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Unit 3 - Semantic Relationships: Exercises

I. What is the semantic relationship between (or among) the following words? If it is
antonymy, specify the type of antonymy.
a) couch : sofa ___________________
Synonymy Hyponymy
i) vehicle : car, truck, SUV, bicycle ___________
Antonymy
b) awake : asleep __________________ Polysemy
j) take : grasp, carry, go (a specific way) ______
Antonymy
c) stop : go __________________ k) I’ll stand (be on my feet) : (resist) here. _____
Homonymy

Antonymy
d) strong : weak __________________ Antonymy
l) do : undo ____________________________
Antonymy
e) (He took the) lead /led/ : lead /li…d/. _______ m) fast : slow _________________________
Homography

Hyponymy
f) mammal : dog, cat, pig, cow ________ Antonymy
n) alive : dead ____________________________
Polysemy
g) get : obtain, become, buy. __________ Synonymy
o) beginning : debut _______________________
Metonymy
h) crown : king or queen _____________ p) I saw the spring (season) : (metal coil) ______
Homonymy

II. Say whether the words and expressions below are slang, idioms or metaphors.
Additionally, try to guess their meaning(s). ***in the next page
1. My heart began to glow. _____________
Metaphor 5. Stop beating around the bush. ______________
Idiom beat around the bush
be a limon 2. That car is a lemon. _________________
Idiom 6. I dig Elton John’s music. __________________
Slang

walk out on sb/sth 3. She walked out on me. _______________ 7. The echoes of my mind. __________________
Idiom Metaphor

4. They’re stoned. ____________________


Slang 8. This is not etched in stone. _________________
Idiom not be carved/etched
in stone

III. Examine the words underlined and numbered in the text below. Then answer the questions
that follow.
The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed (1) each morning by
eight (2) o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly (3) applied, even though she is
legally (4) blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently (5) passed (6) away,
making the move necessary (7).
After (8) many (9) hours of waiting patiently (10) in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled
sweetly when told her room was ready (11).
As she maneuvered her walker to (12) the elevator (13), I provided a visual description of her
tiny (14) room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window.
"I love (15) it," she stated (16) with the enthusiasm (17) of an eight-year-old having just (18)
been presented with a new puppy (19).

Undressed - Bare - Naked


1. Give an antonym of this word. _____________________________________________________
Ate
2. Give a homophone of this word. ____________________________________________________
Imperfectly - Defectively - Faultily
3. Give an antonym of this word. ______________________________________________________
Illegally - Illicitly
4. Give an antonym of this word. ______________________________________________________
Previously - Heretofore - A long time ago
5. Give an antonym of this word. ______________________________________________________
Past
6. Give a homophone of this word. _____________________________________________________
7. Give an antonym of this word. _______________________________________________________
Unnecessary - Nonessential - Unimportant
Before
8. Give an antonym of this word. _______________________________________________________
A few - Not many
9. Give an antonym of this word. _______________________________________________________
Impatiently - Anxiously
10. Give an antonym of this word. ______________________________________________________
Unprepared - Not ready
11. Give an antonym of this word. ______________________________________________________
Two - Too
12. Give a homophone of this word. _____________________________________________________
Synonymy
13. What semantic relationship is there between this word and the word lift? _____________________
Antonymy
14. What semantic relationship is there between this word and the expression huge?________________
15. Give an antonym of this word. _______________________________________________________
Hate - Dislike - Loathe
Declared - Mentioned - Expressed
16. Give a synonym of this word. ________________________________________________________
Excitement
17. Give a synonym of this word. ________________________________________________________
18. What semantic relationship is there between this word and the word just in the following sentence?
Homonymy
John is a just person. __________________________________________________________________
Hyponymy
19. What semantic relationship is there between this word and the word dog? _____________________

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