Islamabad Model College for Boys, F-10/4, Islamabad
BS English
ELL-103: Introduction to Language Studies
Semantics
Choose the correct option.
What relationship does the pair 'fall:autumn' have?
- Synonymy
- Antonymy
- Polysemy
- Homonymy
Which phenomenon has been depicted in the underlined words? 'Foot of mountain' ; 'Foot of table'
- Synonymy
- Antonymy
- Polysemy
- Homonymy
The superordinate term for the words, 'parrot, sparrow, pigeon' is:
- Living Thing
- Animals
- Birds
- Flying Objects
What relationship is depicted in the pair, 'Small:Big'?
- Converseness
- Complimantarity
- Graded Antonym
- None of the above
What relationship is depicted in the pair, 'Male:Female'?
- Converseness
- Complementarity
- Graded Antonym
- Synonym
What relationship is depicted in the pair, 'Lease:Rent' ?
- Converseness
- Complementarity
- Graded Antonym
- Polysemy
What relationship is depicted in the pair, 'Potatoes:Yams' ?
- Synonymy
- Antonymy
- Polysemy
- Hyponymy
What construction does the idiom, 'Put down' have?
- Noun phrases
- Verb+Noun phrase
- Verb+Adverb
- Verb+Preposition phrase
What construction does the idiom, 'Be in clover', have?
- Verb+Noun phrase
- Verb+Adverb
- Verb+Preposition phrase
- Noun phrase
What construction does the idiom, 'At sixes and sevens', have?
- Noun Phrase
- Preposition Phrase
- Verb+Preposition phrase
- Verb+Adverb