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Unit 2-Activities

This document provides definitions and examples for various lexical items and categories of vocabulary. It includes a matching activity to link definitions with terms, examples of the terms, and sample tasks assessing knowledge of the vocabulary categories. The key terms defined and exemplified include affixes, collocations, compounds, false friends, homonyms, idioms, lexical sets, phrasal verbs, prefixes, registers, roots, suffixes and synonyms.

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Unit 2-Activities

This document provides definitions and examples for various lexical items and categories of vocabulary. It includes a matching activity to link definitions with terms, examples of the terms, and sample tasks assessing knowledge of the vocabulary categories. The key terms defined and exemplified include affixes, collocations, compounds, false friends, homonyms, idioms, lexical sets, phrasal verbs, prefixes, registers, roots, suffixes and synonyms.

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TKT Module 1: Describing language: Unit 2 Lexis – Activity 2a

Match the definitions below with the terms for the lexical items in activity 2b.

1. a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word
2. a meaningful group of letters added to the beginning of a root or base word to
make a new word, which can be a different part of speech from the original word
3. a word in the target language which looks or sounds as if it has the same
meaning as a similar word in the learners’ first language but does not
4. a meaningful group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to make a
new word, which can be a different part of speech from the original word
5. a verb which is made up of more than one word (e.g. a verb + adverb particle or
preposition) which has a different meaning from each individual word
6. a word with the same spelling as another word, but which has a different meaning
7. a group of words that are related to each other by their root or base word
8. a meaningful group of letters added to the end of a root or base word to make a
new word, which can be a different part of speech from the original word
9. the opposite of another word
10. a group of words or phrases that are about the same content topic or subject
11. nouns, verbs, adjectives or prepositions that are made up of two or more words
with one unit of meaning
12. a basic word or part of a word from which other words can be made by adding a
prefix or suffix or in some other way
13. words which are regularly used together. The relation between the words may be
grammatical or lexical.
14. a group of words that are used together, in which the meaning of the whole word
group is different from the meaning of each individual word
15. a word which sounds the same as another word, but has a different meaning or
spelling
16. the formality or informality of the language used in a particular situation

TKT Module 1: Describing language: Unit 2 Lexis – Activity 2b, now


match these definitions with examples from 2c

Affix False friend Lexical set Root word, base word


Antonym Homonym Phrasal verb Suffix
Collocation Homophone Prefix Synonym
Compound Idiom Register Synonym
TKT Module 1: Describing language: Unit 2 Lexis – Activity 2c

A. interview, interviewer; tidy untidy


B. hot is the opposite of cold
C. when certain verbs go with particular prepositions, e.g. depend on, good at or
when a verb like make or do goes with a noun, e.g. do the shopping, make a
plan
D. assistant office manager, long-legged
E. In French ‘librairie’ is a place where people can buy books. In a library in English,
you do not buy books but borrow them instead.
F. bit (past tense of ‘bite’) and a bit (a little)
G. I knew he had won; I bought a new book
H. She felt under the weather means that she felt ill
I. weather – storm, to rain, wind, cloudy
J. look after – A mother looks after her children
K. appear – disappear
L. Formal language used in a job applications, informal language used with friends.
M. photograph is the root or base of photographer and photographic
N. care – careful
O. nice is similar in meaning to pleasant
P. economy, economist, economic
TKT Module 1: Describing language: Unit 2 Lexis –Sample Task 1

Examples of vocabulary
Categories
A synonyms
1 colour, color; realise, realize; theatre, theater

B lexical set
2 traffic lights; alarm clock; seat belt

C collocations
3 childish; successfully; dependable

D word + suffix
4 turn up; turn off; turn into

E prefix + word
5 catch a cold; catch a bus; catch a thief

F compounds
6 sad; miserable; unhappy

7 ankle; stomach; knee; heart G phrasal verbs

H American and
British English

TKT Module 1: Describing language: Unit 2 Lexis –Sample Task 2


For questions 1-4, choose the correct Word(s) to complete each definition of lexical
terms, mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.

1 ……….Any pair or group of words commonly found together or near one


another.

A. phrasal verbs
B. collocations,
C. chunks

2 A word with the same spelling and pronunciation as another word, but which
has a different meaning,

A. Homonym
B. Antonym
C. homophone

3 A group of words or phrases that are about the same content topic or subject,

A. Lexical set
B. Synonym
C. Word family

4 A meaningful group of letters added to the end of a root or base word to make a
new word which can be a different part of speech from the original word,

A. Prefix
B. Particle
C. Suffix

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