U1 Eng Lang Exam Quiz - Part 2 - Subsystems

What is the study of words - their form, their meaning and how they behave within language - called?

• Morphology

• Lexicology

• Semantics

• Syntactic

What is 'fashion' in the word 'fashionistas'?

• suffix

• prefix

• bound

• root

What are the missing words? (1) __________ morphemes are indivisible and can stand alone as a word. (2)__________ morphemes rely on a root or stem to be used in a word.

• 1. 1. Free 2. Bound

• 1. Bound 2. Free

• 1. 1. Prefix 2. Suffix

• 1. 1. Suffix 2. Prefix

What refers to names of places, people, things, qualities, ideas or concepts?

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

Which type of noun is always capitalised?

• Common nouns

• Proper nouns

• Pronouns

• Reflexive

What form of a verb is used to construct certain tense and aspect forms, such as present perfect or the past progressive as well as adjectives to modify a noun?

• Participles

• Infinitives

• Auxiliary

• Modal

What form of a verb allows the verb to be used as a noun, an adjective or an adverb - it is generally formed by adding the word 'to' before the base form of the verb?

• Participles

• Infinitives

• Auxiliary

• Modal

What form of a verb is a 'helping' verb, with three of the main primary ones being: 'be', 'have' and 'do'?

• Participles

• Infinitives

• Auxiliary

• Modal

What form of verb are ones like 'should', 'must', 'might' and 'would'?

• Participles

• Infinitives

• Auxiliary

• Modal

What helps to describe nouns by providing extra information about them?

• Pronouns

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Adverbs