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Morphology

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

Morphology is NOT:

a)

the study of word structure

b)

a branch of linguistics

c)

the study of meaning

2.

Words are meaningful combinations of phonemes.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Morphemes are:

a)

the study of word structure

b)

the smallest meaningful units that words are divided into

c)

sound units that words are divided into

4.

Free morphemes are:

a)

morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word

b)

affixes

c)

morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word

5.

Bound morphemes are:

a)

morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word

b)

affixes

c)

open class of words

6.

Inflectional bound morphemes:

a)

can create a new word

b)

do not create new words

c)

can stand alone as an independent word

7.

Derivational bound morphemes:

a)

add grammatical information

b)

can create a new word

c)

can stand alone as an independent word

8.

In the word “creators” (create+ -or + -s), the final morpheme is:

a)

an inflectional morpheme

b)

a derivational morpheme

c)

a lexical morpheme

9.

What type of morpheme is the suffix 'less' in the word 'thoughtless'?

a)

an inflectional morpheme

b)

a derivational morpheme

c)

a lexical morpheme

10.

A morpheme is physically realized (pronounced) as one or more morphs. These morphs are called allomorphs.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The word “cat” has:

a)

1 morpheme and 3 phonemes

b)

3 morphemes and 1 phoneme

12.

Word formation processes in which words are shortened are:

a)

compounding and blending

b)

back-formation and clipping

c)

conversion

13.

Word formation processes in which words are combined are:

a)

compounding and blending

b)

back-formation and clipping

c)

eponyms