Lexicology in theory, practice and tests Study guide Recommended by the Academic Council of Sumy State University Sumy Sumy State University 2015

1. 
   Tick off the cases of jargonisms: a) make-up; b) weed; c) granny; d) beans.
   
2. 
   Tick off the cases of vulgarisms: a) grass; b) tea; c) saucers; d) bloody.
   
3. 
   Tick off the cases of adverbial phraseological units: a) a drop in the bucket; b) from head to foot; c) by hook or by crook; d) to take a fancy.
   
4. 
   Tick off the cases of interjectional phraseological units: a) to drop a brick; b) sakes alive!; c) high and mighty; d) my eye!
   
5. 
   Tick off the cases of slang: a) attic; b) to leg; c) goddamn; d) to rag.
   
6. 
   Tick off the cases of simile: a) from the cradle to the grave; b) clever fingers; c) merry as a cricket; d) a fleet of twenty sail.
   
7. 
   Tick off the cases of polysemantic words: a) biochemistry; b) mouth; c) stuff; d) sharp.
   
8. 
   Tick off the cases of blending: a) luminisce; b) mid-August; c) cinemagnate; d) ammo.
   
9. 
   Tick off the cases of juxtapositional compounds: a) hooneymooner; b) do-gooder; c) heartache; d) electromotive.
   
10. 
    Tick off the cases of metonymic epithets: a) the inky water; b) an apple-cheeked girl; c) clever fingers; d) pencil-thin legs.
    
11. 
    Tick off the cases of professionalisms: a) splosh; b) anchors; c) to rag; d) bird.
    
12. 
    Tick off the cases of mixed clipping: a) tec (detective); b) vegs (vegetables); c) Liz (Elisabeth); d) Nick (Nickolas).
    
13. 
    Tick off the cases of apheresis (initial clipping): a) ammo (ammunition); b) flu (influenza); c) drome (airdrome); d) Fred (Alfred).
    
14. 
    Tick off the cases of a free morpheme: a) darken; b) half-baked; c) childhood; d) enlarge.
    
15. 
    Tick off the cases of bound morphemes: a) adrift; b) poetic; c) boy; d) chairman.
    
16. 
    Tick off the cases of semi-bound morphemes: a) well-known; b) resist; c) babylike; d) himself.
    
17. 
    Tick off the cases of compound abbreviations: a) G.B.S.; b) V-day; c) Mr.; d) pp.
    
18. 
    Tick off the cases of graphic abbreviations: a) usu.; b) SALT; c) USA; d) hi-fi.
    
19. 
    Tick off the cases of metaphoric epithets: a) a sullen sky; b) threatening eyes; c) a lemon moon; d) a sausage finger.
    
20. 
    Tick off the cases of verbal phraseological units: a) a bull in a china shop; b) as busy as a bee; c) like a shot; d) to take the bull by the horns.
    
21. 
    Tick off the cases of substantive phraseological units: a) fair and square; b) as the crow flies; c) the apple of discord; d) a grass widow.
    
22. 
    Tick off the cases of adjectival phraseological units: a) as dead as a door nail; b) to lose one’s head; c) high and dry; d) good heavens!
    
23. 
    Tick off the cases of denizens (completely assimilated borrowings): a) sherbet; b) foyer; c) eureka; d) husband.
    
24. 
    Tick off the cases of aliens (partially assimilated borrowings): a) hrivna; b) ad hoc; c) memoir; d) face.
    
25. 
    Tick off the cases of apocope (final clipping): a) van (caravan); b) fancy (fantasy); c) prefab (prefabricated); d) stach (moustache).
    

1. 
   Tick off the cases of slang: a) soaked; b) boy; c) beans; d) book.
   
2. 
   Tick off the cases of denizens: a) street; b) index; c) eureka; d) call.
   
3. 
   Tick off the cases of aliens: a) face; b) sherbet; c) memoir; d) table.
   
4. 
   Tick off the cases of barbarisms: a) boulevard; b) eureka; c) toreador; d) ciao
   
5. 
   Tick off the cases of translation-loans: a) country-house; b) thing-in-itself; c) the moment of truth; d) the leg of the table.
   
