Worksheetslecture-3
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is one of the main ways of enriching vocabulary in modern English?
Affixation
Pronunciation
Spelling
Punctuation
Which of the following is NOT a main way of word-building in modern English?
Syllabication
Conversion
Composition
Affixation
What are the two main types of affixation?
Prefixation and Suffixation
Prefixation and Superfixation
Prefixation and Infixation
Suffixation and Circumfixation
What is the primary function of suffixes in Modern English?
To create compound words
To form one part of speech from another
To change pronunciation
To alter spelling
Which suffix denotes the agent of an action?
-ity
-dom
-ness
-er
What type of morpheme are prefixes considered in English?
Affix morphemes
Root morphemes
Free morphemes
Bound morphemes
Which of the following is an example of a negative prefix?
inter-
pre-
re-
un-
What is the main function of prefixes in English?
To alter stress patterns
To create new roots
To form compound words
To change the lexical meaning
Which of the following is an example of a compound word?
Unhappiness
Happiness
Educate
Chatterbox
What is a characteristic feature of English compounds?
They are always hyphenated
They always have a prefix
They have a two-stem pattern
They cannot change grammatically
Which type of compound has both components semantically independent?
Neutral compounds
Coordinative compounds
Subordinative compounds
Derivational compounds
What is an example of a numeral compound?
Baby-sit
Blood-vessel
Fifty-five
Free-for-all
Which of the following is a type of back formation?
To bloodtransfuse
To baby-sit
To honey-moon
To window-shop
What is the term for compounds formed by joining two stems without any joining morpheme?
Neutral compounds
Derivational compounds
Morphological compounds
Syntactical compounds
Which of the following is an example of a diminutive suffix?
-let
-ism
-er
-ness
What type of compounds are formed by means of reduplication?
Subordinative compounds
Additive compounds
Neutral compounds
Coordinative compounds
Which of the following is a characteristic of idiomatic compounds?
They are always hyphenated
Their meaning is not a sum of their components
They are always nouns
They have no lexical meaning
What is the term for the process of forming words by combining two or more stems?
Conversion
Affixation
Abbreviation
Composition
Which of the following is an example of a verb-forming suffix?
-dom
-ness
-ize
-ity
What is the term for the semantic and structural center in subordinative compounds?
Root
Stem
Head
Tail
Which of the following is a type of compound word consisting of three or more stems?
Cornflower-blue
Baby-sit
Free-for-all
Handicraft
What is the term for compounds formed by analogy?
Syntactical compounds
Morphological compounds
Reduplicative compounds
Analogy compounds
Which of the following is an example of a prefix denoting time?
Dis-
Pre-
Re-
Un-
What is the term for the process of forming words by removing an affix?
Affixation
Back formation
Composition
Conversion
