Homework for Weeks 3 + 4

1. Identify the semantic features in each of the following words. The first has
been done for you as an example.

a. Child: [+human], [-mature], [+innocent]

b. Aunt: [+human], [+adult], [+female], [+ascend], [-lineal]

c. Oak-tree: [+plant], [

d. Flower

e. Palm

f. Bachelor: [+human], [+male], [+adult], [-married]

g. Actress: [+human], [+female], [+professional]

h. Plod

i. Ewe

j. Fly (v)

k. Stallion

l. Police officer: [+human], [+adult], [professional]

m. Imagine

n. Doe

o. Drive

p. Home

q. Elm

r. Chalk

s. Chick

t. Tiptoe (V)

u. Pine-tree

v. Owe

w. Computer

x. Honesty
 y. Maid

z. Spinster

2. Fill each box with (+) or (-).

Features Hire Rent Let

Allow

Somebody

Use

Money

Long (time)

Short (time)

Property only

Anything

Table Boy Horse Man Girl Woman

Animate

Human

Female

Adult

Chair Armchair Stool Sofa Beanbag

with back

with legs

for single person

for sitting

with arms

rigid
 Buy Sell Steal Give Swap

transfer of possession

voluntary transfer

exchange

price

subject receives

3. Give homonyms to the following words.

a. Air - heir

b. Bore – boar

c. Caught - cot

d. Die - dye

e. Ewe - you

f. Flower - flour

g. Grown - groan

h. Higher – hire

i. Idol - idle

j. Hall - haul

k. Key - quay

l. Lesson - lessen

m. Mare – mayor

n. None - nun

o. One - won

p. Pair - pear

q. Principle - principal

r. Rap - wrap

s. Seen - sin
t. Sight - site

u. Tide - tied

v. Vain – vein - vane

w. Waste - waist

x. Week - weak

y. Your – you’re

z. Seem - seam
4. Identify the types of homonyms.

a. wait – weight: homophones

b. sole – soul: homophones

c. rose (past tense of rise) - rose (n): Full homonyms

d. bear (v) - bear (n) - bare (adj): homophones

e. read (adj) - read (v): homographs

f. firm (n) - firm (adj): Full homonyms

g. match (n) - match (n) - match (n): absolute homonyms

h. right (n) - right (adj): Full homonyms

i. thought (n) - thought (past tense): Full homonyms

5. Indicate the types of antonyms.

a. behind - in front conversive antonyms

b. black – white gradable antonyms

c. captive – free complementary antonyms

d. drunk – sober gradable antonyms

e. far – near gradable antonyms

f. fast – slow gradable antonyms

g. tie – untie reversive antonyms

h. lessor – lessee conversive antonyms

i. give – take conversive antonyms

j. conceal – reveal reversive antonyms

k. heavy – light gradable antonyms

l. high – low gradable antonyms

m. in – out reversive antonyms

n. leave – stay complementary antonyms

p. moving – stationary complementary antonyms

q. larger – smaller conversive antonyms

r. husband – wife conversive antonyms

s. predator – prey conversive antonyms

t. rich – poor gradable antonyms

u. teacher – pupil conversive antonyms

v. thin – fat gradable antonyms

w. true – false complementary antonyms

x. unfinished – finished complementary antonyms

y. good – bad gradable antonyms

z. love – hate gradable antonyms

6. The following pairs of synonyms contain one from Old English, and another
from French. Comment on how they are used.

a. ache – pain

Ache is often dull and chronic; pain is more intense and general.

b. sheep – mutton

Sheep refers to the animal, mutton to the meat

c. force – strength

d. lip – labial

Lip is everyday, labial is used in linguistics and medicine

e. height – altitude

Height is general; altitude is used for measurements above sea level

f. dale – valley

Dale is poetic and archaic, valley is standard.

g. mouth – oral
 h. night – nocturnal

i. middle – centre

j. mistake – error

k. town – urban

l. sight – vision

7. Comment on the types of synonyms.

a. accident - disaster - misfortune - calamity - catastrophe. Semantic

b. biscuit - cookie. Territorial

c. pair - couple. Phraseological

d. enemy - foe. Stylistic

e. cry - weep - scream - shriek. Semantic

f. house - dwelling - residence. Stylistic

g. to eat - to gobble - to peck - to wolf. Semantic stylistic

h. shop - store - super-market. Semantic

i. strike - stay out - walk out. Semantic stylistic

j. discharge - dismiss - sack - fire - lay off. Semantic stylistic

8. There is a pair of words / expressions in each sentence. Tell whether the words
are synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, or homographs.

a.I hope the pharmacist brews up some good medicine to put on my bruise.
homophones

b.What makes you think that I can repair the broken bike that you couldn’t fix?
synonyms

c.Sylvia’s fast new car beat my slow one in the race. Gradable antonyms

d.I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I heard the news. antonyms

e.We planted a pair of pear trees in the yard. homophones

g.Aunt Evie hates hunting, so please hide that deer hide before she gets here. Full
homonyms

h.I hired a fine lawyer to defend me, but he charged me more than the fine I would
have had to pay. Full homonyms

i.Her knight in shining armor rides a horse that is as black as night. homophones

j.The fire took seconds to destroy a painting that took weeks to create. Directional
ntonyms

k.There’s a stiff penalty for breaking that law, and it’s a fair punishment. synonyms

l.He may be innocent of all the charges, but he acted like he was guilty when he ran
away. antonyms

m.Irma thinks you are very well informed, but Shelly believes you don’t know what
you're talking about. synonyms

n.The key to the new boat was dropped on the quay. homophones

o.That beautiful pen (female swan) should not be imprisoned in a pen! Full
homonyms

p.Kerry gave a triumphant shout to celebrate our team's victorious record.

q.An unknown poet wrote that famous verse. antonyms

r.Even in the bright light of day, the light plastic table looked identical to the heavy
wooden one. antonyms