1. From which source did the Dutch word 'scow' originate?

(A) a term derived from medieval French

(B) a Dutch term for a type of boat

(C) an adaptation from a German word for a large vessel

(D) an English adaptation of Dutch shipbuilding terms

2. Which word's etymology involves the Dutch phrase 'Ik niet weet' meaning 'I

don't know'?

(A) sleigh

(B) blunderbuss

(C) cookie

(D) nitwit

3. What is the English term derived from the Dutch 'Sinter Klaas' referring to a

folklore figure?

(A) Franklin

(B) Santa Claus

(C) Northman

(D) Krampus

4. What is the most likely meaning of 'Yankee' based on its etymology?

(A) a term for a cheerful person

(B) a high-ranked nobleman

(C) a diminutive equivalent to Johnny

(D) John Cheese as an insult

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5. What was J. Murray Spangler's original name for his invention that became a

'Hoover'?

(A) cleanity-magic

(B) sparky sweeper

(C) universal floor duster

(D) electric suction sweeper

6. Which language does the term 'etymology' originate from, historically?

(A) Latin

(B) Greek

(C) Arabic

(D) Old Norse

7. Which factor makes it possible to quickly understand new words such as

neologisms?

(A) the regularity in word-formation processes

(B) phonetic similarity to known words

(C) the necessity in communication

(D) historical usage patterns

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8. What historical reaction was faced by the word 'aviation' when it was newly

coined?

(A) approval as an innovative term

(B) outcry over its use

(C) celebration in the media

(D) indifference from the public

9. What process describes the invention of entirely new words like 'google'?

(A) coinage

(B) conversion

(C) derivation

(D) borrowing

10. From what origin does the term 'google' derive its initial meaning before

becoming widespread?

(A) a trademark of an IT company

(B) an earlier internet technology term

(C) the Latin word 'golumbus'

(D) the word googol

11. Who is referred to when someone uses the eponym 'watt'?

(A) The Earl of Sandwich

(B) James Watt

(C) Alessandro Volta

(D) Gabriel Fahrenheit

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12. What is the origin of the word 'skyscraper' according to the concept of

loan-translation or calque?

(A) Hmong

(B) English

(C) Dutch

(D) French

13. What process describes the adoption of words from other languages into

English?

(A) Blending

(B) Eponym

(C) Borrowing

(D) Compounding

14. Which language adopted the English word 'whisky' with a different

pronunciation?

(A) German

(B) Hungarian

(C) Japanese

(D) French

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15. What is the technical term for the process of combining two separate words

to form a single word?

(A) Calque

(B) Compounding

(C) Borrowing

(D) Blending

16. What is the original language of the word 'pretzel' that was borrowed into

English?

(A) German

(B) Dutch

(C) Russian

(D) Vietnamese

17. What is the result of blending the words 'smoke' and 'fog'?

(A) Smog

(B) Smurk

(C) Haze

(D) Smaze

18. Which of the following words is an example of a loan-translation in English?

(A) Superman

(B) Jeans

(C) Zebra

(D) Croissant

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19. The term 'blended' in gasohol refers to a blend of which two words?

(A) Motor and hotel

(B) Breakfast and lunch

(C) Smoke and fog

(D) Gasoline and alcohol

20. What process is involved in creating a new term by taking parts of two words

and combining them?

(A) Borrowing

(B) Calque

(C) Compounding

(D) Blending

21. What language is the word 'tahitian' borrowed from into English?

(A) Persian

(B) Turkish

(C) Tahitian

(D) Japanese

22. What is the term used for word blends such as 'infotainment'?

(A) telex

(B) infotainment

(C) franglais

(D) hypocorisms

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23. What does Franglais mean?

(A) a blend of French and English

(B) a type of television broadcast

(C) a process of word formation

(D) a clipped form of a word

24. From what fields are examples like telex and modem derived?

(A) linguistics

(B) television broadcasting

(C) information technology

(D) language mixing

25. What is the word 'fax' an example of?

(A) backformation

(B) hypocorism

(C) clipping

(D) a word blend

26. Which process is described when 'facsimile' is shortened to 'fax'?

(A) blending

(B) conversion

(C) clipping

(D) backformation

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27. Give an example of a hypocorism from Australian and British English.

(A) spoon

(B) movie

(C) dictionary

(D) education

28. What is the process called when a new verb is created from an existing noun?

(A) conversion

(B) backformation

(C) blending

(D) clipping

29. If there is a noun ending in -er, what can typically be created from it?

(A) an article

(B) a plural noun

(C) a verb

(D) an adjective

30. What is the process called when a word changes its function, such as a noun

becoming a verb?

(A) clipping

(B) conversion

(C) blend

(D) backformation

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31. Which word is used as a verb to mean 'to inspect a bottle'?

