MCQ-Lexicology CA Test 2 (Wk 3-4)

Front

What is a morpheme?

Back

The smallest grammatical unit in language

Front

Which of the following is an example of a free morpheme? -ing, book, pre-, -tion

Back

book

Front

Which type of morpheme must be attached to another morpheme to have meaning?

Back

Bound morpheme

Front

Which of the following is an example of a bound morpheme? Nation, Read, -ment, Happy

Back

-ment

Front

What is a lexical morpheme?

Back

A morpheme that carries meaning independently

Front

Which of the following is a grammatical morpheme? -s (plural marker), Tree, Hope, Jump

Back

-s (plural marker)

Front

Which of the following contains a root and a suffix? Unhappy, Rewrite, Reader, Book

Back

Reader

Front

What does a prefix do?

Back

Changes the meaning of a word by adding an element at the beginning

Front

What does a suffix typically do?

Back

Change the part of speech of a word

Front

Which suffix is commonly used to form nouns? Options: -able, -ment, -ly, -ous

Back

-ment