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Linguistics game (Semantics, Syntax and Morphology)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of word is best classified using semantic features?

a)

Determiner

b)

Noun

c)

Preposition

d)

Verb

2.

Semantics is ____________ .

a)

The study of word formation

b)

The study of the sound system of language

c)

The study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences

3.

"A triangle has four sides" is an example of a __________ sentence.

a)

Contradictory

b)

Synthetic

c)

Analytic

4.

Lexical ambiguity refers to ____________ .

a)

Words that have the same meaning

b)

A word that has more than one meaning

c)

Words that have different meaning

5.

The antonym of COMMISSIONED

a)

Started

b)

Closed

c)

Finished

d)

Terminated

6.

Many people try to resist reforms in the society.

a)

Fight

b)

Accept

c)

Welcome

d)

Repel

7.

What is the meaning of homographs?

a)

Same sound, same spelling but different meanings

b)

Different sound but same spelling

c)

Different spelling, different meaning but same sound

8.

Syntax is the study of __________________.

a)

Word formation

b)

How language is used to communicate within its situation

c)

Linguistics Meaning

d)

Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences

9.

Word order is another way of saying Syntax.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

________was one of the most influential linguists in the field of Syntax.

a)

Paul Broca

b)

Carl Wernicke

c)

Noam Chomsky

d)

William Shakespeare

11.

My mother was very secretive about her past because it was painful for her VS because it was painful for her, my mother was very secretive about her past.

This sentence is an example of:

a)

Semantic

b)

Different sentence structure

c)

Syntax

d)

All of the above

12.

Macbeth is Shakespeare's most violent play, so it is not an ideal family entertainment.

a)

Compound

b)

Complex

13.

With Syntax ____________.

a)

The author makes the reading complex

b)

The author alters the tone of a sentence

c)

The author controls the pacing of the text

14.

The structural similarities between parts of a sentence is referred to as

a)

Correlative Structure

b)

Subordinating Structure

c)

Parallel Structure

d)

Figurative Language

15.

What is morphology ?

a)

branch of linguistics that looks at the meanings of words and language

b)

study of the internal structure of words and forms a core part of linguistics study

c)

branch of linguistics that focuses on the production and classification of the world's speech sounds

16.

In the english language inflectional morphemes can be ____.

a)

infixes

b)

suffixes

c)

infixes and suffixes

17.

What can words be divided to?

a)

morphemes

b)

lexemes

18.

Which of the following is a morpheme?

a)

th

b)

re

c)

sh

19.

How many morphemes composed with the word "unattractive" ?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

20.

How many inflectional morphemes in english?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8