(A) chair

(B) bottle

(C) teach

(D) elect

32. Through conversion, what is 'impact' an example of?

(A) a newly formed noun

(B) a newly formed verb

(C) a new preposition

(D) a new adjective

33. What can a verb combination such as 'want to be' become through

conversion?

(A) a new noun

(B) a conjunction

(C) a complex verb

(D) a new adjective

34. How does the adjectival use of 'dirty' change in conversion?

(A) it becomes a noun

(B) it remains unchanged

(C) it becomes an article

(D) it becomes a verb

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35. Which word is typically used to describe a process where a word is changed

from one category to another?

(A) conversion

(B) hypocorism

(C) blend

(D) clipping

36. Does the verb form of 'total' carry a negative connotation in the given

context?

(A) It is neutral

(B) It is unrelated to the context

(C) Yes

(D) No

37. What happens when insurance companies 'give you the runaround'?

(A) It has a neutral effect

(B) It provides fast service

(C) It resolves issues quickly

(D) It results in a double negative sense

38. What is the common pronunciation style of acronyms like CD and VCR?

(A) It's case-sensitive

(B) As a new single word

(C) Using alternative phonetics

(D) Saying each separate letter

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39. Which acronym pronunciation has retained its capital letters?

(A) zip

(B) NATO

(C) laser

(D) radar

40. What is reputed to be the origin of the acronym SNAFU?

(A) Standard notion of appropriate function

(B) Situation normal, all fouled up

(C) Systematic network of acronyms for fun

(D) Specific nucleus amplifier feedback unit

41. In the phrase I sometimes forget my PIN number, what is repeatedly used?

(A) A full sentence

(B) A new acronym form

(C) An incorrect term

(D) A component of the acronym

42. What is the most common word-formation process discussed in English?

(A) Borrowing

(B) Acronyms

(C) Derivation

(D) Conversion

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43. What are prefixes also known as?

(A) End bits

(B) Beginning bits

(C) Start bits

(D) Middle bits

44. What can be added to the end of a word in English word-formation?

(A) Suffixes

(B) Prefixes

(C) Acronyms

(D) Infixes

45. What is an example of an infixed expression in passionate English speech?

(A) All of the above

(B) Unbelievable with an infix

(C) Hallelujah with an infix

(D) Absolutely with an infix

46. What type of language incorporates infixes to form nouns from verbs?

(A) Hindi

(B) Mandarin

(C) Kamhmu

(D) French

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47. In the examples given, what infix is added to verbs in Kamhmu to form

nouns?

(A) -im-

(B) -rn-

(C) -um-

(D) -em-

48. If the Kamhmu noun for 'tongs' is krnap, what would be the verb?

(A) Kramp

(B) Kap

(C) Krana

(D) Krap

49. What process is involved when 'delicatessen' becomes 'deli'?

(A) Backformation

(B) Conversion

(C) Affixation

(D) Clipping

50. Which word is an example of compounding turned into a verb by conversion?

(A) Laser

(B) Snowball

(C) PIN number

(D) ZIP code

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51. What is the term for forming a new word by shortening 'laser'?

(A) Clipping

(B) Backformation

(C) Affixation

(D) Conversion

52. Which process contributed to the formation of the word 'yuppie' by analogy?

(A) morphological change

(B) derivation

(C) analogy

(D) entomology

53. What does the acronym 'WASP' originally stand for?

(A) world association of sports professionals

(B) white Anglo-Saxon Protestant

(C) western adopted social protocol

(D) wide array of strategic planners

54. What is the word 'yippie' an acronym for?

(A) young international pioneers

(B) youth international party

(C) youthful innovative practice exercise

(D) youthful intelligence project experiment

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55. What suffix is added to form the word 'yuppie' from 'young urban

professional'?

(A) -ish

(B) -ie

(C) -ly

(D) -s

56. What type of word is 'yappie' most likely related to?

(A) yap

(B) yearning

(C) yapping

(D) yelling

57. Which dictionary pioneer included words like advocate and presidential in his

first edition despite criticism?

(A) Francis Peters

(B) Samuel Johnson

(C) Noah Webster

(D) Henry Watson Fowler

58. What does the process of analogy involve when forming new words?

(A) changing pronunciation

(B) using affixes

(C) making new words similar to existing ones

(D) borrowing from another language

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59. How long did the word 'yippie' remain widely used after its creation?

(A) short-lived

(B) long-lasting

(C) permanent

(D) ephemeral but recurrent

60. Which term refers to the process of forming words to be similar to existing

words?

(A) analogy

(B) etymology

(C) morphology

(D) phonology

61. What suffix is present in the term 'waspish' derived from 'WASP'?

(A) -is

(B) -ish

(C) -ist

(D) -ace

62. How is the term 'WASP' viewed in contemporary usage compared to its

original meaning?