6. 
   Tick off the cases of vulgarisms: a) attic; b) to leg; c) to room; d) damn.
   
7. 
   Tick off the cases of pseudo-international words: a) aspirant; b) banana; c) tennis; d) mathematics.
   
8. 
   Tick off the cases of a free morpheme: a) development; b) half-done; c) friendship; d) enlarge.
   
9. 
   Tick off the cases of bound morphemes: a) freedom; b) after-thought; c) resist; d) chairman.
   
10. 
    Tick off the cases of semi-bound morphemes: a) half-frozen; b) receive; c) babylike; d) himself.
    
11. 
    Tick off the cases of juxtapositional compounds: a) V-day; b) salesgirl; c) blacklist; d) know-all.
    
12. 
    Tick off the cases of morphological compounds: a) statesman; b) up-to-date; c) deep-blue; d) hunting-knife.
    
13. 
    Tick off the cases of syntactic compounds: a) grey-green; b) go-between; c) speedometer; d) forget-me-not.
    
14. 
    Tick off the cases of cant: a) to grab; b) anchors; c) book; d) to rap.
    
15. 
    Tick off the cases of ablaut compounds: a) namby-pamby; b) tip-top; c) blah-blah; d) ping-pong.
    
16. 
    Tick off the cases of rhyme compounds: a) sing song; b) chit-chat; c) helter-skelter; d) tip-top.
    
17. 
    Tick off the cases of apocope: a) mag (magazine); b) story (history); c) prefab (prefabricated); d) stach (moustache).
    
18. 
    Tick off the cases of syncope: a) doc (doctor); b) specs (spectacles); c) fancy (fantasy); d) plane (aeroplane).
    
19. 
    Tick off the cases of apheresis: a) Fred (Alfred); b) fridge (refrigerator); c) unkie (uncle); d) drome (airdrome).
    
20. 
    Tick off the cases of acronyms: a) SALT; b) STEM c) F.D.R.; d) GB.
    
21. 
    Tick off the cases of alphabetic abbreviations: a) UNO; b) NATO; c) B.B. d) FBI.
    
22. 
    Tick off the cases of compound abbreviations: a) L-driver; b) A-bomb; c) Hi-Fi; d) usu.
    
23. 
    Tick off the cases of graphic abbreviations: a) pp. (pages); b) Capt (captain); c) sci-fic (science-fiction); d) Interpol (International police).
    
24. 
    Tick off the cases of onomatopoeia: a) babble; b) chirp; c) buzz; d) squeak.
    
25. 
    Tick off the cases of semantic diffusion: a) a face; b) a bee; c) to take; d) thing.
    

1. 
   Tick off the cases of jargonisms: a) garment; b) bird; c) dad; d) beans.
   
2. 
   Tick off the cases of professionalisms: a) nuke; b) bloody; c) to leg; d) spiv.
   
3. 
   Tick off the cases of substantive phraseological units: a) a drop in the bucket; b) like a shot; c) by hook or by crook; d) high and mighty.
   
4. 
   Tick off the cases of half-unities: a) red tape; b) small talk; c) to bell the cat; d) my eye!
   
5. 
   Tick off the cases of half-fusions: a) to buy smth. for a song; b) to work double tides; c) to play second fiddle; d) to talk turkey.
   
6. 
   Tick off the cases of unities: a) half seas over; b) from hand to mouth; c) a snake in the grass; d) a tall atory.
   
7. 
   Tick off the cases of fusions: a) to pull smb.’s leg; b) to bell the cat; c) to rain cats and dogs; d) to take into account.
   
8. 
   Tick off the cases of moderators: a) extremely; b) faintly; c) kind of; d) a bit.
   
9. 
   Tick off the cases of intensifiers: a) hardly; b) a little; c) very; d) too.
   
10. 
    Tick off the cases of mixed clipping: a) Dora (Theodora); b) vegs (vegetables); c) Liz (Elisabeth); d) Nick (Nickolas).
    
