Student’s full name: ______________________________________________

Class: English Course 19

Marks
MID-TERM TEST
MORPHOLOGY
Date of testing: July 30th, 2021 Test Time: 45 minutes

I. TRUE/ FALSE? (2ms)

_____ 1. Free morphemes can stand alone as independent words in a sentence.
_____ 2. Common adjuncts are adjectives and adverbs.
_____ 3. A morpheme may carry both semantic and grammatical structures.
_____ 4. Specifiers are attached to the right of the head.
_____ 5. Derivational morphemes are bound morphemes which can change either the part of speech
or the meaning of the original morpheme.
_____ 6. Un-, -est cannot stand by themselves.
_____ 7. An adjective phrase in English consist of an adjectival head with or without the degree.
_____ 8. Bound morphemes can stand as dependent words in a sentence.
II. Identify the morphemes for each of the following words, in the order that they appear in
the word. (1m)
Example: inputs: in + put + -s
1. unpresentable : _______________________
2. irregular: _______________________
3. grandly: _______________________
4. unattractive: _______________________
III. Draw the tree diagram for these words. (1m)
1. displacement
2. independent
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IV. Count the number of morphemes for each of the following sentences. (1m)
Example: I love you: 3 morphemes
1. My uncle was a very good speaker. _________
2. I bought a very nice pair of gloves on Sunday. _________
V. From the following list of words, tick () 4 words which has inflectional morphemes. (1m)
 killed  eats  teacher  hopeful
 shorter  corner  girls  practical
VI. Form the compound words from the following pictures. (2ms)
1.

+ = ________________

2.

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+ =

3.

= ________________
+

4.

= ________________
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VII. Fill in the missing words. (1m)
1. Inflectional morphemes are also called ...........................................morphemes.
2. A morpheme has alternative phonetic forms called ...............................................
3. Words are defined as having the criteria of positional ...................................and internal stability.
4. Some words are derived from names of ............................... or places.
VIII. What do these letters stand for? (1m)
1. CNN: .................................................................................................................
2. HIV: ....................................................................................................................
3. MA: .....................................................................................................................
4. www: ...................................................................................................................

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