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HUNGARIAN-ENGLISH LINGUISTIC CONTRASTS. A PRACTICAL APPROACH
22. Which of these collocations is a marked (novel) collocation?
A. broken promise B. broken heart C. broken furniture D. broken desire
23. Which of these collocations is a marked (novel) collocation?
A. fresh taste B. taste a wine C. taste sweet D. taste the bicycle
24. Which of these collocations is marked?
A. to develop one’s knowledge B. to develop appendicitis
C. to develop a beard D. to develop a film
25. Which of these collocations is marked?
A. unprecedented event B. confirmed drunkard
C. habitual collocation D. hot-blooded murder
26. Which of these collocations is marked?
A. to wash one’s hands B. to wash one’s teeth
C. to wash one’s face D. to wash easily
27. The difficulty of learning collocations is due to the fact that they are... .
A. arbitrary B. language specific C. unpredictable D. All of A, B and C.
28. Marked collocations are very common in...
A. technical language B. advertisements
C. instructions for use D. bank statements
29. Everyday conversation is full of ... collocations.
A. marked B. paradigmatic §C. unmarked D. novel
30. Marked collocations are not very common in...
A. poetry B. magazine articles C.science textbooks D.advertisements
31. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. Collocations are language specific.
B. Collocations are unpredictable.
C. Collocations are usually transparent.
D. Collocations have pragmatic function.
32. Which of these sentences contains a binomial?
A. His teaching was conscientious and adequate.
B. My father and my aunt were satisfied.
C. The agreement was declared null and void.
D. He put on his shoes and his hat.
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