MID TEST - Morphology 2025-2026

What does morphology study?

• The sound system of language

• The structure and formation of words

• The meaning of sentences

• The use of symbols

According to Fromkin & Rodman, morphology deals with ______.

• Word pronunciation

• Word formation and internal structure of words

• Syntax and semantics

• Sentence patterns

Which of the following is an example of inflection?

• Book → bookshelf

• Run → running

• Boy → boyish

• Write → rewrite

The plural form of “child” is ______.

• Childs

• Children

• Childes

• Childen

The process of joining two or more words to make a new word is called ______.

• Derivation

• Inflection

• Compounding

• Blending

Which is a compound word?

• Unhappy

• Bookstore

• Studies

• Quickly

The study of the smallest meaningful units of a language is called ______.

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Morphology

• Phonology

The smallest unit of sound that can distinguish meaning is called a _____

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

• Grapheme

• Word

Which of the following illustrates a phoneme change?

• Cat → Cats

• Pay → Bay

• Work → Worker

• Kind → Kindness

The morpheme “un-” in “unhappy” means ______.

• Again

• Not

• Too much

• Without