This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Lexical Relations – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Lexical Relations Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Has the same spelling and sound, but do not have related meanings A) Synonymy. B) Homophones. C) Polysemy. D) Homonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homonymy. 2. Homonymy, Metonymy, Polysemy are examples of: A) Word Meaning. B) Structural Relationships. C) Lexical Relationships. D) Structural meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lexical Relationships. 3. Which of the following is an example of synonymy? A) Tall and short. B) Fast and slow. C) Big and large. D) Cat and dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big and large. 4. (The escaping convict accidentally assassinated the guard.) There is a case of ..... A) Contradiction. B) Entailment. C) Tautology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contradiction. 5. "Eye" is a ..... of "face" A) Synonym. B) Hyponym. C) Meronym. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meronym. 6. A set of words that have contrasting or opposite meanings are called ..... A) Homophones. B) Homonyms. C) Antonyms. D) Synonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antonyms. 7. What is the lexical relation between "Big" and "Small" ? A) Polysemy. B) Hyponymy. C) Synonymy. D) Antonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonymy. 8. A set of words that has partitive relations A) Hyponymy. B) Meronymy. C) Polysemy. D) Homophones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meronymy. 9. Wich is the best idea for METONYMY? A) A metonymy are words with the same definition. B) Metonymys are phrasal nouns. C) Using one word to refer to the other with a close connection based on a container-content, whole-part or representative-symbol relation. D) Is the same as metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using one word to refer to the other with a close connection based on a container-content, whole-part or representative-symbol relation. 10. Select the correct order:Jane ..... the bicycle on the busy ..... A) Road, rode. B) Roder, rode. C) Rode, road. D) Rode, roder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rode, road. 11. I read a Book-The reservations can be made to book a banquet. A) Antonymy. B) Synonymy. C) Homophony. D) Polisemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polisemy. 12. Song Hye Ko is beautiful.Song Hye Ko is pretty. A) SYNONYM. B) HYPERNYM. C) HYPONYM. D) ANTONYM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SYNONYM. 13. Bat (animal)-bat (for baseball) A) Hyponym. B) Synonym. C) Homophone. D) Homonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homonym. 14. Which of the following phrases is a correct collocation? A) Intense coffee. B) Hard coffee. C) Strong coffee. D) Powerful coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong coffee. 15. Clock = digital-analog-alarm A) Hyponymy. B) Polysemy. C) Cline. D) Meronymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyponymy. 16. The capacity for a word or phrase to have multiple meanings is named ..... A) Homophone. B) Polysemy. C) Monosemy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysemy. 17. What POLYSEMY is? A) Polysemy is technicaly known as two or more words with the same form and unrelated meanings. B) Polysemy is technicaly known as two or more words with the same form and related meanings. C) Polysemy is technicaly known as a word with the same form and related meanings. D) Polysemy is technicaly known as only three words with the same form and related meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysemy is technicaly known as two or more words with the same form and related meanings. 18. Non gradable antonyms are open to comparison A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. A set of words that has contrasting or opposite meanings A) Homonyms. B) Antonyms. C) Synonyms. D) Clines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonyms. 20. According to Iris, Litowitz and Evens, the pair of words "students/class" is an example of ..... A) THE RELATION OF A SEGMENT TO A PREEXISTING WHOLE. B) THE RELATION OF A MEMBER TO A COLLECTION. C) A MERONOMY OF THE FUNCTIONS COMPONENT TO ITS WHOLE. D) THE RELATION OF A SUBSET-SET. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THE RELATION OF A MEMBER TO A COLLECTION. 21. What does 'polysemy' refer to? A) Words that sound alike but have different meanings. B) A single word having multiple related meanings. C) Words with opposite meanings. D) The relationship between a part and a whole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A single word having multiple related meanings. 22. Black and White; Good and Bad; Right and Wrong are examples of A) Relational Pairs. B) Word Play. C) Gradable Pairs. D) Complementary Pairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complementary Pairs. 23. Which of the following is an example of hyponymy? A) Red and yellow are not related. B) Color is a hyponym of yellow. C) Color is a hyponym of red. D) Red is a hyponym of color. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red is a hyponym of color. 24. What is the best definition for "meronymy" ? A) A word with two or more synonyms. B) The relation of part to whole. C) When two or more words share the same meaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The relation of part to whole. 25. How does the use of jargon affect communication in specialized fields? A) Jargon simplifies communication for everyone. B) Jargon can create barriers to understanding for those outside the field. C) Jargon is always beneficial in any context. D) Jargon has no impact on communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jargon can create barriers to understanding for those outside the field. 26. What is the difference between a hyperbole and an understatement? A) A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement, while an understatement minimizes the truth. B) Both are forms of sarcasm. C) An understatement is always more effective than a hyperbole. D) Hyperbole and understatement are identical in meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement, while an understatement minimizes the truth. 27. What does 'contextual meaning' refer to? A) The literal definition of a word. B) The meaning that changes based on context. C) The grammatical structure of a sentence. D) The emotional associations of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The meaning that changes based on context. 28. Language with many adjectives are the most likely to have gradable antonyms A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. What differenciates a taxonomy from non-taxonomic hyponyms is ..... A) ITS MORE FLEXIBLE CHARACTER. B) THEIR NON-STABLE CATEGORIES. C) THEIR SCIENTIFIC CHARACTER. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THEIR SCIENTIFIC CHARACTER. 30. Example of Homograph A) Bark. B) Bank. C) Live. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesLexical Relations Quiz 1Lexical Relations Quiz 2Lexical Relations Quiz 3Lexical Relations Quiz 5Lexical Relations Quiz 6Case Marking QuizCase System QuizFunctional Grammar Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books