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Quiz on Word Formation Processes in English

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the process of word formation by adding one base to another?

a)

Back-formation

b)

Compounding

c)

Acronymy

d)

Derivation

2.

Which of the following is an example of a reduplicative?

a)

Maths

b)

Willy-nilly

c)

Brunch

d)

VIP

3.

What is the process called when a long word is shortened by cutting off parts of it?

a)

Derivation

b)

Blending

c)

Compounding

d)

Clipping

4.

Which of the following is an example of an acronym?

a)

Brunch

b)

Lab

c)

Radar

d)

Smog

5.

What is the term for a word formed by blending parts of two different words?

a)

Clipping

b)

Acronymy

c)

Portmanteau

d)

Compounding

6.

In back-formation, which of the following is formed from a noun?

a)

Dancer

b)

Talker

c)

Editor

d)

Hawker

7.

What is the process called when words are derived from names of persons and places?

a)

Autonomasia

b)

Acronymy

c)

Clipping

d)

Blending

8.

Which of the following is an example of a blend?

a)

Exam

b)

Maths

c)

Brunch

d)

VIP

9.

What type of affixation involves adding a prefix to the base?

a)

Clipping

b)

Prefixation

c)

Compounding

d)

Suffixation

10.

What is the term for a word formed from the first letters of a series of words?

a)

Clipping

b)

Acronymy

c)

Blending

d)

Reduplicatives

11.

Which of the following is an example of back-formation?

a)

Edit

b)

Smog

c)

Boycott

d)

Brunch

12.

Verbs: to beg, to peddle, to gawk and to edit were formed from the nouns beggar, peddler, gawker and editor as a result of

a)

Back formation

b)

Compounding

c)

Specialisation

d)

Generalisation

13.

In the word "grovelling" the ending -ing form is mistaken to be a

a)

Present participle

b)

A gerund

14.

Words Pommel, pitch, torrent, kick and clutch are examples of

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Syncopation

c)

Meta analysis

d)

Antonomasia

15.

The process of word formation in "sandwich" is

a)

acronomy

b)

antonomasia

c)

borrowing

d)

compounding