Contingency for Y2 QC

1. A student writes a paper describing how “brunch” was formed from “breakfast” and “lunch.” Which word-formation process is involved?

• A. Blending

• B. Borrowing

• C. Clipping

• D. Compounding

2. Which process is responsible for creating the word televise from television?

• A. Conversion

• B. Derivation

• C. Backformation

• D. Coinage

3. What process is illustrated when the noun bottle is used as a verb, as in “Can you bottle this juice?”

• A. Derivation

• B. Conversion

• C. Clipping

• D. Blending

4. Which term refers to the addition of affixes at the beginning or end of existing words?

• A. Analogy

• B. Etymology

• C. Conversion

• D. Affixation

5. Which word-formation process often occurs when long words are shortened for casual speech, as in prof for professor?

• A. Blending

• B. Clipping

• C. Coinage

• D. Derivation

6. A student asks how the word hamburger led to the creation of cheeseburger. Based on the reading, this is an example of:

• A. Affixation

• B. Analogy

• C. Blending

• D. Borrowing

7. What word-formation process is used when a totally new word is invented, especially for a brand, and later becomes common vocabulary?

• A. Derivation

• B. Backformation

• C. Coinage

• D. Conversion

8. The words joyful, careless, and happiness are formed using which of the following processes?

• A. Affixation

• B. Borrowing

• C. Conversion

• D. Blending

9. The term smog is a blend of “smoke” and “fog.” According to the text, how is blending different from compounding?

• A. It joins full words together

• B. It reduces a word to one syllable

• C. It takes only parts of each word

• D. It uses affixes to create new terms

10. When someone uses the word gas instead of gasoline, what type of word formation are they applying?

• A. Borrowing

• B. Coinage

• C. Clipping

• D. Derivation