Chapter 3 Word Formation
I. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.
B 1.The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is called ________.
A. phrase B. morpheme C. morphs D. root
D 2.Some morphemes are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word, which are known as _______.
A. morphs B. monomorphemic words C. phonemes D. allomorphsminimal
A 3.Morphemes can be classified into ________ and _________.
A. free morphemes, bound morphemes B. free morphemes, affix
C. affix, bound morphemes D. bound root, affix
A 4. Free morphemes and free roots are _______.
A. identical C. the former includes the latter
B. different D. the latter includes the former
A 5. “Bird”, “earth”, “nation” belong to __________.
A. free roots B. bound morphemes C. derivational affixes D. bound root
A 6.Morphemes which cannot occur as separate words are known as _________
A. bound morphemes B. free morphemes C. allomorphs D. morphemes
D 7. The bound morphemes include two types: ________ and _________.
A. prefix, suffix B. free root, bound root C. affix, suffix D. bound root, affix
D 8. “Nature” in the word “denaturalization” is not ________.
A. free root B. free morphemes C. stem D. bound root
B 9.In the word “contradiction”, the morpheme “-dict” is _________.
A. free root B. bound root C. free morphemes D. affix
C 10.We can put affixes into two groups: ________ and ________ affixes.
A. bound, free B. root, stem C. inflectional, derivational D. blending, clipping
D 11. “Ex-” in the word “ex-prisoner” is _________.
A. free root B. bound root C. inflectional affix D. derivational affix
D 12.Which of the following is right?
A. Root and stem are identical. B. Root includes stem.
C. Root and stem are completely different. D. Stem includes root.
C 13. In the word “likes” and “works”, the morpheme “-s” is
A. free root B. bound root C. inflectional affix D. derivational affix
A 14. The word “subsea” includes_______ “-sub” and _______ “sea”.
A. prefix, free root B. suffix, free root C. prefix, bound root D. suffix, bound root
A 15. The most productive word formation is _______.
A. affixation B. compounding C. conversion D. acronymy
A 16. The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on _______.
A. word-formation B. prefixation C. suffixation D. compounding
B 17. _____ is the formation of words by adding word-forming or derivational affixes to stems.
A. prefixation B. Derivation C. Suffixation D. Compounding
D18. According to the positions which affixes occupy in words, affixation falls into two subclasses: ________ and _________.
A. clipping, blending B. compounding, conversion
C. conversion, derivation D. prefixation, suffixation
D19. the prefix “pseudo” is _______.
A. a negative prefix B. a reversative prefix
C. a locative prefix D. an a pejorative prefix
C20. The “de-” in decompose is _______.
A. a negative prefix B. a pejorative prefix
C. a reversative prefix D. an orientation prefix
A21. The chief function of prefixation is to ________
A. change meanings of the stem.
B. change the word-class of the stem.
C. change grammatical function
D. all the above
D22. The “auto” in “autobiography” is ______.
A. a negative prefix B. a locative prefix
C. a reversative prefix D. a miscellaneous prefix
B23. The chief function of suffixation is to ______.
A.change meanings of the stem
B.change the word class of the stem
C.change the lexical meaning
D.all the above
C 24. The word “courageous” is created by _______.
A. noun suffixes B. adverb suffixes C. adjective suffixes D. verb suffixes
D 25. The meanings of “comic” and “comical” are ______.
A. same B. identical C. similar D. different
D 26. For the word “political”, its negative form is “_______”.
A. apolitical B. ilpolitical C. inpolitical D. impolitical
D 27. The differences between compounds and free phrases show in _____ aspects.
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