ÔN THI CUỐI KỲ HÌNH VỊ HỌC

I. Choose the best answer (A), (B), (C) or (D):

1. In the word ‘interrupt’, the … is “rupt”.
A. Prefix C. Suffix
B. Base D. Stem
2. The English word ‘polygamy’ has … morpheme(s).
A. 4 C. 2
B. 3 D. 1
3. Immediate constituents are any of the … meaningful parts forming a larger
linguistic unit.
A. Two C. Different
B. Three D. Same

4. ‘-able, -ic and -ious’ are some of the derivational class-changing … -

forming suffixes.
A. Verb C. Adjective
B. Noun D. Adverb
5. If a word ends in a/an …, the first cut is between this … and the rest of the
word.
A. Suffix – sufffix
B. Derivational prefix – prefix
C. Derivational suffix – derivational suffix
D. Inflectional suffix – suffix
6. When doing a word diagram, the meanings of … should be related to the
meaning of the word.
A. Immediate constients C. Layers
B. Cuts D. Construction
7. “absent-minded” is formed by …
A. Noun base + noun base + -er
B. Adjective base + noun base + -ed
C. Noun base + noun base + -ed
D. Number base + noun base + -ed
8. Which of the following word formation processes refers to the fusion of
two words into one, usually the first part of one word with the last part of
another?
A. Blending C. Clipping
B. Borrowing D. Acronymy
9. … is one of the most common processes in the word formation.
A. Changing proper names to commmon nouns.
B. Borrowing
C. Conversion from adverbs to verbs
D. Comage
10. Which word is created through acronymy?
A. Radar C. Prof
B. Sure D. Medicare

