1.

Lexicology is the part of linguistics that studies The vocabulary of a language

2. Descriptive Lexicology Deals with the vocabulary units of a particular language of
a certain time???
3. Lexicology deals with words, word-forming morphemes (derivational affixes) and
word-groups or phrases.???
4. Historical Lexicology deals with the evolution of the vocabulary units of a
language as time goes by.???
5. The selection of lexical units, arrangement and setting of the entries is one of the main
problems in lexicography
6. Which of the following phraseological units is a phraseological fusion to kick the
bucket
7. What is the approach which deals with the changes and development of vocabulary in
the course of time? Diachronic
8. What is the subject-matter of semasiology? the study of lexicon, morphology, syntax
and sentential semantics
9. What are homonyms proper? the same in sound and spelling(ball,bank)
10.Words identical in their sound form and graphic form are Homonyms proper
(perfect homonyms)
11.Dictionaries that provide synonyms and antonyms for words are Thesaurus
12.The words: “pacifist, innocence, cordial" have a bound stem
13.Which of the following phraseological units is a phraseological collocation bear a
grudge///bear malice
14.er, -dom, -ness, -ation are noun forming suffixes
15.The words "cheese, street, wall, wine belong to the earliest layer of borrowings Latin
16.word-forms, such as girls, winters, joys, tables though denoting widely different
objects of reality have something in common. This common element can be found in
all of them. How is it called? grammatical meaning of plurality
17.The toponyms for a Kansas, Michigan. Missouri, Utah are Indian tribes
18.General Lexicology studies the vocabulary irrespective of any particular language
19.Conversion is the formation of words without using word-building affixes.
20.Which of the following phraseological units is not motivated Hot dog
21.Choose the line where all the words have American spelling. humor, theater,
program, thru
22. A prefix is a derivational morpheme preceding the root
23.What type of homonym is it? sea (n)- see (v); son (n)- sun(n) Homophones
24.Acronyms are initialisms which are pronounced as single words
25.The word well-known is a Semi-bound (semi-free) morphemes?
26.Define the way the following words have been created: life- lo live, blood- lo bleed,
hot- to heat, song- to sing sound interchange
27.Define the examples of phonetic motivation from the following variants bang,
cuckoo, burr, splash
28.What type of lexicology studies the evolution of words and morphemes? Diachronic
or historical lexicology
29.Which of the following words are homonyms proper bank (n) – bank (n)
30.To know the way the wind blows is phraseological unity.
31.What is the result of change of meaning in the following: minister (a servant) –
minister (a civil servant of higher rank) ameliorative (the improvement of the
connotational component of meaning
32.What type of homonyms is the following: knew - new; know - no; knows – nose
partial homonymy
33.From the structural point of view morphemes may be classified into free morphemes,
bound morphemes and semi – morphemes
34.From the semantic point of view morphemes may be classified into root-morphemes,
non-root morphemes
35.The word “statesman” is the example of Morphological compounds
36.The word “lady - killer” is derivational compounds.
37.Smog, chunnel, faction, medicare are the examples of Blending
38.Which of the following words are blendings smog, brunch, clap
39.Word-formation is the process of creating new words
40.What are compound words? words consisting of at least two stems which occur in
the language as free forms
41.Which of the following words are of French origin beau, commence, chauffeur
42.Red flower is a (an) free word-group
43.The word “blackbird” is simple neutral compound
44.“Motel, brunch, smog, Oxbridge” are the examples of blends
45.<2>Define the way the following words have been created: ping-pong, chit-chat, rift-
raft by means of blending///reduplication/// Onomatopoeia???
46.<2>The main lexicological problems are characterized by …….. levels of study two
different/ syntagmatic and paradigmatic.
