English Quiz 1

What is the job of a lexicographer?

• Build houses

• Make dictionaries

• Perform surgery

• Teach English

Who decides what is considered a word in English?

• Lexicographers

• The government

• Everybody who speaks English

• Children

What is the term used for the unconscious rules that native speakers follow when speaking a language?

• Vocabulary

• Pronunciation

• Syntax

• Grammar

What is the plural form of the word 'wug'?

• Wugies

• Wugsters

• Wugs

• Wuglets

What is the term used for combining two English words together to form a new word?

• Blending

• Compounding

• Functional shift

• Back-formation

Which term describes taking the first letters of a phrase and combining them to form a new word?

• Back-formation

• Functional shift

• Portmanteau

• Acronym

What is the purpose of creating new words according to the text?

• Limit communication

• Confuse people

• Avoid creativity

• Express ideas and meanings

Which term describes changing a word from one part of speech to another?

• Functional shift

• Compounding

• Blending

• Back-formation

What is the term used for taking a word and forming a new word by removing parts of it?

• Blending

• Compounding

• Functional shift

• Back-formation

Which language is the word 'kumquat' borrowed from?

• French

• Spanish

• Chinese

• Japanese