Identify Word Origins and Derivations
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Examples of derivation
Sandwich(Earl of Sandwich) - Volt(Alessandro Volta)
Completeness, gamify, modernize, Greenish
CD(compactdisk) - NASA, UNESCO, VCR(video cassette recorder)
Brunch(breakfast/lunch) - Motel(motor/hotel)
Tags
CCSS.L.1.5A
CCSS.L.1.5B
CCSS.L.K.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The prefixes pre- and post- express ....
Size
Degree
Privation
Time
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4B
CCSS.L.3.4C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The prefix anti- expresses ....
Negation
Degree
Privation
Time
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4B
CCSS.RF.3.3A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What does derivational suffixes do to a word?
It changes the grammar of a word
It changes the meaning and part of speech of a word
All of these
None of these
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4B
CCSS.RF.3.3A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The feminine suffixes which are attached to nouns change their meaning but not their word class.
TRUE
FALSE
Tags
CCSS.L.1.5A
CCSS.L.1.5B
CCSS.L.K.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The suffix -ish which is attached to an adjective change both the meaning and the class.
TRUE
FALSE
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Any suffix produces a verb from a noun or an adjective is called ......
Nominalizer
Adjectivalizer
Verbalizer
Adverbializer
Tags
CCSS.L.2.4B
CCSS.L.3.2E
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