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Morphology Quizizz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is morphology?

a)

the study of word parts

b)

the study of word meanings

c)

the study of the structure of words and form

d)

the study of the spelling of words

2.

What is a lexicon?

a)

a bible

b)

a dictionary

c)

a word

d)

a commonly used phrase

3.

What is a morpheme?

a)

a root word, accessible across multiple languages

b)

a large combination of the various forms and meanings of a words to create a lexicon

c)

the smallest unpredictable combination of form and meaning in a language

d)

the most complex conjugation of word units in a language

4.

What is a free morphine?

a)

A morphine that can stand alone

b)

A morphine that is free to use without copyright

c)

Trick question. No such thing as a free morphine.

d)

A morphine that consists of two or more word parts

5.

What is the Deutschewörterübersetzungsproblem?

a)

A made up word

b)

The famous Dutch translation problem in linguistics

c)

The word in German translation problem

d)

The Dutch word for "sets of problems", commonly used in linguistics

6.

Which type of morphemes consist of a root and an affix?

a)

Free Morpheme

b)

Bound Morpheme

7.

What is a word part that goes at the beginning of a word and changes the word's meaning?

a)

prefix

b)

suffix

c)

affix

8.

What does the root "multi" mean?

a)

thrown

b)

two

c)

life

d)

many

9.

What does the root "chron" mean?

a)

time

b)

minute

c)

hour

d)

day

10.

What does the root "meter" mean?

a)

measure

b)

money

c)

time

d)

around

11.

What does the prefix "geo" mean?

a)

earth

b)

sky

c)

sun

d)

around

12.

What does the prefix "bi" mean?

a)

two

b)

one

c)

ten

d)

five

13.

What does the root "graph" mean?

a)

write

b)

speak

c)

sing

d)

hear

14.

What does the prefix "centi" mean?

a)

one hundredth

b)

one minute

c)

one thousand

d)

one century

15.

A word part that contains the central meaning of the word is a

a)

Prefix

b)

Suffix

c)

Root

d)

Verb

16.

What is an example of a bound root?

a)

the "s" in rabbits

b)

the "ceive" in receive

c)

the "al" in general

d)

the "it" in rabbit

17.

Which contains an infix?

a)

ready-or-not

b)

rabbit-hole

c)

ren-di-tion

d)

fan-hecking-tastic

18.

Can morphemes be broken down any further and still have meaning?

a)

No

b)

Yes

c)

Sometimes

19.

How many morphemes does "underestimating" have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

How many morphemes does "keyboard" have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4