This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Lexical Relations – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Lexical Relations Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Get (to take)-get (to become) A) Homonym. B) Hyponym. C) Synonym. D) Polysemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polysemy. 2. The word mine has two meanings, but the same sound. What is this lexical relationship? A) Homonymy. B) Homographs. C) Homophones. D) Polysemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homonymy. 3. Using hyperonyms is specially useful for cross-cultural communication A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 4. Ball-toy is an example of: A) Hypernymy. B) Meronymy. C) Hyponymy. D) Holonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyponymy. 5. (Shout it out loud) is an example of A) Contradiction. B) Entailment. C) Tautology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tautology. 6. Synonyms are usually context-free A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 7. How can context influence the interpretation of a statement? A) Statements are always interpreted the same way. B) The speaker's intent is irrelevant to interpretation. C) Context has no effect on meaning. D) Context shapes the meaning of a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Context shapes the meaning of a statement. 8. Peace/ piece are examples of A) Homoymy. B) Polysemy. C) Homophony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homophony. 9. Which of these are synonyms? A) "Cold" and "Freezing". B) "Right" and "Wrong". C) "Colour" and "Pink". D) "Knight" and "Night". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Cold" and "Freezing". 10. "Car" is a meronym of "wheel" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. The lexical relation between "Move" and "Run" is ..... A) Antonymy. B) Hyponymy. C) Synonymy. D) Homonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyponymy. 12. Lengthen-Shorten A) Homophony. B) Hyponymy,. C) Synonymy. D) Antonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonymy. 13. What does categorization refer to in the context of language? A) The use of language to express emotions. B) The study of word pronunciation. C) The process of forming new words. D) The process of using language to classify the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The process of using language to classify the world. 14. How does the use of euphemisms affect communication? A) Euphemisms can soften the impact of difficult topics. B) Euphemisms have no effect on communication. C) They are only used in formal writing. D) Euphemisms always lead to misunderstandings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemisms can soften the impact of difficult topics. 15. Lexical meaning studies: A) Meaning of phrases. B) Meaning of utterances. C) Meaning of words. D) Meaning of sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meaning of words. 16. Duck (animal)-duck (lower the head) A) Homophones. B) Hyponymy. C) Polysemy. D) Homonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homonym. 17. Set of words that has the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses A) Clines. B) Antonyms. C) Polysemy. D) Synonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synonyms. 18. What is a converse relationship between lexemes? A) When two lexemes are unrelated. B) When two lexemes describe the same relationship in reverse order. C) When two lexemes have opposite meanings. D) When two lexemes have identical meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When two lexemes describe the same relationship in reverse order. 19. Uncle is mother's brother. A) SYMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP. B) SYNONYM. C) KINSHIP. D) HYPONYM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) KINSHIP. 20. Day-week-fortnight-month-year A) Cline. B) Polysemy. C) Homonym. D) Hyponymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cline. 21. A playful use of words can be defined as A) Prototype. B) Hyponymy. C) Polysemy. D) Word Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word Play. 22. What is a sense relation? A) A syntactic relationship between sentences. B) A grammatical relation between phrases. C) A phonetic relationship between sounds. D) A paradigmatic relation between words or predicates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A paradigmatic relation between words or predicates. 23. Characterizing the meaning of each word is? A) Homophone. B) Lexical Relation. C) Polysemy. D) Word Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lexical Relation. 24. What is the relationship between "big" and "small" ? A) Taxonomy. B) Synonymy. C) Hyponymy. D) Antonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonymy. 25. "Giving someone a hand" is an example of ..... A) Polysemy. B) Homophony. C) Metonymy. D) Antonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 26. What role does context play in understanding idiomatic expressions? A) Context only affects the grammatical structure of idioms. B) Idioms are always understood the same way regardless of context. C) Context helps clarify the intended meaning of idioms. D) Context is irrelevant to idiomatic expressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context helps clarify the intended meaning of idioms. 27. What kind of antonym entails the denial of the other? A) Non-gradable. B) Gradable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-gradable. 28. What do we refer to as synonymy? A) Two opposite terms. B) Words having the same meaning. C) Words within a lexical hierarchy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words having the same meaning. 29. What is the primary focus of lexical relations? A) The relationships between words in a language. B) The emotional impact of words. C) The historical development of language. D) The grammatical rules of sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationships between words in a language. 30. What is polysemy? A) Words that have more than one meaning. B) Words that have opposite meanings. C) Words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. D) Words that have only one meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words that have more than one meaning. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesLexical Relations Quiz 1Lexical Relations Quiz 2Lexical Relations Quiz 4Lexical Relations Quiz 5Lexical Relations Quiz 6Case Marking QuizCase System QuizFunctional Grammar Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books