4 Morphology Training - Teachers’ License By Yousef Alshorbaji

1- A compound word is:

• A)- a word that contains a predicate

• B)- one word that functions a single word

• C)- a combination of phrase that functions as a single word

• D)- a combination of two or more words that functions as a single word

Answer explanation

cupcakes - fingerprint واحدة ككلمة وتعمل جمعها تم اكثر او كلمتين هي المركبة الكلمة◾

2- Word formation, meaning and use in context are studies in:

• A)- phonology

• B)- typology

• C)- clauses

• D)- lexis

3- The smallest meaningful unit in language structure is called:

• A)- phoneme

• B)- morpheme

• C)- allophone

• D)- allomorph

Answer explanation

◾-Phoneme > [t] [p] etc.. أصغر وحدة تميز الكلمات عن بعض

-Morpheme > the smallest meaningful unit in language [un]

-allophone > /t/ in 'top' and in 'stop' different sound of the same phoneme

4- -able in the word portable is called:

• A)- an affix

• B)- a prefix

• C)- a suffix

• D)- an infix

Answer explanation

◾-Affixes > all adds of a root (suffixes or prefixes)

-prefixes > comes before the root                   -suffixes > comes after the root

-infix> embedded in the root (passerby à Passersby) (cupful à cupsful)

5-Which of the following is the most common sources of new words in English ?

• A)- compounding

• B)- borrowing

• C)- blending

• D)- clipping

6- The words a learner understands either orally or in print are called ……………… vocabulary.

• A)- productive

• B)- receptive

• C)- writing

• D)- reading

7- suffixes, such as -er in teacher, which involve a change of word class, are called ...... morphemes

• A) derivational

• B) inflectional

• C) free morpheme

• D) bound morpheme

Answer explanation

التي تغير نوع الكلمة (مثلا من فعل الى اسم) تسمى مورفيمات اشتقاقية er◾اللواحق مثل

Keyword > change of word class

8-joining the initial part of word with the final part of another word to produce a new word:

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• A- Compound

• B- Borrowing

• C- Blending

• D- coinage

9-ways of inflecting words or deriving one word from another:

• A- morphological processes

• B- allomorph

• C- morphemes 

• D- coalescence

10-The morpheme in the 'fingerprint' is :

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• A) Compounding

• B) Clipping

• C) Blending

• D) Borrowing

Answer explanation

compounding : to roots are joined together to form new words, finger + print > fingerprint