Grammar
In "I enjoyed the play enormously", the word 'enormously' is
A. an adverb of manner
B. an adverb of degree
C. a predicative adjective
B. an adverb of degree
niece
A. /nɪz/
B. /niːs/
C. /niːz/
B. /niːs/
"Pass the salt, please"
Requesting
___ are cognate words or words borrowed between languages which look the same and sound similar but mean something different.
False friends
In "Nobody came to the party", the word 'Nobody' is
A. a determiner
B. a demonstrative
C. a pronoun
C. a pronoun
brother
A. /ˈbrɪð.ə/
B. /ˈbrʌθ.ə/
C. /ˈbrʌð.ə/
C. /ˈbrʌð.ə/
"You should have something to eat"
Giving advice
___ describes the relationship between different forms of the same lexeme, for example: nation, national, nationalise, international, nationality etc.
A word family
In "Don't open that!", the word 'do' is
A. a primary auxiliary verb
B. a modal auxiliary verb of prohibition
C. a lexical or main verb
A. a primary auxiliary verb
daughter
A. /ˈdɔː.tə/
B. /ˈdʊː.tə/
C. /ˈdɔː.te/
A. /ˈdɔː.tə/
True or False.
Intonation can affect the function of what we say.
True
When languages are related some words look and sound almost the same in both languages and they are called ___.
Cognate words
In "Please don't smoke inside" the word 'inside' is
A. a determiner
B. an adverb of place
C. a preposition of place
B. an adverb of place
Emphasis on a word or syllable
stress
If I say "The fridge is over there". I could mean...
A. help yourself to a beer.
B. I'm not waiting on you - get it yourself.
C. that's where it is.
D. please put away the cheese.
A. help yourself to a beer.
___ describes the relationship between words of the same kind and type. They are often hyponyms. For example, 'house', 'cottage', 'palace', 'shack', 'cabin' are all types of dwelling.
A lexical set
The head of the prepositional phrase "opposite the car park" is
A. park
B. opposite
C. car
B. opposite
phoneme
If we stress should in "I don't know where he is, he should be here by now". We are changing the function from making a deduction to...
A. expressing doubt.
B. expressing surprise.
C. explaining.
D. asking for explanation.
B. expressing surprise.
___ describes the words that commonly come together in a text.
A lexical field