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Morphology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

rider

a)

free morpheme

b)

bound morpheme

c)

inflectional morpheme

d)

derivational morpheme

2.

colder

a)

free morpheme

b)

bound morpheme

c)

inflectional morpheme

d)

derivational morpheme

3.

silver

a)

free morpheme

b)

bound morpheme

c)

inflectional morpheme

d)

derivational morpheme

4.

rotation

a)

free morpheme

b)

bound morpheme

c)

inflectional morpheme

d)

derivational morpheme

5.

lens

a)

free morpheme

b)

bound morpheme

c)

inflectional morpheme

d)

derivational morpheme

6.

Identify the word-formation process:


Philippine Statistics Authority → PSA

a)

derivation

b)

acronym

c)

root creation

d)

clipped form

7.

Identify the word-formation process:


examination exam

a)

derivation

b)

acronym

c)

root creation

d)

clipped form

8.

Identify the word-formation process:


breakfast + lunch = brunch

a)

blend

b)

acronym

c)

proper name

d)

category extension

9.

Identify the word-formation process:


(a) I have an ant bite on my arm;


(b) It’s important to arm yourself with a solid education.

a)

blend

b)

acronym

c)

proper name

d)

category extension

10.

Identify the word-formation process:


hamburger < Hamburg (Germany)

a)

blend

b)

acronym

c)

proper name

d)

category extension

11.

Identify the word-formation process:


Kodak

a)

acronym

b)

blend

c)

root creation

d)

derivation

12.

Identify the word-formation process:


enjoy (v) + able (suffix) = enjoyable (adj)

a)

acronym

b)

blend

c)

root creation

d)

derivation

13.

Identify the word-formation process:


The committee chair sat in the center chair.

a)

acronym

b)

blend

c)

category extension

d)

clipped form

14.

Identify the word-formation process:


picture + graph → pictograph

a)

acronym

b)

blend

c)

category extension

d)

clipped form

15.

Identify the word-formation process:


present + -er = presenter

a)

derivation

b)

blend

c)

back formation

d)

root creation

16.

What is the smallest linguistic unit that has meaning or grammatical function?

a)

allomorph

b)

assimilation

c)

epenthesis

d)

morpheme

17.

What is the pair of phrases which are homophobic?

a)

allomorph

b)

deletion

c)

morpheme

d)

oronyms

18.

What is the allomorph in the word children?

a)

child

b)

-en

c)

ren

19.

What is the process of removing a segment from certain phonetic concepts?


example: blind > [blaın]

a)

deletion

b)

dissimilation

c)

epenthesis

d)

metathesis

20.

What is the process that results in two sounds becoming less alike in articulatory or acoustic terms?


example: library > libary

a)

deletion

b)

dissimilation

c)

epenthesis

d)

metathesis