This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Lexical Relations – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Lexical Relations Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the primary focus of semantics? A) The meaning of language. B) The structure of sentences. C) The sounds of speech. D) The history of language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The meaning of language. 2. Example of Homophone A) Bat. B) Vote. C) Right / write. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right / write. 3. I want to buy a new coat The telephone is by the window A) Hyponymy. B) Homophony. C) Antonymy. D) Synonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homophony. 4. Provide an example of a synonym for the word 'happy'. A) Joyful. B) Bored. C) Angry. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joyful. 5. Explain the relationship between 'aware' and 'woke'. A) 'Aware' and 'woke' are completely unrelated concepts. B) 'Woke' refers to being aware of personal feelings only. C) 'Aware' is a term used exclusively in psychological contexts. D) 'Woke' is a specific form of being 'aware' that emphasizes social justice and activism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Woke' is a specific form of being 'aware' that emphasizes social justice and activism. 6. The fact that many languages can create antonyms morphologically is a sign of ..... A) THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTONYMY WITHIN THE VOCABULARY OF A LANGUAGE. B) THE EASINESS IN DESIGNATING ANTONYMS FOR EVERY WORD. C) HOW CLEAR WE HAVE IN OUR MINDS THE MEANING OF WORDS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTONYMY WITHIN THE VOCABULARY OF A LANGUAGE. 7. How does pragmatics differ from semantics? A) Semantics includes speaker intention and context. B) Pragmatics is solely concerned with grammar rules. C) Pragmatics only deals with written language. D) Pragmatics differs from semantics in that it considers context and speaker intention, whereas semantics focuses on literal meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pragmatics differs from semantics in that it considers context and speaker intention, whereas semantics focuses on literal meanings. 8. What does 'entailment' imply? A) A statement that logically implies another. B) A statement that assumes a fact is true. C) A request that is not explicitly stated. D) A word that has multiple meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement that logically implies another. 9. Semantics studies similarities, contradictions, ambiguities and Implications in: A) The language. B) Words and sentences. C) Meaning. D) Interpretation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words and sentences. 10. What is a HOMONYM? A) A homophone wrote in different ways. B) Homonyms are words that have the same meaning. C) When one form (written or spoken) has two or more unrelated meanings. D) Homonyms are words with one form (written or spoken) and only one meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When one form (written or spoken) has two or more unrelated meanings. 11. One of the members of an adjectival antonym pair often behaves "neutrally" in comparative constructions A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 12. Rafatar is Nagita's son. A) KINSHIP. B) SYNONYM. C) HYPONYM. D) SYMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) KINSHIP. 13. What is a reversive antonym? Can you give an example? A) Open and Close. B) Push and Pull. C) Increase and Decrease. D) Start and Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Push and Pull. 14. (I appreciate your help. You helped me). These two phrases are examples of A) Contradiction. B) Entailment. C) Tautology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entailment. 15. Which of the following is an example of antonymy? A) Hot-cold. B) Tree-leaf. C) Animal-dog. D) Happy-joyful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot-cold. 16. Synonymy between individual lexemes is "lexical synonymy" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Phrasal synonymy is: A) Synonymy between individual lexemes. B) Synonymy between expressions consisting of more than one lexemes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonymy between expressions consisting of more than one lexemes. 18. Clock = minute hand-hour hand-case A) Polysemy. B) Hyponymy. C) Meronymy. D) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meronymy. 19. A set of words that indicates a part or quantity of something as distinct from a whole A) Homonym. B) Homophones. C) Hyponymy. D) Meronymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meronymy. 20. What are gradable antonyms? A) Words that are at opposite ends of a continuous scale of values. B) Words that have no opposite meaning. C) Words that are unrelated in meaning. D) Words that mean exactly the same thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words that are at opposite ends of a continuous scale of values. 21. Nose-face is an example of: A) Meronymy. B) Hyponymy. C) Holonymy. D) Hypernymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meronymy. 22. The lexical relation between injure and shoot is A) Synonymy. B) Polysemy. C) Hyponymy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyponymy. 23. What is the correct definition for HOMOPHONES? A) When two different (written) forms have the same pronunciation. B) When two or more different (spoken) forms have the same writting. C) When two or more different (written) forms have the same pronunciation. D) When two or more different (written) forms have different pronunciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When two or more different (written) forms have the same pronunciation. 24. What is the definition of antonymy? A) The relationship of incompatibility between two terms with respect to some given dimension of contrast. B) The relation of part to whole. C) Words which have the same meaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationship of incompatibility between two terms with respect to some given dimension of contrast. 25. Choose the correct option: A) "MARTINI" IS THE HYPERONYM OF "COCKTAIL" AND "COCKTAIL" IS A HYPONYM OF "MARTINI". B) "COCKTAIL" IS THE HYPERONYM OF "MARTINI" AND "MARTINI" IS A HYPONYM OF "COCKTAIL". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "COCKTAIL" IS THE HYPERONYM OF "MARTINI" AND "MARTINI" IS A HYPONYM OF "COCKTAIL". 26. Is arranged in terms of strength or intensity of the word/phrase that represents a certain idea A) Synonym. B) Homonyms. C) Polysemy. D) Clines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clines. 27. Cemong is a sphinx.Cemong is a cat.The word cat is called as ..... A) HYPONYM. B) SYMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP. C) SUPERORDINATE. D) SYNONYM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SUPERORDINATE. 28. The relation "kind/sort of/ type" can ..... A) ALWAYS CLAIM CLASS-INCLUSION. B) BE SUCCESFULL BUT INCORRECT. C) ALWAYS DEFINE A HIERARCHY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ALWAYS CLAIM CLASS-INCLUSION. 29. Beverage = coffee-tea-shake A) Meronymy. B) Polysemy. C) Clines. D) Hyponymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyponymy. 30. Hand = palm-finger-nails A) Synonym. B) Meronymy. C) Hyponymy. D) Polysemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meronymy. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesLexical Relations Quiz 1Lexical Relations Quiz 2Lexical Relations Quiz 3Lexical Relations Quiz 4Lexical Relations Quiz 6Case Marking QuizCase System QuizFunctional Grammar Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books