11. 
    Tick off the cases of apheresis: a) Tony (Antony); b) flu (influenza); c) drome (airdrome); d) Phil (Philip).
    
12. 
    Tick off the cases of compound abbreviations: a) A.W.A.S.; b) X-rays; c) AIDS.; d) pp.
    
13. 
    Tick off the cases of graphic abbreviations: a) IQ; b) STEM; c) govt.; d) Hi-Fi.
    
14. 
    Tick off the cases of denizens: a) table; b) shock; c) caftan; d) husband.
    
15. 
    Tick off the cases of aliens: a) sample; b) crisis; c) city; d) index.
    
16. 
    Tick off the cases of translation-loans: a) mother-in-law; b) by heart; c) Masterpiece; d) moustache.
    
17. 
    Tick off the cases of pseudo-international words: a) conductor; b) impulse; c) doctor; d) aeroplane.
    
18. 
    Tick off the cases of derivational compounds: a) blacklist; b) childhood; c) strong-willed; d) salesgirl.
    
19. 
    Tick off the cases of derived words: a) poorly; b) toss-up; c) exceed; d) combo.
    
20. 
    Tick off the cases of phrasal verbs: a) put down; b) give in; c) jump above; c) fall in love.
    
21. 
    Tick off he cases of conversion: a) to address; b) to phone; c) to love; d) to work.
    
22. 
    Tick off the cases of morphological compounds: a) bluebell; b) looking-glass; c) sunlight; d) barometer.
    
23. 
    Tick off the cases of ablaut compounds: a) pooh-pooh; b) namby-pamby; c) buddy-buddy; d) riff-raff.
    
24. 
    Tick off the cases of rhyme compounds: a) silly-billy; b) zigzag; c) molly-dolly; d) tip-top.
    
25. 
    Tick off the cases of the extension of meaning: a) voyage; b) girl; c) barn; d) deer.
    

1. 
   Tick off the cases of bound morphemes: a) untie; b) acceptable; c) old-maidish; d) himself.
   

1. 
   Tick off the cases of semi-bound morphemes: a) half-done; b) power; c) demonstration; d) herself.
   
2. 
   Tick off the cases of a free morpheme: a) development; b) half-baked; c) friendship; d) enlarge.
   
3. 
   Tick off the cases of juxtapositional compounds: a) snow-capped; b) jet-black; c) lexicological; d) womanishness.
   
4. 
   Tick off the cases of morphological compounds: a) U-turn; b) electromotive; c) looking-glass; d) stay-at-home.
   
5. 
   Tick off the cases of syntactic compounds: a) sunlight; b) late-at-night; c) gasometer; d) shoe-maker
   
6. 
   Tick off the cases of ablaut compounds: a) singsong; b) highty-flighty; c) buddy-buddy; d) willy-nilly.
   
7. 
   Tick off the cases of rhyme compounds: a) zigzag; b) molly-dolly; c) wee-wee; d) powwow.
   
8. 
   Tick off the cases of apocope: a) dad (daddy); b) bike (motorbike); c) binocs (binoculars); d) Phil (Philip).
   
9. 
   Tick off the cases of syncope: a) lab (laboratory); b) specs (spectacles); c) vac (vacation); d) craft (aercraft).
   
10. 
    Tick off the cases of apheresis: a) plane (airplane); b) van (caravan); c) vegs (vegetables); d) ammo (ammunition).
    
