Test I. Identification. Identify what is being asked in the statement below.

Write your answer on

the blank provided before the number.
______________1. He delivered his lectures in Oxford that the study of the evolution of words
illuminated the evolution of language just as in biology morphology.
______________2. He claimed that Sanskrit, Latin, Persian and Germanic languages were
descended from a common ancestor.
______________3. They said the grammatical tradition also took interest in morphological
analysis, as well as studies in Arabic morphology.
______________4. He is a German linguist who coined the term “morphology” which was
derived from the Greek words μορφή ("form") and λόγος ("explanation, account").
______________5. He is an ancient Indian linguist in 6th century BC who formulated the 3,959
rules of Sanskrit morphology in the text Aṣṭādhyāyī.
______________6. It is a type of bound morpheme that cannot be assigned a meaning or a
grammatical function but nonetheless serves to distinguish one word from the other.
______________7. It is form with the same meaning but slightly different sound-shapes, and
the difference is predictable.
______________8. Those which can stand by themselves or alone as words of a language.
______________9. It never exists as words themselves, but are always attached to some other
morpheme. We have already seen the example of “un”.
______________10. These are morphemes that create or derive new words by changing the
meaning or by changing the word class of the word.
______________11. There are morphemes that don’t alter words the meaning or word class of
a word; instead they only refine and give extra grammatical information about the word’s already
existing meaning.
______________12. It is a minor inflection technique where we change the morpheme instead
of adding an affix.
______________13. It is a type of word formation processes which means forming new words
by the combination of bound affixes and free morphemes.
______________14. It is formed new words not from bound affixes but from two or more
independent words: the words can be free morphemes, words derived by affixation, or even
words formed by compounds themselves.
______________15. It is called where two words merge into each other e.g. smog from smoke
and fog.

Test II. Complete the sentences with the prefixes and suffixes below. You will only need to use
each prefix / suffix once. Get your answer from the box below.
 -able -ist -ing -ive
im- -ic un- -ment
-ful -ient

1. It's always use___  to carry some cash on you, in case of an emergency.

2. Planning a holiday can be just as excit___  as going on holiday.

3. I found that this medicine is the most effect___  for colds.

4. She speaks arab___  very well.

5. You must not be  ___polite to your boss.

6. The CEO has been responsible for many  ___popular decisions.

7. I'm un___  to work on weekends.

8. His sex___  comments made him disliked by the female employees.

9. I don't want to get into an argu___  with you about this.

10. Living close to the station is conven___  for me.

Test III. Forming Inflectional Morpheme

Words: Drive, toy, nice Saw, bird, handsome

Present:
Past Tense
Progressive
Past Participle
Plural
Possessive
Comparative
Superlative

Test IV. Minimal Pairs. Encircle the letter of your choice.

1. Turn ___ at the next corner.
a. light c. right
b. wright d. write
 2. Turn at the next traffic ___.
a. light c. right
b. wright d. write
3. The donkey ___ them down the mountain path.
a. led c. red
b. read d. lead
4. The ___ sunset lasted over thirty minutes.
a. led c. red
b. read d. lead
5. Avoid cooking with utensils made from aluminum or ___.
a. led c. red
b. read d. lead
6. Sam ___ the newspaper after dinner last night.
a. led c. red
b. read d. lead
7. A clarinet is a ___ instrument.
a. lead b. read c. reed
8. May I ___ my book while I eat?
a. lead b. read c. reed
9. Anthropologists are looking for the missing ___ between ape and man.
a. link b. rink
10. How many ___ are there in the chain you are wearing?
a. lynx b. rinks c. links
11. How many hockey ___ are there in your community?
a. lynx b. rinks c. links
12. Cloth stretched too tight ___ easily.
a. lips b. rips
13. A canoe is a ___ speed boat.
a. low b. row
14. A ___boat is not a high speed boat.
a. low b. row
15. During the autumn it is necessary to ___ the leaves from the lawn daily
a. lake b. rake
16. The ___ once had pure water but now many of the fish are dying.
a. lake b. rake

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will
spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein
Test I. True or False. Read each statements and identify whether correct or not. Draw  if is
true and if it false draw . Write your answer on the space provided before the number.
______1. Listening leads to better results.
______2. Listening does not improves our understanding.
______3. Listening can prevent problems escalating.
______4. Listening can always can save money.
______5. Listening can improve our knowledge.
______6. Listening is to perceive sound via the ear
______7. Hearing is to concentrate on hearing something; heed or pay attention to.
______8. Always avoid distraction - red flag words – emotional triggers.
______9. Reading is the process of getting back and understanding some form of stored
information or ideas.
______10. Reading for comprehension should at least have 200–400 wpm.
______11. Scanning is getting the gist of something.
______12. In skimming should have at least 400–700 wpm.
______13. Scanning is for a specific focus.
______14. When you're reading for your course, you need to make sure you're actively involved
with the text.
______15. Reading for memorization needs to have at least 100 wpm.
Test II. Sentence Completion. Read each statements under listening skills. Complete what is
being asked and get your answer from the box below. Write your answer on the space provided
before the number.

story non-verbal holding silence

focus time mentee centered
good eye contact reflexive listening listening
body language influence complicated
message respect meaning

1. ______________ is a great skill. It builds trust and encourages problem solving but it
takes practice.
2. Good listening enables people to tell their _____________.
3. It’s more ___________ than you might think – Most people don’t think about it – it is
second nature.
4. The art of listening requires that you: prepare yourself, hold the ________, and show
that you are listening.
5. Research suggests that the way people deliver a message accounts for 93% of its
____________.
 6. Maintain ________________: encourage people to talk, reflect back what you hear, and
don’t interrupt.
7. Listening also involves good body language and ___________ communication and can
give out many messages.
8. Good ____________ can put someone at ease before you say anything.
9. Give people _________ to say what they want to.
10. It sends the _________ that you are more important, you know what they are going to
say or you are in a rush.
11. _________________ is what the listener hears in their own mind. It can lead to
assumptions that are wrong.
12. ____________ is giving people time to think and then speak. This is hard to do – ‘hold
your fire.’
13. Poor listeners may demonstrate these behaviours: knowing the answer; trying to be
helpful; and trying to ___________ or impress.
14. ____________ it is important to remember that the person is more important than the
issues discussed.
15. People like being listened to as it demonstrates ______________.

Test III. Essay. Answer the question briefly and succinctly. (3-5 sentences only).
Criteria:

1. How could you develop further your good listening skills?

2. In what way you can overcome barriers in listening? Cite examples.
3. Cite one problem in reading and design a plan of action wherein you can
develop reading skills amongst frustration readers. (10 points)