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i- choose the correct answer
• it's very simple to specify the meaning of the bound morpheme -ing in thinking without getting into grammatical technicalities.
(a) true (b) false
• the structure of a word never changes, therefore, it represents its real meaning at any time.
(a) true (b) false
• what you add grammatical affixes to is called a root, whether it is simple or complex in its own structure.
(a) true (b) false
• the lexeme gentlemanly is a base consisting of two roots, plus lexical affix, making a more complex base.
(a) true (b) false
• a base can be a plain root or more than one plain root.
(a) true (b) false
• all roots are potentially bases but not vice versa.
(a) true (b) false
• borrowing and derivation are two of the major processes of word formation in languages.
(a) true (b) false
• the verb beat, in standard british english, has three paradigmatic forms.
(a) true (b) false
• being identical is sound, spelling or both is sufficient to prove that two word forms such as (to) bear, for instance, represent the same lexeme.
(a) true (b) false
• in english the order of lexical and grammatical morphemes is fixed in a word, in that grammatical morphemes can only come after the stem.
(a) true (b) false
• 'friendly' is a complex base while 'girlfriend' is a compound base.
(a) true (b) false
• the bound morpheme psych- can't freely substitute for mind or the mind in ordinary english.
(a) true (b) false
• inflectional affixes change the part of speech, while derivational affixes do not.
(a) true (b) false
• able does not have the same range of meaning as -able.
(a) true (b) false
• the word' simplify' is the result of the process of derivation.
(a) true (b) false
• the inflectional suffixes usually
(a) do not close off a word (b) close off a word (c) change word class
• a morpheme cannot be uttered alone with meaning.
(a) free (b) bound (c) base
• any base to which a grammatical affix may be added is called. . . . . . . . .
(a) root (b) stem (c) lexicon
• the compound killjoy implies the grammatical structure
(a) verb + subject (b) verb + object
the verb freeze has ...paradigmatic forms.
(a) three (b) four (c) five
• the verb sell has ...paradigmatic forms.
(a) three (b) four (c) five
• the word atomizers contains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. Suffixes
(a) two (b) three (c) four
the noun doctor has paradigmatic forms.
(a) two (b) three (c) four
● the word antedate consists of ...morpheme(s).
(a) one (b) two (c) three
• the compound implies the grammatical structure: Verb + adverb
(a) treetop (b) underestimate ( c) afternoon
• when the phonological environment determines which allophone is used, the selection of allomorph is
(a) morphologically conditioned (b) phonologically conditioned
• suffixes come last in a word.
(a) inflectional (b) derivation
in english are most commonly replacements, not addition.
(a) prefixes (b) suffixes (c) infixes
the term affixes refers to ...
(a) prefixes (b) suffixes ( c) both prefixes and suffixes
a is the part of a word that has the principle meaning.
(a) bound morpheme (b) base morpheme (c) suffixal morpheme
• when the suffix -ive is added to the word act, it changes the
(a) tense of the word (b) part of speech of the word
● an infix is a bound morpheme that occurs ...a base.
(a) before (b) after ( c) within
• the word sang (i.e. The past tense of sing) contains
(a) an additive allomorph (b) a replacive allomorph (c) non of the above
• a complex word contains ...............................
(a) two free forms (b) a bound form and a free form
the word airstrip is an example of ...
(a) derivation (b) compounding
is the forming of new words by combining derivational affixes or bound bases with existing words.
(a) invention (b) derivation
• the various grammatical forms of any given lexeme, when grouped together and organized, are called the …………… of that lexeme.
(a) derivation (b) paradigm
ii - choose the correct derived adjectives out of the following source words:
• peace: (a) peacible (b) peaceable (c) peaceant
• sense: (a) sensative (b) sensable (c) sensible
• exist: (a) existent (b) existant (c) existance
iii- choose the correct derived verbs out of the following source words:
• solid: (a) solided (b) solidize (c) solidify
• colony: (a) colonise (b) colonize (c) colonify
• strength: (a) strengthen (b) strongthen (c) strengthed
• proof: (a) prove (b) proofify (c) proofen
iv-choose the correct derived adverbs out of the following source words:
• student: (a) studently (b)studentwise (c) studenthood
• north: (a) northword (b) northly (c) northward
• day: (a) daywise (b) days (c) dayly
v- choose the correct derived nouns out ofthe following source words:
• refuse: (a) refusal (b) refused (c) refusement
• collide: (a) collissure (b) collidance (c) collision
• defend: (a) defence (b) defense (c)defendness
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