№25. The words consisting of a root and affix or

affixes are called …

A. derivatives

B. blendings

C. productives

D. shortenings

E. contractions

№24. Homographs are …

A. words identical

in spelling, but different both in their sound-form and meaning

B. words identical

in sound-form but different in meaning

C. words identical

in meaning but different in spelling

D. words identical

in spelling and sound-form but different in meaning

E. words identical

in sound-form but different both in spelling and in meaning

№23. Stylistic synonyms are …

A. words which

differ in connotations

B. words identical

in their sound-form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning

C. words

having the same denotational meaning but differing in the connotational meaning

D. words which

differ in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form

E.  words that are identical in their connotations

№22. The word “IMF” is an example of …

A. shortening

B. back-formation

C. reduplication

D. sound-imitation

№21. Which of the following words are perfect homonyms?

A. seal (n) – seal

(v)

B. ball (n) – ball

(n)

C. court (n) –

caught (v)

D. piece (n) –

peace (n)

E. air (n) – heir

(n)

№20. The word “maths” is a (an) ...

A. final clipping

B. middle clipping

C. reduplication

D. initial

clipping

E. sound

interchange

№19. The only existing classification system of

synonyms was established by …

A. I.V. Arnold

B. V.V. Vinogradov

C. G.B.

Antrushina.

D. R.S. Ginzburg.

E. A.V. Kunin

№18. The words

Brexit,

brunch, camcorder

A. Back-formation

B. Compounding

C. Blending, or

telescoping

D. Reduplication

E. Shortening

№17. Words that are the same in spelling but different

in pronunciation are called…

A. homographs

B. homonyms proper

C. homophones

D. complete

homonyms

E. partial

homonyms

№9.

Foot of a

mountain

A. a saying

B. a metonymy

C. a metaphor

D. a euphemism.

E. a proverb