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HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY MIDTERM TEST ON LEXICOSEMANTICS FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH (No 1) Subject Code EN11 Full name Date of birth Group I Answer the following questions (40 points).
HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY MID -TERM TEST ON LEXICOSEMANTICS FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH (No 1) Subject Code: EN11 Full name: Date of birth: Group: I Answer the following questions: (40 points) 1.What is a word? its typical features? A word is an independent language unit which has both sound and spelling forms and is capable to form a sentence by itself Ex: Good! Well done! The typical features of word A word can be divided into smaller sense units – morphemes Internal stability External independence Phonologically: may be preceded or followed by pauses Orthographically: separation by spaces or punctuation marks Syntactically: may be used alone as a single utterance Semantically: can be assigned meaning(s) 2.What is a morpheme? What are the differences between a word and a morpheme? A morpheme: is the smallest indivisible meaning full language unit Morphemes occur in speech as parts of words, not independently although a word may consist of a single morpheme Ex: Dog, bird, table - A morpheme cannot be further broken into parts The differences between a word and a morpheme: A morpheme A word A morpheme is the smallest meaningful A word is a separate meaningful unit, part of a word which can be used to form sentences A morpheme may or may not be able to A word can stand alone stand alone II Exercises Exercise on Prefixes I Which negative adjective fits each of the following definition? Unmarried means not having a husband or wife Inedible means impossible to eat Illiterate means unable to read and write 4.Unemployed means not having a job Impartial means fair in giving judgement, not favouring one side Irreplaceable means unable to be replaced II Answer the following questions What kind of oven cooks things particularly fast? microwave What kind of drug can help somebody with an infection? .antibiotic What kind of company has branches in many countries? .multi-national How does a passenger aeroplane normally fly? on auto-pilot What is a student who is studying for a second degree? postgraduate What means "underground railway in the US" and "underground passage in the UK"? subway III Rewrite the following sentences, using prefixes He's in favour of the American approach He’s pro-American The BBC tried to avoid pronouncing foreign words incorrectly The BBC tried to avoid mispronouncing foreign words Most people say they have to work too hard but are paid too little Most people say they have to overwork but are underpaid He dated his cheque with a date that was late than the real date He postdated his cheque She's still on good terms with the man who used to be her husband She’s still on good terms with her ex-husband He made so many mistakes in the letter that he had to write it again He made so many mistakes in the letter that h had to rewrite it IV Use your knowledge of prefixes to write definitions of the underlined words Although Jim is an ex-soldier, he's only semi-literate When he tries to write a letter, he misspells half the words and his wife has to rewrite it for him His wife used to work in a sub-department of the post office where her main job was redirecting mail Jim's very pro-army but he over-emphasizes its good points His wife, on the other hand, is rather antiarmy and she undervalues its positive aspects Although Jim used to be a soldier, he’s only patty literate/ half-literate When he tries to write a letter, he spells half the words incorrectly and his wife has to write it again for him His wife used to work in a not very important department of the post office where her main job was forwarding mail to new addresses Jim’s very much in favour of the army but he gives too much emphasis to its good points His wife, on the other hand, is rather against the army and she doesn’t give enough value to its positive aspects V Which word is the odd one out in each set and why? 1, Legible, loyal, legal, legitimate Loyal – because of the opposite of “loyal” is “dis-loyal” Legible, legal, legitimate use the prefix “il” 2, Insert, internal, inedible, income Inedible: the prefix means “not” Insert, internal, income: the prefix means “in” 3, Uncomfortable, unlock, unfold, unzip Uncomfortable: is an adjective Unlock, unfold, unzip: are verbs 4, Extract, ex-wife, ex- communicative, exhale Ex-wife: the prefix means “former” Extract, ex- communicative, exhale: the prefix means “out of” 5, Worship, kinship, friendship, partnership Worship: means the practice of showing respect for God or a god Kinship, friendship, partnership are kind of human relationship ... Irreplaceable means unable to be replaced II Answer the following questions What kind of oven cooks things particularly fast? microwave What kind of drug can help somebody with an infection? .antibiotic