Word formation and its types

Multiple Choice

What is an example of compounding in word formation?

• Walk → Walked

• Happy → Unhappy

• Notebook

• Run → Running

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of an inflectional morpheme for comparison?

• Talk → Talked

• Cat → Cats

• Big → Bigger

• Run → Running

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a primary type of word formation?

• Word-translation

• Word-derivation

• Word-deletion

• Word-replacement

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What does word formation help to expand?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words is formed by word-derivation?

• bookcase

• teacher

• snow-white

• bittersweet

Multiple Choice

Which term refers to studying language changes over time?

• Synchronic

• Diachronic

• Phonetic

• Semantic

Multiple Choice

What is one of the most common types of conversion in English?

• Verb to Adjective

• Noun to Verb

• Adjective to Noun

• Verb to Adverb

Multiple Choice

What does the conversion from verb to noun often reflect?

• A change in tense

• An event or occurrence

• A change in meaning

• A change in pronunciation

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains a verb to noun conversion?

• "He will text you later."

• "That was just a guess."

• "She bottled the juice."

• "They hammered the nails."

Multiple Choice

What is conversion in English?

• A method of translating languages

• A productive way of creating new words

• A way to change sentence structure

• A method of learning grammar

Multiple Choice

What is an example of conversion from the word "access"?

• To access from access

• To access from accessible

• To access from accessing

• To access from accessed

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Which field is mentioned as a source of borrowed words in English?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of conversion?

• To chair from chair

• To run from running

• To Google from the noun Google

• To access from access

Word Cloud

How would you describe today's lecture in 2-3 words?

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