(A) it is considered old-fashioned

(B) it retains its original meaning

(C) it has changed meaning and lost capitalization

(D) it has been replaced by another term

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63. What does the process of calque involve?

(A) creating a hybrid word

(B) borrowing expressions from another language directly

(C) using metaphors

(D) formalizing a pronunciation

64. What new word, derived similarly to 'yuppie', uses the analogy with 'hippie'?

(A) yappie

(B) yippi

(C) yippee

(D) yakki

65. Which two suffixes contribute to forming words like 'katechetic' and

'architect'?

(A) -ed

(B) -ic

(C) -tect

(D) -ate

66. What does the Kamhmu word 'sal' mean?

(A) to decorate

(B) an ornament

(C) to put an ornament in the ear

(D) to adorn oneself

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67. What does 'initialism' refer to?

(A) a blend of words

(B) a borrowed term

(C) a type of acronym

(D) a noun formed from initial letters

68. Can you provide the missing forms in these examples?

(A) (kindness), (honest) jujur (honesty)

(B) (compassion), jujur (honesty)

(C) (truth), jujur (sincerity)

(D) (bravery), jujur (integrity)

69. What is the circumfix illustrated here?

(A) ke- ... -an

(B) un- ... -ity

(C) er- ... -en

(D) in- ... -ful

70. For what type of word-formation process is the circumfix being used here?

(A) compounding

(B) reduplication

(C) affixation

(D) synthesis

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71. Given the words tersedia (available), sulit (difficult), sesuai (suitable) and

seimbang (balanced), how would you translate 'availability,' 'difficulty,'

'suitability' and 'balance' in Indonesian?

(A) tersediaan, sulitan, sesuaiannya, seimbangan

(B) keavilability, kedisipaty, kearinean, keinggapan

(C) terabitasi, sulikuh, sesouable, sebargan

(D) ketersediaan, kesulitan, kesesuaian, keimbangan

72. What do you think the corresponding Indonesian words would be for 'happy,'

'just/fair,' and 'satisfied'?

(A) senang, adil, puas

(B) hila, anggar, keawisan

(C) maska, bizay, kontent

(D) gembira, konsisten, senang

73. Using the Hmong expressions, what is the English equivalent of chawkhomob

kwshlau?

(A) hospital doctor

(B) medicine store

(C) healing place

(D) big doctor

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74. Using the Hmong expressions, what is the English equivalent of darihlau

kwsntoo?

(A) wooden iron

(B) pen tool

(C) metal craft

(D) piece carpenter

75. What is the pattern for the use of hyphens in these English compounds?

(A) Generally used for clarity or in compound adjectives

(B) Always used at the beginning and end

(C) Used to connect any two words

(D) Never used

76. From the list below, identify the verbs which can potentially form an

acceptable adjective with '-able' suffix?

(A) observe, communicate, cultivate, teach

(B) break, understand, see, smile

(C) spell, decide, relate, bite

(D) praise, drive, touch, gather

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1.B a Dutch term for a type of boat

2.D nitwit

3.B Santa Claus

4.C a diminutive equivalent to Johnny

5.D electric suction sweeper

6.B Greek

7.A the regularity in word-formation processes

8.A approval as an innovative term

9.A coinage

10.D the word googol

11.B James Watt

12.B English

13.C Borrowing

14.D French

15.B Compounding

16.A German

17.A Smog

18.A Superman

19.D Gasoline and alcohol

20.D Blending

21.C Tahitian

22.B infotainment

23.A a blend of French and English

24.C information technology

25.C clipping

26.C clipping

27.B movie

28.B backformation

29.C a verb

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30.B conversion

31.B bottle

32.A a newly formed noun

33.A a new noun

34.D it becomes a verb

35.A conversion

36.C Yes

37.D It results in a double negative sense

38.D Saying each separate letter

39.C laser

40.B Situation normal, all fouled up

41.D A component of the acronym

42.C Derivation

43.C Start bits

44.A Suffixes

45.C Hallelujah with an infix

46.C Kamhmu

47.B -rn-

48.D Krap

49.B Conversion

50.B Snowball

51.A Clipping

52.C analogy

53.B white Anglo-Saxon Protestant

54.B youth international party

55.D -s

56.A yap

57.C Noah Webster

58.C making new words similar to existing ones

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59.A short-lived

60.A analogy

61.A -is

62.B it retains its original meaning

63.B borrowing expressions from another language directly

64.C yippee

65.B -ic

66.C to put an ornament in the ear

67.D a noun formed from initial letters

68.A (kindness), (honest) jujur (honesty)

69.A ke- ... -an

70.C affixation

71.D ketersediaan, kesulitan, kesesuaian, keimbangan

72.A senang, adil, puas

73.A hospital doctor

74.B pen tool

75.A Generally used for clarity or in compound adjectives

76.B break, understand, see, smile

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