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7. Compare the meaning of the following pairs of etymological doublets and define their origin:

card - chart, shade - shadow, egg - edge, gage - wage, hale - whole, liquor - ligueur, of - off, scar - share, whit - wight, artist - artiste, abridge - abbreviate, pauper - poor, raise - rear, prune - plum, host - guest, ward – guard.

8. Why are certain lexical units called «international» words? Give examples.

тесты.docx

Тест 1. (Раздел 1 ДЕ1.1.-1.3.)

1. What prefixes would be used with the following words to make them negative?

_____organized _____able ______perfect ______accessible

_____professional _____social _____normal _____sincere

_____important _____loyal_____ regular _____patient

2. Using dictionaries find out the allormorphs in the word clusters of the lexemes:

a) admire,

b) estimate,

c) demonstrate.

3. Fill in the chart, analyze how different suffixes added to the same base change the meaning of the word:

4. Use nouns based on two-word verbs

1. The machinery might break down There was a (a)_____) in the machinery

2. The people cry out against high taxes There was a loud (b)______.

3. Sales will drop off There will be a (c)______ in sales.

4. They often get together They had a (d)_____ with their friends.

5. Don't mix up the puce tags. А (e)_____could be serious.

6.The driver needed to speed up The (f)______ was sudden.

7. Good friends stand by one another. You are my old (g)______.

8.The plane will soon take off. The (h)_____ was smooth.

9. John will write up his lessons. His (i)_____ in two pages long.

5. Analyze the following lexical units according to their structure:

computerize

moneywise

computoholic

broindram

take-in

good-for-nothing

skinhead

Eurovision

helter-skelter

burger

HMO

snow-surfing

ecofriendly

nevertheless

Xmas

hijack

counsellor

nobody

giver-away

agribusiness

biotechnology

psychology

technophobia

brunch

slanguage

finger-wnnger

CD

dilly-dally

couch potato

sound-bites

hitch-hike

splash-down

proof-read

irritation

Тест 2 (Раздел 2 ДЕ 2.1.-2.3.)

1. Find out the difference in the denotational meaning of the words:

a) appreciate, b) value, c)cherish, d) affect and e) effect

a_________________________________________

b_________________________________________

c_________________________________________

d_________________________________________

e_________________________________________

2. Find out the difference in the connotational meaning of the words: a) beautiful and b) beauteous.

a_______________________

b_______________________

3. Define which of the words possesses wider polysemy:

man, fellow, change, joy, federation, order

_______________________________________________

4. Compare the semantic structure of the following words

a) slender and skinny, b) to stop and to cease

5. Comment on the connotations the following expressions convey:

a) an ugly duckling, b) the Troyan horse, c) crocodile tears, d) a swan song, e) Achilles'heel f) Henry VIII

a_____________________________

b_____________________________

c_____________________________

d_____________________________

e_____________________________

f_____________________________

6. Consider the following examples. Try to decipher humor in the following puns:

(a) On an electric company van Power to the people.

(b) In a beauty parlor: Curl up and dye.

(c)In front of a church. Stop here for your holiday spirits

(d) At a tire store Time to retire

(e) Husband: Which way should I turn, left?

Wife. Right

Husband: Right?

Wife. No, left

(f) Customer: I would like a book please

Bookseller: Something light?

Customer: That doesn't matter I have my car with me.

a_______________________________

b_______________________________

c_______________________________

d_______________________________

e_______________________________

f_______________________________

7. Find in the following List of words synonymic series and classify them into three groups a) ideographic synonyms, b) stylistic synonyms, c) ideographic-stylistic:

oiling, arrogant, battle, begin, behold, bicker, brawl, bright callous, clever, commence, conflict, conquest, consume, cruel, defeat devour, diseased, dispiteous, dumb, easy, eat, engorge, facile, fatuous, fight, food, grub, hard-boiled, haughty, high-hat, hoity-toity, horse, ill, wept, ingest, intelligent, light, mandicate, obdurate, pace, proud, quarrel sagacious, see, shrewd, snobbish, snooty, squabble, steed, stride, stroll, stupid, supercilious, tiff, walk

