Morphology REVIEW This document contains a 100 question morphology review test. Morphology is the study of word forms and the rules for forming words. The questions cover topics like prefixes, suffixes, roots, morphemes, inflectional vs. derivational morphemes, compound words, and word formation processes. The test aims to improve understanding of morphology to help break down complex words.

1. Morphology REVIEW
100 Câu hỏi
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LỚP :
NGÀY :
1. What does Morphology mean?
A all of the above B the study of or the science of
C the study of the forms of words D thinking about thinking
2. True or False:
A suffix will never appear at the end of a word.
A False B True
3. Which answers are Prefixes? (choose more than one)
A pre B logy
C pro D ure
4. Which prefix is being used in all of these examples: pretest,
preteen, predict, and precedence
A Pred- B Pr-
C Pre- D P-
5. What does the prefix pre- mean?
A Before B Never
C After D During
6. which suffix is being used in all of these examples: biology,
sociology, entomology, and radiology
A Bio- B -gy
C -logy D biology
7. Which suffix is used in all of these examples: capture, exposure, procedure,
feature, and conjecture
A -ture B none of the above
C -ure D -re
8. What does the prefix pro- mean? (choose two)
A Favor B Behind
C Backward D Forward
9. What does the suffix -ure mean?
A Shows actions or results B this or that
C the grossness of D the study of
10. What root means to hear?
A gest B audi
C mem D side
11. Spire means to
A to breathe B to see
C to climb D to tackle
12. What root means birth, origin, race?
A gen B claim
C mem D numer

2. 13. We try to conserve, recycle paper. What does serve mean?
A save, keep, protect B get
C use D give
14. The teacher exclaimed, "Testing is over." Claim means?
A ask B respond
C declare D answer
15. Which word means an event that happens before another?
A Dentist B Simplify
C Postpone D Antecedent
16. Which word has a different prefix?
A Antechamber B Anterior
C Antecedent D Postdate
17. Auto is an example of a
A suffix B syllable
C prefix D root
18. Which choice does not belong?
A kindness B prideful
C spiteful D helpful
19. Flect/flex is a
A syllable B root
C prefix D suffix
20. The word autocorrect has
A a compound word B a suffix
C a root D two syllables
21. Which prefix means reduce or opposite of
A de B pre
C un D in
22. Teacher, speaker, conductor all have a
A morpheme B root
C prefix D suffix
23. What is the root in the word prescribe?
A scribe B or
C pre D duct
24. How many morphemes are there in inspector?
A 1 B 4
C 2 D 3
25. The word misfortune has
A a prefix B one syllable
C a suffix D a compound word
26. We learn morphology to
A improve our cursive skills B be able to break apart hard words
C learn our number sense D
be able to break apart hard math
problems
27. Morphology is the study of words and word-making or word formation.
A False B True
28. A morpheme that must be attached to another element is a free morpheme.
A True B False
29. Derivation uses an affix to build a word with a meaning and /or category ..............
from that of its base.
A distinct B same

3. 30. The morpheme that determines the category of the entire word is called the .................
A head B base
C root D stem
31. Morphologically, Chinese employs ( ) as a productive method of word formation
A compounding B inflection
C derivation
32. What meaningful word part can be added to the front of a base word or root?
A base B root
C prefix D suffix
33. What meaningful word part carries the most important part of a word's meaning but
usually cannot stand alone?
A root B suffix
C prefix
34. What meaningful word part can be added to the end of a base word or root?
A root B base
C prefix D suffix
35. The word part "dis" is a
A verb B root
C suffix D prefix
36. Which word does not belong?
A lengthen B dampen
C height D sweeten
37. What do these words have in common? midnight, disable, endanger
A they all have long vowels B they all have a suffix
C they all have a prefix D they all have a root
38. What do val, rupt, tract, and bio all have in common?
A they are all suffixes B they are all prefixes
C they are all one syllables D they are all roots
39. What do the words inspect, perspective, spectacles, spectator have in common?
A a prefix B a root
C a suffix D a syllable
40. How many morphemes are there in the word 'intolerable'?
A 2 B 4
C 1 D 3
41. Which prefixes have similar meaning?
A un- and dis- B intra- and inter-
C pre- and re- D macro- and micro
42. How many morphemes are there in the word 'immaturity'?
A 2 B 1
C 4 D 3
43. Which suffixes refer to adjectives (words that describe nouns)?
A -ent and -ant B -ment and -ness
C -ly and -en D -ful and -ous
44. What is the root for the word 'vivisection'?
A sect B ion
C viv D section
45. Lexical Morphemes have meaning by themselves while Grammatical Morphemes do not.
A True B False

