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Assessment Module 2

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Consonants are the only sounds that can be nasalised.

a)

False

b)

True

2.

(a)   are sounds that consist of a combination of two vowel sounds.

3.

Sounds produced with the velum up, blocking the air from escaping through the nose are _____. Sounds produced when the velum is not in its raised position, air escapes through both the nose and the mouth are _____.

a)

oral /nasal

b)

nasal / oral

4.

What is the difference between phonetics and phonology?

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5.

With _____ (manner of articulation) the restriction is minimal and they are the most vowel-like, and the least consonant-like, of the consonants.

a)

Glides

b)

Fricatives

c)

Liquids

d)

Africates

6.

What is a phoneme?

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7.

Define onset, nucleous, and coda in the following syllable and the type of the syllable (closed / open): these

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8.

The phrase ‘I have to go’ [ai həf tə ɡəʊ] is an example of the following type of coarticulation:

a)

Assimilation

b)

Dissimilation

c)

Elision

d)

Epenthesis

9.

What is morphology?

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10.

Choose all the monomorphemic words.

a)

Pizza

b)

River

c)

Waiter

d)

Backstage

e)

Google

11.

What is another name for bound morphemes?

(a)  

12.

In what type of utterance in English language an infix can be found? Provide an example.

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13.

What type of affixes is presented through German past participle: spielen ge-spiel-t?

a)

Suffix

b)

Prefix

c)

Infix

d)

Circumfix

14.

Name all the functional morphemes in the following sentence: "all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us".

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15.

How many inflectional morphemes are in English?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

16.

A _____ can change the grammatical category of a word.

a)

Inflectional morpheme

b)

Derivational morpheme

17.

The most common word formation process to be found in the production of new English words is called _____.

a)

Derivation

b)

Borrowing

c)

Coinage

d)

Conversion

18.

Which option does represent words with bound roots?

a)

Deceive, respond, submit

b)

Mislead, recollect, download

19.

What is etymology?

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20.

In fandoms, the name of a pairing in shipping (like Dramione, Viguks, etc.) is an example of:

a)

Compounding

b)

Blending

c)

Conversion

d)

Acronyms

21.

The transformation from 'television' to 'telly' is an example of:

a)

Clipping

b)

Backformation

c)

Blending

d)

Analogy

22.

This very common process is labeled for “category change” and “functional shift.”

a)

Conversion

b)

Acronyms

c)

Compounding

d)

Hypocorisms