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Words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process of forming a word by putting words or part of two words together.

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

2.

The process of putting together two or three words to form a new word with a meaning different from its parts.

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

3.

The process by which a word is formed from the initial letters syllables of several words in succession.

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

4.

A very common process of word formation done by cutting off the beginning or ending of a word.

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

5.

The process used to change a word in a part or in whole to make it more like a familiar word.

 

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

6.

The process used when we simply call the telephone a phone or a photograph a photo.

 

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

7.

Eurasian, which comes from the words Europe and Asia is an example of this process.

 

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

8.

DepEd, from Department of Education, is an example of this process of reformation.

 

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

9.

The process of referring to the World Health Organization simply as WHO.

 

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

10.

Calling a meal that is too late for breakfast but too early for lunch as brunch is an example of this process.

a)

clipping

b)

acronymy

c)

blending

d)

componding

e)

folk etymology

11.

Determine the word formation of the given word:

trigo

a)

clipping

b)

blending

c)

eponym

d)

componding

12.

Determine the word formation of the given word:

ID

a)

acronym

b)

initialism

c)

eponym

d)

componding

13.

Determine the word formation of the given word:

Medicare

a)

blending

b)

initialism

c)

eponym

d)

componding

14.

Determine the word formation of the given word:

warm-up

a)

blending

b)

initialism

c)

eponym

d)

componding

15.

Determine the word formation of the given word:

cosmonaut

a)

blending

b)

initialism

c)

eponym

d)

componding

16.

Determine the word formation of the given word:

Caesarian

a)

blending

b)

folk etymology

c)

eponym

d)

clipping

17.

The creation of a word by imitation of the sound it is supposed to make.

a)

coinage

b)

onomatopeia

c)

eponym

d)

sounding

18.

It is an abstract representation of an element meaning in language.

a)

allophone

b)

allomorph

c)

phoneme

d)

morpheme

19.

Which is the allophone of the s in the word dog(s)?

a)

/z/

b)

/əz/

c)

/s/

d)

/is/

20.

Which is the phonetic realization of the allophone IN in the word input?

a)

/ɪnpʊt/

b)

/ɪmpʊt/

c)

/ɪŋpʊt