10. Choose the best synonym .

1 PROBITY (a) lustful (b)fame (c) shame (d) integrity (e) belief

2 ANARCHY (a) trying to be honest (b) science of the earth

(c) trying to destroy the government (d) delay (e) anger

3 EXPIATE (a) compress (b) talk a lot (c) plead (d) react

(e) atone for

4 COMPLACENT (o) worthless (b) satisfied (c) silly (d)final (e) lazy

5 DISSEMBLE (a) hide (b) show (c) cause (d) urge (e) demand

6 CONTIGUOUS (a) social (b) adjacent (c) scorn (d) quarrelsome (e) Iively

11. Choose the best antonym.

1 EFFRONTERY (a) wickedness (b) conceit (c) dishonesty (d) shyness (e) snobbishness

2 CONTENTIOUS (a) modest (b) oblivious (c) grotesque (d) peaceful (e) retrospective

3 DENOUNCE (a) show (b) derogate (c) praise (d) rehabilitate (e) violate

4 IGNOMINY (q) knowledge (b) cogitation (c) humor (d) honor (e) humus

5 PRODIGIOUS (q) prodigal (b) obtuse (c) ordinary (d) improper (e) sterile

6 CONTEMPT (a) hate (b) respect (c) lose (d) help (e) refuse

7 LICENTIOUS (a) temporary (b) decorated (c) moral (d) difficult (e) simply

8 GIBBERISH (a) meaningful (b) sarcastic (c) cruel (d) talented (e) honorable

9 FORMIDABLE (a) insincere (b) weak (c) mean (d) sincere (e) famous

10 IMMACULATE (a) legal (b)vacant (c) filthy (d) impressive (e) unstable

12. For each pair of words below give the common word that is opposite to both:

a. wrong, left right

b. young, new ______

c. tall long ______

d. bring, give ______

e. stop, come w ______

f. soft, easy ______

g. sharp, interesting ______

Тест 3. (Раздел 3 ДЕ 3.1.-3.3)

1. Match the American English terms (in the right column)

with their British counterparts (in the left column):

molasses a grade

return b candy

garden с schedule

place d corn

ill e fait

flat f sidewalk

holiday g mean

sweets h treacle

maize i round trip

pavement g sick

timetable k location

autumn l movie

nasty m yard

film n drugstore

class o vocation

chemist’s p apartment

2. Translate the following into British English:

1 I had a blow-out _____________________

2 Pass me the cookies__________________

3 We've run out of gas _________________

4 One way or round trip ________________

5 We left the faucet on__________________

6. We're leaving w the foil _______________

7. I hate waiting in line__________________

3. Define the meaning of the following words and word combinations:

Administration, the State Department the White House, primaries, impeachment electoral college, runoff, ram check, pink slip, Thanksgiving Day, toll, perks, guidelines. Ivy League, the Watergate, the Smithsonian Institution, Broadway, catch-22, yellow pages, the green berets, alumnus, nifty, cover girl, community center.

4. Match the Indian English word with its British English equivalent:

1 abscond a. catch (e.g. by police)

2 nab b. man who annoys girls

3 bag (i e a seat m an election) c. primsolls, sneakers

4 Eve-teaser d. underwear

5 the common man e. flee

6 fleetfoots f. people awaiting trial

7 undertrials g. the general public

8 wearunders e. capture/obtain

Тест 4 (Раздел 2 ДЕ 4.1.-4.2)

1. Examples showing how words are used are given:

a) in brackets

b) in italic type

2. Are phrasal verbs

a) printed in thick type

b) shown by a symbol

3. Where will you find information about placenames:

a) in Appendix

b) on special pages

4. Are there any study pages in your dictionary

a) yes

b) no

5. Where will you find additional information on the usage of words

a) in notes

b) on colourful pages

6. Are labels printed

a) in brackets

b) in italics

7. Are idioms:

a) printed in bold type

b) shown by a symbol

c) shown by a label

8. Are compounds within the entry

a) printed in bold type

b) shown by a symbol

c) shown by a label

9. Is grammatical information

a) shown by a code within the entry

b) in grammatical notes in the extra columns

c) shown by means of examples and patterns within the entry

10. Is there any information on related words

a) yes

b) no

1. Give examples of borrowed words that brought with them to English-speaking people the knowledge of new concepts, objects, phenomena, etc

2. What is meant by the native element of the English vocabulary?

3. Classification of borrowings according to the language from which they are borrowed:

Romanic borrowings,

Germanic borrowings

4. What are the characteristic features of hybrids?

5. Analyze the etymological composition of the following lexemes. Can we consider them hybrids? Why?

Relationship, goddess, countless, friendship, beautiful fishery, avidly, hindrance

6. What pairs of words are called «etymological doublets»?

7. Compare the meaning of the following pairs of etymological doublets and define their origin:

card - chart, shade - shadow, egg - edge, gage - wage, hale - whole, liquor - ligueur, of - off, scar - share, whit - wight, artist - artiste, abridge - abbreviate, pauper - poor, raise - rear, prune - plum, host - guest, ward – guard.

8. Why are certain lexical units called «international» words? Give examples.

КР 3_.docx

1. The vocabulary of a language as an organized system. Comment on the paradigmatic approach to meaning. What are different ways of classifying words in English?

2. Comment on the origin of homonyms. Give classifications of homonyms,

3 What are synonymy and synonymic patterns observed in the English language? Give examples of ideographic and stylistic synonyms.

4. Give classification of antonyms.

5. Hyponymy. Give examples

6. Comment on the key terms: paradigmatics, synonymy, opposition, lexical ambiguity, homonymy, lexical set, euphemism.

Вопросы к зачету по дисциплине «Лексикология английского языка».docx

1. The Object of Lexicology.

2. Connections of Lexicology with other linguistic subjects.

3. The definition of the word- Characteristics of the word as

the basic unit of language,

4. Morpheme. Structural types of words

5. The stem of a word, the difference between a simple word, a stem and a root. Functions of roots, suffixes, prefixes, inflections.

6. Affixation.

7. Word-Composition.

8. Conversion.

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