation
3. “Board” has the meaning of “a piece of timber” and “table”. This is an example
of_________(polysemy/homonymy)
4. The differences between compound and free word group are in________aspects
A. phonetic features B. grammatical features
C. semantic features D. all the above
5. Which of the following words is morphologic motivated
A. black market B. woof-woof C. hopeless D. green hand
6. “husband-wife”, “employer-employee” are examples of _________ antonyms
A. Gradable B. Complementary C. Conversive D. Directional
7. “Foot” in “at the foot of the mountain is___________ motivated
A. morphologic B. Phonetic C. Semantic D. None of the above
8. The ambiguity in : “Visiting relatives can be difficult” is caused by
A. lexical items B. Grammatical structure C. homonymy D. polysemy
9. The following pairs of antonyms are gradable EXCEPT
A. rich & poor B. hot & cold C. deep & shallow D. dead & alive
10. Comment on the transference of meaning
arms and mouth of a river
Downing Street confirmed
a tongue of a bell
he was a bookworm
Manchester scored a goal
foot of a page
he barked at me
She is a Hoan Thu
In a café “One black, please”
 Review Questions for Lexicology
1. What is a morpheme and types of morphemes?

2. What is a word and types of words?

3. What is word formation and ways of word formation?

4. What is affixation? Make a comparison between prefixation and suffixation?

5. What is compounding and how are compound words classified?

6. What is the difference between a compound and a free-word group?

7. What is shortening and types of shortening?

8. What is the difference between affixation and back formation?

9. State types of meaning of words?

10. State stylistic classification of the English vocabulary?