4. 46. Grammatical Morphemes are typically __(choose 3)__.
A conjunctions B articles
C prepositions D verbs
E nouns
47. Which type of morpheme can stand alone?
A Free Morphemes B Bound Morphemes
48. Two examples of Free Morphemes would be ___ and ___.
A stressed B time
C forgetful D free
49. Which type of morphemes consist of a root and an affix?
A Bound Morpheme B Free Morpheme
50. Affixes can be subdivided into ___ and ___.
A roots B suffixes
C prefixes
51. Lexical Morphemes are typically __(choose 3)__.
A prepositions B verbs
C articles D adjectives
E nouns
52. The picture above demonstrates the 8 Derivational Morphemes
in the English language.
A False B True
53. Are all Inflectional Affixes suffixes?
A No B Yes
54. English speakers recognize that the words dog and dogs are closely related. What does
mean the letter "s"?
A Plurality morpheme "-s". B The morpheme of the letter "g".
C That means apostrophe. D Doesn't mean anything at all.
55. What are the types of word formation called?
A Root and Composition. B Letters and numbers.
C Derivation and compounding. D Words and roots
56. Compounding is...
A
A process of letters formation that
involves derivation complete word forms
into a single compound form.
B
A process of food formation that involves
meat complete meal forms into a perfect
dish.
C
A process of word formation that
involves combining complete word forms
into a single compound form.
57. Dog catcher, is a compound because...
A
As both dog and catcher are complete
word forms in their own right but aren't
subsequently treated as parts of one
form.
B
As both dog and catcher are complete
word forms in their own right but are
subsequently treated as parts of one
form.
C
As both dog and catcher aren't complete
word forms in their own right but are
subsequently treated as parts of one
form.
58. Derivation involves...
A
Affixing bound forms to existing lexemes,
whereby the addition of the affix doesn't
derive a new lexeme.
B
Affixing bound forms to existing lexemes,
whereby the addition of the affix derives
a new lexeme.
C
Putting of: Suspensive points, commas,
uppercase, lowercase, periods, to create
a new specific word.
59. A meaningful word part that comes before the root word.
A affix B predicate
C suffix D prefix

5. 60. A meaningful word part that can change the part of speech or make a word plural.
A predicate B prefix
C suffix D affix
61. The most important part of a word, gives basic meaning
A suffix B predicate
C root word D prefix
62. A __________ is the smallest unit of meaning is a word.
A Morpheme B Morphology
C Meme D Phoneme
63. A meaning of the prefix "under" is...
A too lean B too little
C too far D too much
64. In the word "overact," the prefix "over" means...
A among B too much
C large D above
65. A meaningful word part that can come before or after a root word.
A prefix B predicate
C affix D suffix
66. What is a Morpheme?
A Something related with sounds B Combine sentences
C It is a sentence D Minimal unit of a sentence
67. Complete the sentence according to the text: A word is made up
of____________
A One or more morphemes B Nothing
C Just 1 morpheme D None morpheme
68. What is the difference between free and bound morpheme?
A There is not difference between them B
A free morpheme cannot stand alone as
single words and bound morpheme
doesn't need to be attached to another
word.
C
A free morpheme can stand alone as
single words and bound morpheme
needs to be attached to another word.
D Teacher knows
69. A derivational morpheme_________________
A
Does not change the part of speech or
the basic meaning of a word.
B Makes a new word from old ones
C Makes an old word from new ones D
Does not occur "inside" any inflectional
affixes
70. Examples of inflectional morphemes can be
A Girl-Girls B Shoe-Slippers
C Chair-Tables D Boy-Boys
71. Words that consist of only one morpheme can be termed
A simplex words B complex words
C compound words D regular words
72. The lexeme WALK has forms like walk, walks, walked, walking that can be used in
different grammatical contexts. When we change the form of a word so that it fits in a
particular grammatical context, we are concerned with what linguists call ...
A inflection B morpheme
C lexeme D derivation

