CTET PAPER II 2018 · PYQ · Vocabulary Teaching · medium
If a language teacher has put the words 'school, teacher, headmaster, peon' in a group, then she is following—
Answer
The correct answer is B: semantic grouping. Semantic grouping organizes words by meaning or thematic relationship. The words 'school, teacher, headmaster, peon' are all related semantically—they belong to the semantic field of 'school/education'.
A.lexical grouping
B.semantic grouping✓ Correct
C.phonetic grouping
D.grammatical grouping
Explanation
Semantic grouping organizes words by meaning or thematic relationship. The words 'school, teacher, headmaster, peon' are all related semantically—they belong to the semantic field of 'school/education'. They share no common phonetic feature or grammatical category (school is a place/institution, the others are persons). Hence (2) semantic grouping is correct.
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