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WORD FORMATION PROCESS

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

New words formed from the initial letters of a set of words. They are pronounced as new single words.

The above statement refers to?

(a)  

2.

Babysitter-babysit.

Donation-donate.

Which word formation is that?

(a)  

3.

a) kindergarten b) hamburger c) iceberg.

These are some of the word from other languages that used in English.

What kind of word formation is that?

(a)  

4.

Refers to the process of changing or converting the class of a word without changing its form. The word email, for instance, can be used as a verb in Modern English though it was only a noun in the past.

Which type of word formation does the statement refers to?

(a)  

5.

Brunch (breakfast + lunch).

Emoticon (emotion + icon).

Which type of word formation does this example refers to?

(a)  

6.

The invention of totally new term is called as?

(a)  

7.

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Telephone-phone.

When the word with more syllable is reduced to a shorter form, it is called as?

(a)  

8.

Function-malfunction.

Which process does that word had gone through?

(a)  

9.

A word form by the word formation process in which a new word is formed from the name of a real of fictitious person.

Example: cardigan – James Thomas Brudnell, 7th Earl of Cardigan

This statement referring to?

(a)  

10.

Guitar- acoustic guitar.

In this case, the word acoustic guitar undergone the process of?

(a)