11. 
    Tick off the cases of acronyms: a) CCTV; b) ID; c) STEM; d) M.O.
    
12. 
    Tick off the cases of alphabetic abbreviations: a) TUC; b) NATO; c) PBS; d) G.B.S.
    
13. 
    Tick off the cases of compound abbreviations: a) usu; b) B-plans; c) ATM; d) IBM
    
14. 
    Tick off the cases of graphic abbreviations: a) m. (mile); b) PTA; c) ltd.; d) NYPD .
    
15. 
    Tick off the cases of onomatopoeia: a) gesticulate; b) sneeze; c) applause; d) hiss.
    
16. 
    Tick off the cases of semantic diffusion: a) stuff; b) flower; c) to run; d) orange.
    
17. 
    Tick off the cases of vulgarisms: a) book; b) goddam; c) to grab; d) grass.
    
18. 
    Tick off the cases of cant: a) to leg; b) beans; c) splosh; d) sausers.
    
19. 
    Tick off the cases of slang: a) to rag; b) bird; c) identikit; d) Hi-Fi.
    
20. 
    Tick off the cases of professionalisms: a) nuke; b) spiv; c) kite; d) bastard.
    
21. 
    Tick off the cases of aliens: a) rajah; b) indices; c) propos; d) call.
    
22. 
    Tick off the cases of barbarisms: a) noblesse; b) caftan; c) chef-d'ocuvre; d) table
    
23. 
    Tick off the cases of denizens: a) hrivna; b) husband; c) cup; d) piazza.
    
24. 
    Tick off the cases of international words: a) aspirant; b) sport; c) conductor; d) personal.
    

1. 
   Tick off the cases of denizens: a) kidney; b) husband; c) karate; d) restaurant.
   
2. 
   Tick off the cases of aliens: a) kimono; b) stadium; c) memoir; d) cigar.
   
3. 
   Tick off the cases of barbarisms: a) polka; b) alley; c) d’art; d) etcetera
   
4. 
   Tick off the cases of translation-loans: a) champion; b) five year plan; c) forget-me-not; d) the leg of the table.
   
5. 
   Tick off the cases of pseudo-international words: a) replica; b) fabric; c) character; d) pamphlet.
   
6. 
   Tick off the cases of juxtapositional compounds: a) waterproof; b) yellow-necked; c) matter-of-factness; d) seaman.
   
7. 
   Tick off the cases of morphological compounds: a) saleswoman; b) late-at-night; c) tight-wrested; d) mud-splashed.
   
8. 
   Tick off the cases of syntactic compounds: a) self-possessed; b) rough-cut; c) half-eaten; d) crosswise.
   
9. 
   Tick off the cases of ablaut compounds: a) murmur; b) knick-knacks; c) criss-crossed; d) pooh-pooh.
   
10. 
    Tick off the cases of rhyme compounds: a) cowsiewowsie; b) riff-raff; c) hokey-pokey; d) molly-dolly.
    
11. 
    Tick off the cases of apocope: a) hols (holidays); b) Al (albert); c) Tony (Antony); d) pop (popular).
    
12. 
    Tick off the cases of syncope: a) fancy (fantasy); b) vegs (vegetables); c) cab (cabriolet); d) dad (daddy).
    
13. 
    Tick off the cases of apheresis: a) gas (gasoline); b) van (caravan); c) exam (examination); d) craft (aircraft).
    
14. 
    Tick off the cases of blending: a) slanguage; b) Eurovision c) handwrite; d) sunbathe.
    
15. 
    Tick off the cases of Latin abbreviations: a) ltd.; b) cf.; c) ft.; d) a.m.
    
16. 
    Tick off the cases of metaphoric epithets: a) a sullen sky; b) threatening eyes; c) a lemon moon; d) a sausage finger.
    
17. 
    Tick off the cases of verbal phraseological units: a) a bull in a china shop; b) as busy as a bee; c) like a shot; d) to take the bull by the horns.
    
18. 
    Tick off the cases of substantive phraseological units: a) fair and square; b) as the crow flies; c) the apple of discord; d) a grass widow.
    
19. 
    Tick off the cases of adjectival phraseological units: a) as dead as a door nail; b) to lose one’s head; c) high and dry; d) good heavens!
    
20. 
    Tick off the cases of metaphoric epithets: a) a sullen sky; b) threatening eyes; c) a lemon moon; d) a sausage finger.
    
21. 
    Tick off the cases of syncope (medial clipping) : a) fancy (fantasy); b) specs (spectacles); c) doc (doctor); d) plane (aeroplane).
    
22. 
    Tick off the cases of acronyms: a) NATO; b) FBI; c) L-driver; d) e. g.
    
23. 
    Tick off the cases of phrasal nouns: a) a breakdown; b) pile-up; c) timetable; d) blackboard.
    
24. 
    Tick off the cases of phrasal verbs: a) pick apart; b) fall behind; c) jump high; c) fall flat.
    
25. 
    Tick off the cases of conversion: a) to begin; b) to telephone; c) to love; d) to write.
    

2. Tick off the cases of absolute synonyms: a) motherland-fatherland; b) word-building – word-formation; c) to start – to initiate; d) to glitter – to glimmer.

