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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
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Phonologically: may be preceded or followed by pauses

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Orthographically: separation by spaces or punctuation marks

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Syntactically: may be used alone as a single utterance

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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:
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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?

1. Unmarried means not having a husband or wife.
2. Inedible means impossible to eat
3. Illiterate means unable to read and write.
4.Unemployed means not having a job.
5. Impartial means fair in giving judgement, not favouring one side.
6. Irreplaceable means unable to be replaced.

II. Answer the following questions

1. What kind of oven cooks things particularly fast?.............microwave......................
2. What kind of drug can help somebody with an infection?.......antibiotic...............
3. What kind of company has branches in many countries?.........multi-national...........
4. How does a passenger aeroplane normally fly?................on auto-pilot.............
5. What is a student who is studying for a second degree?......postgraduate..........
6. What means "underground railway in the US" and "underground passage in the UK"?
....................subway.....................................................................

III. Rewrite the following sentences, using prefixes.
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1. He's in favour of the American approach
 He’s pro-American

2. The BBC tried to avoid pronouncing foreign words incorrectly
 The BBC tried to avoid mispronouncing foreign words
3. Most people say they have to work too hard but are paid too little
 Most people say they have to overwork but are underpaid
4. He dated his cheque with a date that was late than the real date
 He postdated his cheque.
5. 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.
6. 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.

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V. Which word is the odd one out in each set and why?

1, Legible, loyal, legal, legitimate

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Loyal – because of the opposite of “loyal” is “dis-loyal”

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Legible, legal, legitimate use the prefix “il”

2, Insert, internal, inedible, income
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Inedible: the prefix means “not”

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Insert, internal, income: the prefix means “in”

3, Uncomfortable, unlock, unfold, unzip
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Uncomfortable: is an adjective

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Unlock, unfold, unzip: are verbs

4, Extract, ex-wife, ex- communicative, exhale
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Ex-wife: the prefix means “former”

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Extract, ex- communicative, exhale: the prefix means “out of”

5, Worship, kinship, friendship, partnership
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Worship: means the practice of showing respect for God or a god

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Kinship, friendship, partnership are kind of human relationship

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