PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

School of Advanced Studies

Bayambang, Pangasinan
MIDTERM EXAMINATION in MORPHOGY, SYNTAX AND ADVANCED COMPOSITION
COMMUNICATION ARTS ENGLISH
Read each item carefully and give a comprehensive and relevant
presentation of whatever is required in relation to the given situation/s. Select five
from the seven questions given.
1. Divide the following words by placing a + between their morphemes.
( some of the words may be monomorphemic and therefore indivisible.)
Example: replaces = re+place+s
a. retroactive
h.intervene
b. befriended
i.disinfectant
c. televise
j.morphology
d. margin
k.mistreatment
e. endearment
l. deactivation
f. psychology
m. airsickness
g. unpalatable
n.ungentlemanliness
2. Match each expression under A with the one statement under B that
characterizes it.
A
B
a. noisy crow
b. scarecrow

(1) compound noun

(2) root morpheme plus derivational

c. the crow

(3) phrase consisting of adjective plus

d. crowlike

(4) root morpheme plus inflectional

e. crows

(5) root morpheme plus derivational

prefix
noun
affix
suffix
(6) grammatical morpheme followed
by lexical
Morpheme
3. Identify the meaning of the bound base in the given sets of words.
Complete the table given below:
1
pendulum,suspender,
pendant,impending
2
suicide, patricide, matricide,
infanticide
3
manuscript,manual,
manicure,manacle
4
audience, audible, audition,
auditorium
5
aquaplane,
aquarium,aquatic,aquaduct
6
eject, inject, reject, projectile
7
oral, orate,oracle, oration,oratory
8
corporation,corpse,corporeal,corps
9
tenable, tenacious, tenant, tenure
1
mortuary,mortal,
0
immortal,moribund
3. Consider the following nouns in Zulu and proceed to look for the recurring
forms.
umfazi

married woman abafazi

married

women
umfani
umfundisi
umzali
umbazi
umlimi
umdlali
umfundi

boy
teacher
parent
carver
farmer
player
reader

abafani
abafundisi teachers
abazali
ababazi
abalimi
abadlali
abafundi
readers

boys
parents
carvers
farmers
players

a. What is the morpheme meaning singular in Zulu?

b. What is the morpheme meaning plural in Zulu?
c. List the Zulu stems to which the singular and plural morphemes are
attached, and give their meanings.
Prepared by:
LUZVIMINDA Q. RAMOS, Ed.D. 032016