3. Tick off the cases of homonyms proper: a) plane – plain; b) lead – lead; c) row – row; d) bark – bark

4. Tick off the cases of homographs: a) arms – alms; b) sewer – sewer; c) scent – cent; d) wind – wind.

5. Tick off the cases of lexical homonyms: a) light – light; b) weather – whether; c) tear – tear; d) piece – peace.

6. Tick off the cases of root antonyms: a) hopeful – hopeless; b) to start – to finish; c) up – down; d) happy – unhappy.

7. Tick off the cases of complementary antonyms: a) off – on; b) come – go; c) young – old; d) early – late.

8. Tick off the cases of relational antonyms: a) dead – alive; b) day – night; c) husband – wife; d) teach – learn.

9. Tick off the cases of the connotation of duration: a) alone – single – lonely; b) to stare – to gaze – to glance; c) to like – to admire – to love; d) to shudder – to tremble.

10. Tick off the cases of moderators: a) really; b) a bit; c) somewhat; d) even.

11. Tick off the cases of intensifiers: a) too; b) very; c) almost; d) less.

12. Tick off the cases of limiters: a) a lot; b) quite; c) hardly; d) all too.

13. Tick off the cases of primary interjections: a) bravo; b) so; c) well; d) holla-ho.

14. Tick off the cases of secondary interjections: a) pooh; b) gosh; c) okay; d) eh.

15. Tick off the cases of fusions: a) to rain cats and dogs; b) small talk; c) a snake in the grass; d) cried for the moon.

16. Tick off the cases of half-fusions: a) to kick the bucket; b) to get blood out of a stone; c) to make faces; d) to buy smth. for a song.

17. Tick off the cases of unities: a) to play second fiddle; b) out of sight; c) Dutch courage; d) to bell the cat.

18. Tick off the cases of half-unities: a) to make head or tail.; b) a tall story; c) husband’s tea; d) to make sure.

19. Tick off the cases of phraseological collocations: a) to pull smd’s leg; b) red tape; c) to take into account; d) to be sure.

20. Tick off the cases of phraseological expressions: a) to work double tides; b) black frost; c) to make friends; d) no pains – no gains.

21. Tick off the cases of verbal phraseological units: a) as busy as a bee; b) to drop a brick; c) in a trice; d) to sit pretty.

22. Tick off the cases of substantive phraseological units: a) calf love; b) to take a fancy; c) high and dry; d) like a shot.

23. Tick off the cases of adjectival phraseological units: a) brown study; b) as large as life; c) by a long chalk; d) on the stoke of.

24. ` Tick off the cases of adverbial phraseological units: a) with a bump; b) a grass widow; c) in cold bloom; d) my eye!.

25. Tick off the cases of interjectional phraseological units: a) high and mighty; b) good heavens!; c) from head to foot; d) sakes alive!
TEST 8
1. Tick off the cases of compound words proper: a) train-sick; b) realize; c) room; d) to job-hunt.

2. Tick off the cases of compound-shortened words: a) singer-songwriter; b) motocross; c) hydro-skimmer; d) V-day.

3. Tick off the cases of words with noun-forming suffixes: a) employee; b) friendship; c) glimmer; d) useless.

4. Tick off the cases of words with numeral-forming suffixes: a) likewise; b) coldly; c) seventh; d) cloudy.

5. Tick off the cases of final clipping: a) doc (doctor); b) tec (detective); c) mag (magazine); d) van (caravan).

6. Tick off the cases of mixed clipping: a) phone (telephone); b) Nick (Nickolas); c) fancy (fantasy); d) flu (influenza).

