Quiz on Word Formation Processes

During a language class, David was curious about the process of adding prefixes or suffixes to a base word. What is this process called?

• Compounding

• Borrowing

• Clipping

• Derivation

What does the process of clipping involve?

• Removing a suffix from an existing word

• Reducing a longer word to a shorter form

• Creating a new word from two existing words

• Adopting words from other languages

Which of the following is an acronym?

• FBI

• Umbrella

• Cook

• Restaurant

Grace is learning about different types of words in her English class. Her teacher asks the class to identify an example of compounding. Which of the following is an example of compounding?

• Gator

• Bookshelf

• Edit

• Fridge

What is back-formation?

• Creating a new word by combining two words

• Removing a perceived suffix from an existing word

• Adopting foreign words into a language

• Forming a word from the initial letters of a phrase