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Morphemes and Allomorphs_Quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Word forms are not able to be analysed into segments.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The domain of morphology is_________

a)

Language

b)

Morphemes

c)

Words

d)

A sentence

e)

Segments

3.

The meaningful parts into which words can be divided are called morphemes.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Word formation that expresses grammatical distinctions and does not result in the creation of new lexemes, but merely changes the grammatical form of lexemes to fit into different grammatical contexts is called__________

a)

Inflectional word formation

b)

derivational word formation

5.

Word formation that both change category and add substantial new meaning is called________

a)

inflectional word formation

b)

derivational word formation

6.

Rider, widen, beautiful are some examples of _______

a)

inflectional word formation

b)

derivational word formation

7.

How many morphemes are there in the following words?

MAGICIANS

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

Choose the word which has a different allomorph at the end.

a)

sleeps

b)

crabs

c)

books

9.

Choose the word which has a different allomorph at the end.

a)

words

b)

bags

c)

changes

10.

The word "unreliable" has... bound morphemes.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

The root of the word "relativity" is...

a)

relate

b)

lative

c)

relative

d)

tivity

12.

Which of the following words undergo the derivation?

a)

close

b)

closely

c)

closes

d)

closed

13.

Which of the following words undergo inflection?

a)

closure

b)

ensure

c)

unlucky

d)

active

14.

The word "trends" is pronounced with...

a)

/s/

b)

/z/

c)

/iz/

15.

The word "painted" is pronounced with...

a)

/d/

b)

/id/

c)

/ed/

16.

Which of the following words contain zero allomorph?

a)

fish

b)

pies

c)

bushes

d)

cars

17.

The word "unreliable" has... bound morphemes.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

The morphemes that can stand alone as words are called....

a)

free morpheme

b)

bound morpheme

19.

It is a variant form of a morpheme.

a)

allomorph

b)

allophone

20.

A group of letters placed before the root word.

a)

prefix

b)

suffix

c)

affix

d)

infix