7. Tick off the cases of alphabetic abbreviations: a) B. B. (Brigitte Bardot); b) L-driver; c) USA; d) Mr.

8. Tick off the cases of latin abbreviations: a) ltd (limited); b) i. e. (that is); c) BBC; d) NATO.

9. Tick off the cases of free morphemes: a) friendly; b) himself; c) depart; d) resist.

10. Tick off the cases of acronyms: a) MP; b) A-bomb; c) UNO; d) Interpol.

11. Tick off the cases of bound morphemes: a) greatly; b) well-known; c) dishonest; d) chairman.

12. Tick off the cases of semi-bound morphemes: a) poetic; b) misprint; c) half-backed; d) friendship.

13. Tick off the cases of morphological compounds: a) gasometer; b) highway; c) classroom; d) blackboard.

14. Tick off the cases of intensifiers: a) faintly; b) extremely; c) rather; d) a little.

15. Tick off the cases of limiters: a) highly; b) enough; c) kind of; d) a bit.

16. Tick off the cases of moderators: a) scarcely; b) reasonably; c) half; d) utterly.

17. Tick off the cases of verbal phraseological unities: a) my eye!; b) to take the bull by the horns; c) high and mighty; d) fair and square.

18. Tick off the cases of half-unities: a) black frost; b) a tall story; c) small talk; d) ways and means.

19. Tick off the cases of phraseological collocations: a) brevity is the soul of wit; b) to talk turkey; c) no and then; d) to bell the cat.

20. Tick off the cases of phraseological expressions: a) a white elephant; b) still water runs deep; c) to make a mountain out of a molehill; d) made up ones mind.

21. Tick off the cases of barbarisms: a) hearken (“hear”); b) bon mot; c) nigh (“near”); d) ad libitum.

22. Tick off the cases of archaisms: a) hark (“listen”) ; b) entre nous; c) behold (“see”); d) visor.

23. Tick off the cases of poetic words: a) woe (“sorrow”); b) qui pro quo; c) fletcher; d) table d’hote.

24. ` Tick off the cases of neologisms: a) oft (“often”); b) teledish; c) magalog; d) gore (“blood”).

25. Tick off the cases of vulgarisms: a) smash-up; b) goddam; c) splosh; d) Hi-Fi.
TEST 9
1. Tick off the cases of splinters: a) moonscape; b) Moonquake; c) afterthought; d) sister-in-law.

2. Tick off the cases of free morphemes: a) reservation; b) overreach; c) brinkmanship; d) to computerize.

3. Tick off the cases of bound morphemes: a) nourishment; b) completenik; c) self-criticism; d) childishness.

4. Tick off the cases of semi-bound morphemes: a) maxi-sculpture; b) snowmobile; c) cheeseburger; d) readership.

5. Tick off the cases of idiomatic compounds: a) ghostwrite; b) skinhead; c) airbus; d) chatter-box.

6. Tick off the cases of non-idiomatic compounds: a) bloodtransfuse; b) brain-drain; c) astrodynamics; d) green-house.

7. Tick off the cases of neutral compounds: a) windowshop; b) astrospace; c) here-and-now; d) job-hunt.

8. Tick off the cases of morphological compounds: a) free-for-all; b) motocross; c) handicraft; d) Eurodollar.

9. Tick off the cases of syntactical compounds: a) do-or-die; b) train-sick; c) hydro-skimmer; d) go-go.

10. Tick off the cases of derivational compounds: a) eggshell; b) ear-minded; c) tourmobile; d) knee-deep.

11. Tick off the cases of coordinative compounds: a) secretary-stenographer; b) fifty-fifty; c) kill-joy; d) nuclear-free.

12. Tick off the cases of subordinative compounds: a) honey-sweet; b) misprint; c) half-backed; d) friendship.

13. Tick off the cases of morphological compounds: a) gasometer; b) highway; c) classroom; d) blackboard.

14. Tick off the cases of intensifiers: a) faintly; b) extremely; c) rather; d) a little.

15. Tick off the cases of limiters: a) highly; b) enough; c) kind of; d) a bit.

16. Tick off the cases of moderators: a) scarcely; b) reasonably; c) half; d) utterly.

17. Tick off the cases of verbal phraseological unities: a) my eye!; b) to take the bull by the horns; c) high and mighty; d) fair and square.