6. 73. How many morphemes consist in word “women’s”?
A 3 B 2
C 4 D 1
74. Which analysis is correct in analyzing word “seen” using morphemic analysis
A 3 Morphemes {SEE} + {past} + {pstprt} B 2 Morphemes {SEE} + {past}
C 3 Morphemes {SEE} + {past} + {compr} D 2 Morpehemes {SEE} + {pstprt}
75. What is the root from "unbelieveable"?
A Unbelieveable B Believeable
C Unbelieive D Believe
76. If we divide the word "computer" into compute + er we are doing:
A Semantic analysis B Syntactic analysis
C Morphological analysis D Orthographic analysis
77. This is an example of "clipping" in the word formation process (reduction of a word to one
of its parts)
A Facsimile → fax B Foot / Print → footprint
C Burglar → burgle D slow → slowness
78. A word is best defined in terms of internal stability (is it further divisible?) and external
mobility (can it be moved to a different position in a sentence?).
A NO B YES
79. A morpheme is:
A The most complex part of a sentence. B The smallest unit which carries meaning.
C A letter that has a variable sound. D The stress syllable in a word.
80. An example of internal stability is:
A carefully - carefull - care B Building - built
C water - wa D Complexity - complexion
81. One of the purposes of analysing the internal structure of sentences is:
A To reveal errors in the sentences B None of the previous options
C To make the languages more difficult D
To demonstrate the relatedness of
certain sentences
82. The suffix -ish means
ex. greenish, selfish
A like B full of
C in a certain way
83. Prefixes and suffixes are added to words to change their meaning
A False B True
84. When do you use the suffix -er and -ier
A To compare 2 things B To compare more than two things
85. Pick the answer that has derivatives of the same root word.
A read, reread, readability, reading B good, bad
C car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle D happy, merry, excited,
86. Open class or content words are defined as
A words that are open to interpretation B
words that cannot be added to a
language
C
the words that convey conceptual
meaning
D
words that do not carry conceptual
meaning
87. What is NOT an example of an open (content) class word?
A a verb B a noun
C a pronoun D an adverb
88. What is an example of a closed class (function) words?
A adverbs B adjectives
C nouns D conjuctions

7. 89. a minimal unit of meaning is called a
A tagmeme B phoneme
C lexeme D morpheme
90. inflectional morpheme
A changes meanings and parts of speech B makes adverbs from adjectives
C
does not change meanings or parts of
speech
D
smallest part of a word that precedes the
root
91. What is NOT an example of an inflectional morpheme?
A -s B -ed
C -ing D -ish
92. What is an example of an inflectional morpheme?
A -ize to form a verb from a noun B -er to form a comparative adjective
C -ic to form an adjective D -ly to form an adverb from an adjective
93. Free morpheme
A can stand alone B cannot stand alone
C can be a suffix D can be a prefix
94. A variant of a morpheme that does not change its identity
A allomorph B allophone
C alloy D allotted
95. Which of the four options are Prefixes?
A logy B pro
C ure D ness
96. Identify the number of bound morphemes in the text:
Mary has two little sisters who are always the loudest when crying.
A 1 B 4
C 3 D 2
97. Inflectional morphemes are often used to make words of different grammatical category
from the stem.
A no B yes
98. Identify the number of bound morphemes in the text:
Mary has two little sisters who are always the loudest when crying.
A 1 B 4
C 3 D 2
99. Which of the four options are derivations?
A contexts B understandable
C preview D answered
100. The meaning of the word 'centenarian' is ...
A a person who at least 100 years old B a person who tells people what to do
C a person who likes cents