11. … is the process by which a word, in the course of changing its grammatical
function, may undergo a slight change of pronunciation or spelling.
A. Complete conversion
B. Prefixation
C. Approximate conversion
D. Compounding
12. An inflectional suffix might follow a …
A. Derivational prefix
B. Derivational suffix
C. Base
D. Stem
13. ‘a-, em-, be- or en-‘ can be added to nouns and adjectives to make them …
A. Adverb
B. Adjectives
C. Verbs
D. Nouns
14. The complex word ‘contain’, if classified according to its …, will be
categonzed as C-BB.
A. Formation process
B. Characteristics
C. Internal structure
 D. Grammatical structure
15. /-t/, /-d/ and /-id/ are three … of the inflectional verb past simple (-D1) or
verb past participle morpheme (-D2).
A. Allomorphs
B. Prefixes
C. Suffixes
D. Forms
16. How many morphemes are there in the word “Connecticut”?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
17. The morphologically conditioned replacive allomorpho + the
morphologically conditioned additive allomorph with both vowel and
consonant change?
A. Leave -> left
B. Seek -> sought
C. Tear -> torn
D. Ring -> rung
18. What does the prefix “WITH” mean?
A. Com-
B. De-
C. -in
D. -im
19. What does the bound base -VENE in the following words means?
Intervene (v), intervening (v), convene (v), contravene (v), supervene (v)
A. Run
B. Come
C. Go
D. Say
20. What is the inflectional verb past participle morpheme {-D2}?
A. Departed, guest, edited, deleted.
B. Dwell, caught, sworn, departed.
C. Devoted, departed, kent, built.
D. Visited, departed, kenned, hewed.
21. How many criteria of a morpheme?
A. 2
 B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
22. Which of the followings contain all words that begin with the prefix IN-
meaning “NOT”?
A. Insprire (v), inscribe (v), install (v), insecure (adj).
B. Incompetent (adj), insecure (v), inefficient (adj)
C. Intervene (v), international (adj), interchange (v)
D. Intramural (adj), intravenous (adj), inspect (v)
23. The sound / / in “come” is replaced by the sound … in came ?
A. /e/
B. /ᴂ/
C. /ei/
D. /^/
24. There is no change in the shape of a word though some difference in
meaning is identified. This is the definition of …?
A. The zero allomorph
B. Replacive allomorph
C. Suppletive allomorph
D. Additive allomorph
25. How many affixes are classified according to their position in words?
A. Prefixes, suffixes
B. Prefixes, suffixes, infixes.
C. Inflectional affixes, prefixes, suffixes.
D. Derivational affixes, infixes
26. Which words have morpheme {-D2}?
A. Playing, flowed, worked.
B. Smaller, safer, thought.
C. Flowed, created, drunk.
D. Hardest, fastest, longer.
27. What is a morpheme?
A. It is a word or part of a word that has meaning.
B. It cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts without violation of
its meaning or without meaningless remainded.
C. It recurs in different verbal environments with a relatively stable
meaning.
D. All of the above.
28. Which of the following contain all words that begin with the prefix UN-
meaning “NOT”?
A. Unlikely (adj), unwilling (adj), untrue (adj), unlucky (adj).
B. Unlikely (adj), unwilling (adj), undress (v), unfold (v).
C. A and B correct.
D. B and D are correct
29. The derivational paradigm of the base “SIN” is
A. Sin, sinner, sinful, sinly, sinliness.
B. Sin, sinnerm sinfulness, sinless, sinlessness, sinful.
C. Sin, sinner, sinful, sinless.
D. Sin, sinner, sinfulness.
30. The word “unhappy” has?
A. 1 morpheme and 2 syllables.
B. 1 morpheme and 1 syllable.
C. 2 morphemes and 3 syllables.
D. 2 morphemes and 2 syllables.
31. Which of the following contain a bound morpheme?
A. Drink
B. Living
C. Keep
D. Came
32. Morpheme “PEND” in the words: pendulum, suspender, pendant and
impending mean …
A. Hand
B. Repeat
C. Circle
D. Hang
33. How many morphemes and syllables in the word “rhinoceros”?
A. 1-1
B. 2-1
C. 1-4
D. 4-1
34. How to distinguish between morphemes and phonemes?
A. A morpheme differs from a morpheme in that the former has meaning
whereas the latter does not.
B. Phonemes have no meaning; they have distinctive feature that help to
distinguish meaning.
 C. A morpheme differs from a phoneme in that the former has meaning
whereas the latter does not. Although phonemes have meaning, they
have distinctive feature that help to distinguish meaning.
D. A and B correct.
35. The word “get” has … inflected forms.
A. 1
B. 3
C. +
D. 7
36. What is derived word?
A. One base.
B. Two bases.
C. One base and one or more derivational morpheme(s).
D. Two bases and one or more derivational morpheme(s).
37. What is definition of allomorph?
A. An allomorph is one of the different forms of a morpheme.
B. An allomorph is any of the different forms of a morpheme.
C. An allomorph is any of the different forms of several morpheme.
D. An allomorph is any of the different forms of any morpheme.
38. What is the inflectional noun plural morpheme?
A. {-D2}
B. {-S1}
C. {-D1}
D. {-S1}
39. What are homophones?
A. Are commonly used to refer to words which sound alike but have
different meanings.
B. Are commonly used to refer to words which sound different but have
alike meanings.
C. Are commonly used to refer to words which sound and meaning
different.
40. “Workers, students, teachers, emplyees”. The stem of these words are:
A. Worker, student, teacher, employee.
B. Work, study, teach, employ.
C. Worker, student, teach, employee.
D. Work, study, teacher, employee.
41. The bound base “MOR” – in MORTUARY, MORIBUND, MORTAL, IMMORTAL
means:
A. Speak
B. Body
C. Death
D. Hang
42. Which of the following contain the bound base that has the meaning
“under- “?
A. Detain, entertain, pertain, detainee.
B. Deceive, perceive, receive, accept.
C. Subatomic, subculture, subaltern, subgroup.
D. Deport, disport, support, transport.
43. Inflection can be observed in the following formula:
A. A stem + inflectional affixes -> inflected forms of one and the same
word.
B. A base + inflectional affixes -> inflected forms of one and the same
word.
C. A base + inflectional suffixes -> inflected forms of one and the same
word.
D. A stem + inflectional suffixes -> inflected forms of one and the same
word.
44. Add a derivational suffix to each of those words, which already and in a
derivational suffix formal, organize, reasonable, purist.
A. Formal + -ty -> formalty.
Organize + -tion -> organization.
Reasonable + -less -> reasonabless
Purist + -ic -> puristic
B. Formal + -ty -> formalty
Organize + -tion -> organization.
Reasonable + -ness -> reasonableness
Purist + -ic -> puristic
C. Formal + -ic -> formalic
Organize + -ed -> organized.
Reasonable + -less -> reasonabless
Purist + -ty -> puristy
D. All are correct.
45. The prefix “CIRCUM” means:
 A. Jointly
B. Against
C. Around
46. The bound base “-CIDE” mean:
A. Death or dead
B. Hear
C. Group of people working or acting as a unit
D. Killing
47. How many prefixes and suffixes in the word: antidisestablishmentarianism
A. 2-4
B. 3-4
C. 4-5
D. 1-5
48. The prefix “de-“in the words: DEHORN, DEFORST, and DEFOREST means …
A. Remove
B. Reduce
49. What is derivation?
A. Derivation is the formation of new words by adding suffix to other
words.
B. Derivation is the formation of new words by adding affixes to other
words.
C. Derivation is the formation of new words by adding suffix to
morpheme.
D. Derivation is the formation of new words by adding suffix to other
words or morphemes.
50. Derivation can be abserved in the following formula:
A. A base + derivational suffix -> new derived words.
B. A base + inflectional affixes -> new derived words.
C. A base + derivational affixes -> new derived words.
D. A base + derivational affixes -> new words.
51. The bound base “-TAIN” means:
A. Close
B. Carry
C. Shut
D. Hold
52. How many inflected forms may be the word “mother” have?
A. 2
 B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
53. “MAHOGANY” has:
A. Three syllables and one morpheme
B. Three syllables and two morphemes
C. Four syllables and one morpheme
D. Four syllables and two morphemes
II. Classify each of the following items according to their internal
structure as:
S (simple)
C-FB (complex with 1 free form as an IC)
C-BB (complex with 2 bound forms as ICs)
Comp (compound)
1. Rewrite C-FB 6. Favour S
2. Deceive C-BB 7. Beautify C-FB
3. Defer C-BB 8. Construct S
4. Zigzag S 9. Weekend C-FB
5. Featless C-FB 10. Post-date C-FB

III. Name the word formation process of each of the following words:
1. Biotech - blending
2. Co-pilot -
3. Storekeepet
4. Housekeep
5. FIFA - acronymy
6. MC - acronymy
7. Burger -
8. Couchette - borrowing
9. Vaccinate -
10. Taxi - clipping
IV. Give the IC cuts of each th words using T/true diagrams. Identify all
possible morphemes in each of the words:
1. Extract/ed
2. De/act/iv/ate
3. Reimburs/es
4. Un/art/ist/ic
5. Receiver/s