18. Tick off the cases of half-unities: a) black frost; b) a tall story; c) small talk; d) ways and means.

19. Tick off the cases of phraseological collocations: a) brevity is the soul of wit; b) to talk turkey; c) no and then; d) to bell the cat.

20. Tick off the cases of phraseological expressions: a) a white elephant; b) still water runs deep; c) to make a mountain out of a molehill; d) made up ones mind.

21. Tick off the cases of barbarisms: a) hearken (“hear”); b) bon mot; c) nigh (“near”); d) ad libitum.

22. Tick off the cases of archaisms: a) hark (“listen”); b) entre nous; c) behold (“see”); d) visor.

23. Tick off the cases of poetic words: a) woe (“sorrow”); b) qui pro quo; c) fletcher; d) table d’hote.

24. ` Tick off the cases of neologisms: a) oft (“often”); b) teledish; c) magalog; d) gore (“blood”).

1. 
   Tick off the cases of bound morpheme: a) rediness; b) workable; c) half-done d) well-known;
   
2. 
   Tick off the cases of allomorphs: a) activise; b) displease; c) impossible; d) irregular.
   
3. 
   Tick off the cases of derived words: a) classroom; b) hand; c) joyful; d) snow-white.
   
4. 
   Tick off the cases of compounds: a) retell; b) forget-me-not; c) enlarge; d) subdivision.
   
5. 
   Tick off the cases of reduplicated compounds: a) too-too; b) lie-in; c) rope-ripe; d) fingerprint.
   
6. 
   Tick off the cases of noun-forming suffixes: a) government; b) twofold; c) tiresome; d) northwards.
   
7. 
   Tick off the cases of productive suffixes: a) dressy; b) shorten; c) childhood; d) realize.
   
8. 
   Tick off the cases of prefixes of negative meaning: a) disconnect; b) nonformals; c) unfree; d) decolonize.
   
9. 
   Tick off the cases of Greek prefixes: a) hyper-; b) over-; c) de-; d) re-.
   
10. 
    Tick off the cases of suffixes that express smallness: a) gangster; b) auntie; c) manikin; d) booklet.
    
11. 
    Tick off the cases of conversion: a) to cook; b) to comb; c) to beg; d) to finger-print.
    
12. 
    Tick off the cases of intensifiers: a) rather; b) quite; c) extremely; d) least.
    
13. 
    Tick off the cases of limiters: a) scarcely; b) almost; c) mildly; d) slightly.
    
14. 
    Tick off the cases of moderators: a) utterly; b) kind of; c) ever; d) a bit.
    
15. 
    Tick off the cases of the Internet abbreviations: a) ASAP; b) IMO; c) NATO; d) UNO.
    
16. 
    Tick off the cases of syncope: a) mag (magazine); b) fridge (refrigerator); c) specs (spectacles); d) tec (detective).
    
17. 
    Tick off the cases of apheresis: a) phone (telephone); b) Nick (Nickolas); c) flue (influenza); d) maths (mathematics).
    
18. 
    Tick off the cases of consonant-interchange: a) food – to feed; b) to speak – speech; c) blood – to bleed; d) to sit – to set.
    
19. 
    Tick off the cases of vowel-interchange: a) defence – to defend; b) offence – to offend; c) importance – important; d) to rise – to raise.
    
20. 
    Tick off the cases of nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek: a) sherbet; b) toreador; c) crisis; d) foyer.
    
21. 
    Tick off the cases of phraseological fusion: a) cried for the moon; b) make a sensation; c) a tall story; d) two heads are better than one.
    
22. 
    Tick off the cases of phraseological expressions: a) to do some cooking; b) take my temperature; c) bird in hand is worth two in the bush; d) speaking smb’s mind.
    
23. 
    Tick off the cases of verbal phraseological units: a) to sit pretty; b) cat-and-dog life; c) calf love; d) like a dream.
    
24. 
    Tick off the cases of adverbial phraseological units: a) cool as a cucumber; b) as large as life; c) with a bump; d) in cold blood.
    
25. 
    Tick off the cases of prepositional phraseological units: a) as drunk as an owl; b) in the course of; c) spick and span; d) brand new.