This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Homonymy – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Homonymy Quiz 2 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are homonyms? A) Words with the same phonetic form but different meanings. B) Words that are completely unrelated. C) Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. D) Words that have similar meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words with the same phonetic form but different meanings. 2. What are false friends? A) Pairs of words in two languages that look or sound similar but have different meanings. B) Words that are spelled the same. C) Words that have the same meaning. D) Words that are pronounced identically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pairs of words in two languages that look or sound similar but have different meanings. 3. A. I accept full responsibility for the failure of the plan.b. The manuscript was accepted for publication last week. A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysemy. 4. Pick an antonym for 'abundant' A) Plenty. B) Abandoned. C) Scarce. D) Enough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scarce. 5. What is the key difference between homonymy and polysemy? A) Homonymy:one word, related meanings; Polysemy:two unrelated words. B) Both have the same meanings but different spellings. C) Polysemy:one word, related (multiple) meanings; Homonymy:two words, unrelated meanings. D) Both have different spellings and different meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polysemy:one word, related (multiple) meanings; Homonymy:two words, unrelated meanings. 6. How many criteria that used to assess that is "absolute homonymy" ? A) 4. B) 2. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 7. The word fine has the following meanings:'superior in quality' and 'a sum of money paid as a penalty', which illustrates A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonymy. 8. Which of the following best defines homophones? A) Words that are spelled the same but have different pronunciations. B) Words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently and have different meanings. C) Words that are spelled the same and have the same meaning. D) Words that differ in both spelling and pronunciation but share the same meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently and have different meanings. 9. Which of the following aspects are used to classify homonyms? A) Origin, usage, and meaning. B) Sound, spelling, grammatical meaning and origin. C) Sound, spelling, and meaning. D) Meaning, origin, structure, and spelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound, spelling, and meaning. 10. A. You can view aggregations of polling data at the site.b. Some animals avoid being eaten by aggregation in groups, such as schools of fish. A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysemy. 11. Which pair of antonyms is NOT an example of directional opposition? A) Long/short. B) Rise/fall. C) Enter/leave. D) Come/go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long/short. 12. The word bank has the following meanings:an incline of land adjoining a river' and 'a financial institution', which illustrates A) Homonymy. B) Polysemy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homonymy. 13. "The KEY to the door" and "the KEY problem" are an example of A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysemy. 14. A. My salary is paid directly into my bank. b. He jumped in and swam to the opposite bank. A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonymy. 15. 'Fine weather' / 'I feel fine'-In these phrases 'fine' is an example of: A) Homonymy. B) Polysemy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysemy. 16. Why can homonyms be funny or confusing? A) Because they can mean different things in different situations. B) Because they have no vowels. C) Because they are only used in poems. D) Because they rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because they can mean different things in different situations. 17. If the form fine can be defined as 'superior in quality' and 'a sum of money paid as a penalty', it illustrates the example of A) Homonymy. B) Polysemy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homonymy. 18. A. This 100-year-old restaurant is among London's finest.b. This building is the finest example of its type. A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonymy. 19. A. So when are you two going to tie the knot?b. Jane and I tied in the spelling test. A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonymy. 20. A. The walls are covered in oil paintings.b. I've been painting all morning. A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonymy. 21. A. She was ill so I sent her some flowers to cheer her up.b. These Vietnamese pancakes are made of rice flour, and so thin you can read a newspaper through them A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonymy. 22. POLYSEMYWORD (Aggregation)-What are the following meanings is not correct? A) Coming together. B) Those who come together. C) What a stream lies on. D) Result of coming together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What a stream lies on. 23. He drank a glass of milk. He forgot to milk the cow. A) Homonymy. B) Polysemy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysemy. 24. A. That method hasn't worked, so let's try your way.b. Only local people could find their way through the maze of narrow streets A) Polysemy. B) Homonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysemy. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesHomonymy Quiz 1Connotation And Denotation QuizHomographs QuizIelts Vocabulary QuizLexical Sets QuizOne Word Substitution QuizPolysemy In English QuizSynonym Nuance Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books