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BLL 3.2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an affix?

a)

A bound morpheme that attaches to a base

b)

A process of creating new words

c)

A standalone word

d)

A variant pronunciation of a morpheme

2.

What does allomorph refer to?

a)

A compound word

b)

A morpheme that can stand alone

c)

A bound morpheme

d)

Variant pronunciation of a morpheme

3.

What is a base in morphology?

a)

A process of word formation

b)

The form to which an affix is added

c)

The smallest unit of meaning

d)

A morpheme that cannot stand alone

4.

What is blending in linguistics?

a)

Combining parts of two words to create a new one

b)

Shortening a word

c)

Changing a word's syntactic category

d)

Attaching an affix to a base

5.

What defines a bound morpheme?

a)

It cannot stand alone as a word

b)

It can stand alone as a word

c)

It is a type of compound

d)

It is always a prefix

6.

What is clipping?

a)

Combining two words

b)

Shortening a word by deleting syllables

c)

Creating new words with affixes

d)

Changing a word's meaning

7.

What is a clitic?

a)

A morpheme that is phonologically dependent but syntactically independent

b)

A morpheme that can stand alone

c)

A type of compound word

d)

A process of word formation

8.

What does compounding involve?

a)

Creating a new word by shortening

b)

Attaching an affix to a base

c)

Changing a word's grammatical function

d)

Combining two or more words to form a new word

9.

What is conversion in morphology?

a)

Shortening a word

b)

Combining two words

c)

Assigning a word to a new syntactic category without changing its form

d)

Creating new words with affixes

10.

What is derivation?

a)

The process of creating new words with different meanings or categories using affixes

b)

A type of compound word

c)

A morpheme that can stand alone

d)

A variant pronunciation of a morpheme

11.

What is an endocentric compound?

a)

A compound whose meaning is not derived from its components

b)

A compound whose meaning is related to the head element

c)

A morpheme that cannot stand alone

d)

A type of affix

12.

What is a free morpheme?

a)

A type of compound

b)

A morpheme that cannot stand alone

c)

A bound morpheme

d)

A morpheme that can stand alone as a word

13.

What does inflection involve?

a)

Creating new words with different meanings

b)

Modification of a word to mark grammatical information

c)

Combining two words

d)

Changing a word's syntactic category

14.

What is an infix?

a)

A morpheme that can stand alone

b)

An affix attached to the end of a base

c)

A bound morpheme inserted within a root

d)

A type of compound word

15.

What is reduplication?

a)

Creating new words with affixes

b)

Repeating all or part of a base to mark a grammatical or semantic contrast

c)

Shortening a word

d)

Combining two words