Word Formation Quiz

Which process involves shortening a word without altering its meaning?

• Affixation

• Clipping

• Conversion

• Derivation by base modification

Hey there! Can you help Emma understand what an acronym is?

• A word formed by removing affixes

• A word formed by blending two words together

• A word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words

• A word formed by adding a prefix or suffix

Maya found a mysterious blackbird in her backyard. What is the primary phonological modification in the word "blackbird"?

• Addition of a suffix

• Addition of a prefix

• Clipping

• Stress shift from one syllable to another

Hey there! Can you tell me what happens when we jazz up a base by throwing in a prefix or suffix?

• Affixation

• Back-formation

• Clipping

• Blending

Hey there! Can you guess the main word formation process used to create compound adjectives?

• Affixation

• Compounding

• Blending

• Clipping

Hey there! Let's play a game of stress placement in compound words! Where do you think the stress is typically placed in compound words?

• On the first syllable

• On the last syllable

• On the second syllable

• On every syllable equally

Hey there! Can you guess which process involves mashing up parts of two different words to create a brand new one?

• Affixation

• Blending

• Conversion

• Clipping

Hey there! Can you tell me what the word formation process is called when we create bases from the initial letters of a sequence of words?

• Conversion

• Initialism

• Clipping

• Affixation

Hey there! Can you tell me what back-formation means?

• The process of creating new forms by removing affixes

• The process of adding affixes to create new forms

• The process of blending two words together

• The process of converting a noun into a verb

Hey there! Can you tell me, which word formation process creates bases from the initial letters of a sequence of words?

• Clipping

• Affixation

• Initialism

• Conversion