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🙝🕮🙟 Môn: NGỮ NGHĨA HỌC

Lớp: A-ĐL, LĐ, ĐN, HN
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Student’s name:……………………………………........................ ID N0……………………

I. TRUE/FALSE: Decide if the following statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). Type
the letter T or F right in front of the number of each sentence.
1. In, send, and computer could be used as referring expressions.
2. HCM city is a large city is an equative sentence.
3. Synonymy is to hyponymy as entailment is to paraphrase.
4. The Sun, the earth, the Evening Star have constant reference.
5. The sense relation found in spring/summer/autumn/winter is multiple
incompatabilities.
6. Semantics is a branch of linguistics dealing with the forms of words.
7. Utterance meaning is sometimes distinct from linguistic meaning.
8. The semantic structure of a simple declarative sentence reveals two major roles:
subject and predicate.
9. A synthetic sentence is one which may be either true or false depending on the way
the word is.
10. The affected participant is the person deliberately carrying out the action described.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the most correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the
following questions. Blacken your choice.
1. Which is NOT true about sentence?
A. Sentences can be true or false. B. Sentences can be grammatical or not.
C. Sentences are in a particular language.D. Sentences are in a particular regional
accent.
2. Which of the following could be used as a referring expression?
A. so B. travel C. Donald Trump D. alone
3. Which of the following is NOT an equative sentence?
A. The Beatles is my favorite band
B. The person in the corner is my English teacher.
C. Angela Merkel is the current Prime Minister of Germany.
D. The male of the species guards the eggs.
4. How many referring expressions are there in the sentence A wasp makes its nest in a hole
in a tree?
A. one B. none C. three D. four
5. Which of the following pairs of words are converses?
A. parents/offspring B. awake/asleep
C. South/North D. love/hate
6. Joe Biden and The President of the USA in 2021 refer to the same…………………….
A. sense B. proposition C. referent D. idea
7. The two sentences (a) The weather is fine and (b) Is the weather fine? are said……………
A. to have the same proposition B. to be contradictory
C. to be paraphrases of each other D. to entail each other
8. Propositions……………………………………
A. can be grammatical or not B. can be true or false
C. can be in a particular regional accent D. can be in a particular language.
9. Bachelors are married men is an example of……………………………….
A. analytic B. synthetic C.expressive D. contradictory
10. In which of the following sentences does the predicate “gift” function as a predicator?
A. John gave Mary a gift B. This watch is a gift
C. The gift is precious D. Mary liked his generous gift.

III. PROBLEM SOLVING:

1. What is intended by the word mean and meaning in the following sentences, reference
(R) or sense (S)? Type the letter R or S right in front of the number of each sentence.
_____ 1/ Commence has the same meaning as start.
_____ 2/ What does the word exertion mean?
_____ 3/ When Robert talks about his former friend, he means me.

2. In which of the following sentences does the definite article the signal definiteness?
Type the letter Y or N right in front of the number of each sentence.
_____ 1/ My younger sister usually plays the piano every evening.
_____ 2/ The woman living next door to me is very witty.
_____ 3/ The dog is said to be a faithful animal.

3. Which sentence is Analytic (A), Synthetic (S) or Contradictory (C)? Type the letter A,
S or C right in front of the number of each sentence.
_____ 1/ The shark is the most dangerous fish in the ocean.
_____ 2/ All misers waste money.
_____ 3/ The triangle is three-sided.
_____4/ Their car suddenly broke down. That was why they came to the meeting on time.

4. Indicate the predicators and arguments in the following sentences. Write them in the
blank lines provided.
1. My father is reading a newspaper.
predicator:.......................................... argument(s): ..........................................................
2. The students put the books on the shelf.
predicator: ........................................ argument(s): .........................................................

5. Identify the participant roles of each of the underlined noun phrases in the sentences
below. Write them in the blank lines below the sentence.
1. The terrorists sent the letter bombs to the President.
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2. The plumber used a modern tool to repair the water tubes in the house.
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3. The delegate left Hanoi for Ho Chi Minh city.
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6. Disambiguate the following ambiguous sentence by giving two paraphrases. Write

them in the blank lines below the sentence.

Because of the cold, she had to put on a warm coat.

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7. Select ONE aspect in the course that you consider the most difficult. Write a paragraph (not
more than 80 words) to explain why it is difficult and discuss what you have done to
overcome the difficulty.
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