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Sample Semantics Mid-Term Test

This document contains a midterm test for the subject of semantics. The test has 9 questions covering various topics in semantics including: 1) matching semantic terms and definitions, 2) providing paraphrases for ambiguous sentences, 3) identifying types of antonyms, 4) identifying sense relations between words, 5) identifying types of homonyms, 6) identifying true/false statements about semantics, 7) identifying if sentences are analytical, synthetic, or contradictory, 8) identifying types of meaning transference, and 9) identifying types of processes, participants, and circumstances in sentences. The test is 45 minutes long and requires the test taker to provide their full name and date of birth.

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Sample Semantics Mid-Term Test

This document contains a midterm test for the subject of semantics. The test has 9 questions covering various topics in semantics including: 1) matching semantic terms and definitions, 2) providing paraphrases for ambiguous sentences, 3) identifying types of antonyms, 4) identifying sense relations between words, 5) identifying types of homonyms, 6) identifying true/false statements about semantics, 7) identifying if sentences are analytical, synthetic, or contradictory, 8) identifying types of meaning transference, and 9) identifying types of processes, participants, and circumstances in sentences. The test is 45 minutes long and requires the test taker to provide their full name and date of birth.

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MIDTERM TEST

Subject: Semantics
Time Allowance: 45`
Full name: .................. Date oI birth......... Group.........

1. Matching

1. Antonymy a. a kind oI understatement, where the speaker or writer uses a negative oI a word to
mean the opposite
2. Metonymy b. a Iigure oI speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is
not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
3. Hyperbole c. a word that has two or more similar meanings
4. Litotes d. a word that means the opposite oI another
5. Polysemy e. one oI or more two words having the same sound and oIten the same spelling but
diIIerent meanings
6. Momonym f. overstatement or exaggrated language that distorts Iacts by making them much
biggerthan they are iI looked at objectively
7. Metaphor g. the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
8. Meronymy h. a Iegure oI speech consisting oI the use oI the name oI one thing Ior that Ior
another oI which it is attribute or with which it is associated

2. Give two paraphrases for each of the following ambiguous sentences
a. I told her children were noisy.
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b. She cannot bear children.
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3. Indicate the types of antonyms
a. more diIIicult vs. less diIIicult ...........................
b. cheap vs. expensive ...........................
c. import vs. export ...........................
d. literate vs. illiterate ...........................

4. What types of sense relations exist between/among the following highlighted words?
a. How many months are there in a sleep year?
b. There Iive sentence elements, namely subject, verb, object, complement and adverbial.
c. A category five tropical storm is heading in Irom the Allantic.
d. She works day and night to earn her living.

5. Indicate the types of homonyms
a. refuse (not to accept) vs. refuse (unwanted waste material )..
b. lie ( to tell a lie) vs. lie (to be in a resting position on a supporting surIace).
c. bitch vs. beech
d. sound ( sth that can be heard) vs. sound (sensible)

6. True or False
a. Synonyms can be diIIerent parts oI speech.
b. any noun phrase can have its own reIerent.
c. In terms oI semantic making, the unmarked member has a more general sense.
d. One and the same semantic Ieature may be part oI the meaning oI many diIIerent words.


. Identify the true value of these sentences. Write A for Analytical, S for Synthetic and C for
Contradiction.
a. Queens are mothers. ...........................
b. John has resigned Irom his work. ...........................
c. My brother is only child. ...........................
d. Green is a colour. ...........................

8. Identify the types of meaning transference in the following sentences
a. He was not unIamilliar with the works oI Dickene ...............
b. His eloquence could split rocks ...............
c. That inIormation is hard to swallow ...............
d. The Pentagon has made an announcement ...............

9. Identify the types of processes, participants and circumstances in the following sentences
a. We are considering selling the house.


b. Dogs are IaithIull animals.


c. I`ve cut my hand with that kniIe.


d. At the meeting, managers complained that the workers were lazy and unreliable.


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Appear at 9h00, Wednesday, November 09, 2011

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