47.<2>Compound stems always binary and semantically moti¬vated//// match-box,
driving-suit, pen-holder, safety-pin, wedding-pie, class-consciousness, light-
mindedness
48.<2>Noun forming suffixes –er, -dom, -ness, -ation, -ity / -ty, -ment, -ship, -hood, -
ance / -ence, -ism
49.<2>Adjective forming suffixes –able, -ful, -less, -ic, -ous, -ive, -y, -al, -ent, -ant, -
ish, -ly, -some
50.<2>Choose the native English word summer, hope, life
51.<2>Which of the following words are examples of early Latin borrowings into
English? cheese, street, wall, wine
52.<2>Contracted compounds These words have a shortened (contracted) stem in
their structure: TV-set (-program, -show, -canal, etc.), V-day (Victory day), G-
man (Government man "FBI agent"), H-bag (handbag), T-shirt
53.<2>The noun is the name of a tool or implement, the verb denotes an action performed
by the tool. to nail, to pin, to hammer, to brush, to comb, to pencil.
54.<2>The name of a container-the act of putting something within the container to can,
to bottle, to pocket
55.<2>Choose derivational compounds absent-mindedness, blue-eyed, golden-haired,
broad-shouldered, lady-killer, film-goer, music-lover, honey-mooner, first-
nighter, late-comer, newcomer, early-riser, evildoer
56.<2>Choose morphological compounds AngloSaxon, Franko-Prussian, handiwork,
handicraft, craftsmanship, spokesman, statesman
57.<2>Choose syntactic compounds lily-of-the-valley, Jack-of-all-trades, good-for-
nothing, mother-in-law, sit-at-home, pick-meup, know-all, know-nothing, go-
between, get-together, whodunit.
58.<2>Choose words that are made by sound imitation
59.<2>Examples of back formation Televise, double-glaze, baby-sitter, to beg, to
burgle, to cobble, to butle, to force-land, to blood transfuse
60.<3>Find examples of Americanisms Jeep, okay, Cookie, Frame-up, Guess, Mail, Store
61.<3>Semantic change refers to the evolution of the meaning of a word over time. It can
be classified into several categories such as……. amelioration, pejoration,
broadening, semantic narrowing, bleaching, metaphor, and metonymy
62.<3>What is deterioration of meaning? a word develops a meaning with a negative
evaluative connotation which was absent in the first meaning
63.<3>What is amelioration of meaning? a semantic change in which a word's
meaning becomes more positive or favorable over time.
64.<3>Examples of degeneration of meaning Silly, Villain, Knave
65.<3>Examples of narrowing of meaning Deer, Meat, Boy
66.<3>Choose examples of elevation nice, knight, clever, hero, gentry
67.<3>Examples of partial lexical homonyms can, to lie, to hang
68.<3>Examples of simple lexico-grammatical partial homonyms to found, to lay, to
bound
69.Сhoose the examples of complex lex gram partial homonyms rose/Rose ( to rise,
maid/made(to make) left(adj)/left(to leave), bean/been, v. (Past Part, of to be),
one/won
70.<3>Choose examples of homophones night/knight, piece/peace, scent/cent/sent,
rite/to write/right, sea/to see/C, been/bean
71.<3>Choose examples of homographs bow,tear, lead, desert, row
72.<3>Words made by sound-imitation onomotapeia/// bark, howl, cock-adoodle-doo ,
quack, croak, mew or miaow (meow), moo, crow, cuckoo, humming-bird,
whippoor-will, cricket.
73.<3>Examples of acronym U.N.O, //B.B.C. //M.P.// g. f.// NATO // NASA // FBI //
AIDS // UNESCO
74.<3>Examples of phraseological combinations . to be at one's wits' end, to be good at
something, to be a good hand at something, to have a bite, to come off a poor
second, to come to a sticky end (coll.), to look a sight (coll.), to take something for
granted, to stick to one's word, to stick at nothing, gospel truth, bosom friends.
75.<3>Choose phraseological dictionaries The Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms//
The Dictionary of Idioms" by Robert Allen// Cambridge Idioms Dictionary/// L.
Smith «Words and Idioms», V. Collins «А Book of English Idioms»