Welcome to the Morphology Quiz! This quiz is designed to test your understanding of morphology, a fascinating aspect in linguistics that deals with the structure and formation of words. Are you ready to explore the world of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and more? Throughout this quiz, you'll encounter a variety of questions that will challenge your knowledge of how words are See moreformed and modified in the English language.
From identifying the correct prefixes and suffixes to understanding how words change in different contexts, this quiz covers it all. Whether you're a language enthusiast or a student looking to ace your linguistics exam, this morphology quiz with answers is valuable for refining your skills. So, put your morphological knowledge to the test and see how well you can see the intricate world of English word formation.
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Dis-
Establish
-ism
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Compounding
Conversion
Affixation
Clipping
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Derivational morphemes are affixes that can change the meaning or parts of speech of words.
Derivational morphemes are affixes that change numbers or tenses.
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Being used to convey meaning
Having a written form
Having speech sounds
None of the above
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False
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Tall --> taller
Create --> creator
Write --> writer
Generate --> generator
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The study of the rules governing the sounds that form words
The study of the rules governing sentence formation
The study of the rules governing word formation
The study of the rules governing the relationship between word and social aspects
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The plural morpheme in English (-s, -es, en)
The negative morphemes in English (un-, im-, il-, in-)
Some derivational morphemes in English (-ment, ly, -able)
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The smallest unit of a particular language
The minimal pair of a chosen phrase
The smallest meaningful unit of a word
The minimal item of a linguistic unit
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4
5
6
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Free morphemes are dependent and must be attached to another morpheme whereas bound morphemes are independent.
Free morphemes belong in the open class and all bound morphemes belong in the closed class.
Free morphemes can stand alone, but bound morphemes have to be attached to a base morpheme/root.
Both free and bound morphemes are words that have the ability to express meaning on their own.
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Walk --> walked
Entertain --> entertainment
Move --> remove
Paint --> painter
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Replace --> replacement
Reform --> reformation
Regret --> regrets
Realize-->realization
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Inflectional
Derivational
Grammatical
Lexical
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Derivation
Inflection
Compound
Reduplication
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Blending
Clipping
Compounding
Affixation
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Clipping
Blending
Reduplication
Back-formation
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