Morpheme and Word Formation Quiz

What is the smallest unit of meaning in a language?

• Phoneme

• Morpheme

• Syllable

• Word

Which of the following is a prefix?

• -ing

• un-

• -ness

• ly

What process creates a new word by adding an affix?

• Inflection

• Derivation

• Compounding

• Clipping

Which word contains an inflectional morpheme?

• Teacher

• Happily

• Cats

• Kindness

What type of affix is used in the word unhappiness?

• Prefix only

• Suffix only

• Prefix and suffix

• Infix

Which of the following is an example of back-formation?

• Television → Tele

• Donation → Donate

• Smoke + Fog → Smog

• Teacher → Teaching

Which type of morpheme cannot stand alone?

• Free morpheme

• Root morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Compound morpheme

What word formation process combines two parts of different words, like 'brunch'?

• Clipping

• Blending

• Acronym

• Derivation

All prefixes are derivational.

Compounding involves combining two or more free morphemes.