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WorksheetsQuiz on Word Formation Processes in English
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the term for the process of word formation by adding one base to another?
Back-formation
Compounding
Acronymy
Derivation
Which of the following is an example of a reduplicative?
Maths
Willy-nilly
Brunch
VIP
What is the process called when a long word is shortened by cutting off parts of it?
Derivation
Blending
Compounding
Clipping
Which of the following is an example of an acronym?
Brunch
Lab
Radar
Smog
What is the term for a word formed by blending parts of two different words?
Clipping
Acronymy
Portmanteau
Compounding
In back-formation, which of the following is formed from a noun?
Dancer
Talker
Editor
Hawker
What is the process called when words are derived from names of persons and places?
Autonomasia
Acronymy
Clipping
Blending
Which of the following is an example of a blend?
Exam
Maths
Brunch
VIP
What type of affixation involves adding a prefix to the base?
Clipping
Prefixation
Compounding
Suffixation
What is the term for a word formed from the first letters of a series of words?
Clipping
Acronymy
Blending
Reduplicatives
Which of the following is an example of back-formation?
Edit
Smog
Boycott
Brunch
Verbs: to beg, to peddle, to gawk and to edit were formed from the nouns beggar, peddler, gawker and editor as a result of
Back formation
Compounding
Specialisation
Generalisation
In the word "grovelling" the ending -ing form is mistaken to be a
Present participle
A gerund
Words Pommel, pitch, torrent, kick and clutch are examples of
Onomatopoeia
Syncopation
Meta analysis
Antonomasia
The process of word formation in "sandwich" is
acronomy
antonomasia
borrowing
compounding
