Word-Composition Quiz

What is word-composition?

• Reversing meanings

• Forming new words by combining two or more stems

• Abbreviating existing words

• Adding affixes

• Copying foreign terms

What is an example of word-composition?

• Goseling

• Bank-manager

• Specialist

• Reappear

• Disable

How many productive ways of word-building are there in Modern English?

• Four

• Five

• Three

• Two

• Ten

Which of the following is a secondary or non-productive way of word-building?

• Sound interchange

• Affixation

• Composition

• Conversion

• Blending

What type of suffix is -ette in 'kitchenette'?

• Verb-forming suffix

• Diminutive suffix

• Feminine suffix

• Adverb-forming suffix

• Negative prefix

What is the origin of the suffix -tion?

• Greek

• Romanic

• Native

• Germanic

• Slavic

Which of these prefixes is Greek in origin?

• De

• Hyper-

• Un-

• Re-

• In-

What is Word-Composition in English word-building?

• A method of forming words using only suffixes

• A way of shortening longer phrases

• A method of borrowing words from other languages

• A phonetic strategy of sentence construction

• A productive way of forming words by joining two or more stems

What does the structural unity of a compound word depend on?

• Stylistic variation

• Unity of stress, spelling, semantic, morphological and syntactical functioning

• Frequency of usage and pronunciation

• Etymology and syllabic pattern

• Degree of idiomatic expression

Which compound shows syntactical compounding?

• Hide-and-seek

• Bedroom

• Girlfriend

• Handicraft

• Astrospace