This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > 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. Knight, night; buy, by, bye; marry, merry, are examples of A) Homonyms. B) Metonymy. C) Homophones. D) Polysemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homophones. 2. Take a risk A) Antonymy. B) Polysemy. C) Metonymy. D) Collocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collocation. 3. What distinguishes a metaphor from a simile? A) A metaphor makes a direct comparison, while a simile uses 'like' or 'as'. B) Both are identical in function and meaning. C) A simile is a type of metaphor. D) A metaphor is always more complex than a simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metaphor makes a direct comparison, while a simile uses 'like' or 'as'. 4. Rain-( water from sky)Rein-(bridle ) A) Synonymy. B) Antonymy. C) Homonymy. D) Hyponymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homonymy. 5. I had to park on the shoulder of the road. A) Polysemy,. B) (a)metonymy,. C) Homophony. D) Hyponymy,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysemy,. 6. . Hurry/Rush A) Homophony. B) Hyponymy. C) Synonymy. D) Antonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synonymy. 7. The book is on the table.The table is under the book. A) CONVERSE ANTONYM. B) KINSHIP. C) SYNONYM. D) SYMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CONVERSE ANTONYM. 8. What are semantic features? A) The rules governing sentence structure. B) The basic units of meaning defining a word. C) The emotional tone of a word. D) The historical origin of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The basic units of meaning defining a word. 9. Damp/moist A) Synonymy. B) Antonymy. C) Hyponymy,. D) Homophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonymy. 10. Opposite makes sense only in the context of the relationship between the two meanings. A) Gradable Pairs. B) Metonymy. C) Relational Pairs. D) Synonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relational Pairs. 11. Get (to take)-get (to become) A) Synonym. B) Hyponym. C) Homonym. D) Polysemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polysemy. 12. The word mine has two meanings, but the same sound. What is this lexical relationship? A) Homonymy. B) Homographs. C) Polysemy. D) Homophones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homonymy. 13. HANDSOME X UGLY A) KINSHIP. B) NON-BINARY ANTONYM. C) CONVERSE ANTONYM. D) BINARY ANTONYM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NON-BINARY ANTONYM. 14. 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. 15. Ball-toy is an example of: A) Meronymy. B) Hyponymy. C) Hypernymy. D) Holonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyponymy. 16. Move/run A) Antonymy. B) Synonymy. C) Hyponymy. D) Antonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyponymy. 17. (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. 18. Synonyms are usually context-free A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 19. How can context influence the interpretation of a statement? A) Statements are always interpreted the same way. B) Context shapes the meaning of a statement. C) Context has no effect on meaning. D) The speaker's intent is irrelevant to interpretation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context shapes the meaning of a statement. 20. Peace/ piece are examples of A) Homoymy. B) Polysemy. C) Homophony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homophony. 21. 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". 22. "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. 23. The lexical relation between "Move" and "Run" is ..... A) Synonymy. B) Antonymy. C) Homonymy. D) Hyponymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyponymy. 24. Lengthen-Shorten A) Synonymy. B) Antonymy. C) Hyponymy,. D) Homophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonymy. 25. What does categorization refer to in the context of language? A) The study of word pronunciation. B) The process of forming new words. C) The use of language to express emotions. D) The process of using language to classify the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The process of using language to classify the world. 26. 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. 27. Lexical meaning studies: A) Meaning of words. B) Meaning of phrases. C) Meaning of sentences. D) Meaning of utterances. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meaning of words. 28. Duck (animal)-duck (lower the head) A) Hyponymy. B) Homonym. C) Homophones. D) Polysemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonym. 29. Set of words that has the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses A) Synonyms. B) Antonyms. C) Polysemy. D) Clines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonyms. 30. What is a converse relationship between lexemes? A) When two lexemes describe the same relationship in reverse order. B) When two lexemes are unrelated. C) When two lexemes have identical meanings. D) When two lexemes have opposite meanings. 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