This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Morphology – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Morphology Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A ..... is the part of the word that contains the basic meaning of the whole word and can stand alone. A) Base word. B) Root word. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Base word. 2. In lead morphology, what does the term 'phase transition' refer to? A) Change in crystal structure. B) Change in electrical properties. C) Change in chemical composition. D) Change in physical state. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change in crystal structure. 3. How many morphemes are there in the word uneventfulness? A) 3. B) 6. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 4. "Inflectional suffixes are part of the syntax of the English language" . Is this statement True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What is the primary focus of morphology in linguistics? A) The study of sentence structure. B) The study of word formation and structure. C) The study of sound patterns. D) The study of language history. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of word formation and structure. 6. Teacher, speaker, conductor all have a A) Morpheme. B) Root. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suffix. 7. "A triangle has four sides" is an example of a ..... sentence. A) Contradictory. B) Synthetic. C) Analytic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contradictory. 8. Belladona is the drug alkaloid extracted from the leaves of- A) Solanum tuberosum. B) Datura stramonium. C) Rauwolfia serpentina. D) Atropa belladona, Solanaceae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atropa belladona, Solanaceae. 9. Axile placentation is present in A) Argemon. B) Pea. C) Dianthus. D) Lemon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lemon. 10. What is Derivational morpheme? A) Words that have morphemes that change depending on the grammar and meaning of a sentence, including nouns. B) Never change the part of speech of the word. C) Often change the part of speech of the word. D) No correct answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Often change the part of speech of the word. 11. What does the prefix syn-/sym-mean? A) With; together. B) Craft; skill. C) Land; earth. D) God; deity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With; together. 12. Also known as null morphemes, are a type of morpheme that has no visible changes, usually, but changes meaning in some way. That statement is principe ..... A) Principe 5. B) Principe 4. C) Principe 1. D) Principe 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Principe 4. 13. Which suffix means indicating a state or condition? A) -ness. B) -ly. C) -ment. D) -ible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ness. 14. Why can we intuitively infer that words like dish and dishwasher are related? A) Because, are links of fraternal unity. B) Because, although dishwashers are watertight, they don't actually fill with water . C) Because, are compounds and most roots are bound. D) Because, where it is forced out and sprayed against the dirty dishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because, are compounds and most roots are bound. 15. Which is the BOUND morpheme(s) of the word 'reuse'. A) Re-. B) Use. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re-. 16. Which suffixes denote 'an action or the result of'? A) -ment and-tion/-sion. B) -ic and-ive. C) -ness and-ous. D) -ent and-ant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ment and-tion/-sion. 17. Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?The ..... radio requires batteries to work. A) Boom box. B) Import. C) Portable. D) Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portable. 18. What does the suffix-logy mean? A) Science. B) The study of OR science of. C) Lazy. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of OR science of. 19. In the word "creators" (create+-or +-s), the final morpheme is: A) An inflectional morpheme. B) A derivational morpheme. C) A lexical morpheme. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An inflectional morpheme. 20. How many morphemes are there in inspector? A) 4. B) 1. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 21. From the sentence below, choose the type of inflection.We have just swum. A) Past Tense. B) Past Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Participle. 22. Affixes that serve to create new lexemes are called derivational. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. The suffix-able means A) Full of. B) Able to. C) Do over. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able to. 24. The process which joins two separate words to produce a single word is called ..... A) Acronym. B) Blending. C) Compounding. D) Borrowing. E) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compounding. 25. What is the difference between free and bound morpheme? A) There is not difference between them. B) A free morpheme cannot stand alone as single words and bound morpheme doesn't need to be attached to another word. C) A free morpheme can stand alone as single words and bound morpheme needs to be attached to another word. D) Teacher knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A free morpheme can stand alone as single words and bound morpheme needs to be attached to another word. 26. What does the root spir mean'? A) Under. B) See. C) Superior. D) Breathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breathe. 27. What is the type of morpheme for the superlative form, -est in prettiest? A) Derivational. B) Inflectional. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inflectional. 28. Which of the following is a function morpheme? A) Cat. B) And. C) Run. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And. 29. Identify the word-formation process:Kodak A) Root creation. B) Acronym. C) Blend. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Root creation. 30. The hanging structures that support a banyan tree are its ..... A) Pneumatophores. B) Prop roots. C) Stilt roots. D) Tap roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prop roots. 31. Macbeth is Shakespeare's most violent play, so it is not an ideal family entertainment. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 32. Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs and verbs are lexical morphemes. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 33. Study of the size, shape, and structure of organisms A) Morphology. B) Molecular evidence. C) Speciation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Morphology. 34. The term 'polyadelphous' is related to A) Gynocieum. B) Androcieum. C) Calyx. D) COROLLA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Androcieum. 35. What does the suffix '-ness' mean? A) One who performs an action. B) Again. C) State or Quality. D) Study of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State or Quality. 36. In the phrase 'the tallest building', what is the function of 'tallest'? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 37. In the sentence 'She is reading a book', the verb phrase is: A) Reading a book. B) A book. C) Is reading. D) She is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading a book. 38. What is the predicate in the following sentence? The clumsy horse trotted slowly down the track. A) Down the track. B) The clumsy horse. C) Trotted slowly down the track. D) Clumsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trotted slowly down the track. 39. Suffixes often change the word-class, whereas prefixes do so in few cases only. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. What is a coastline called where rock types run perpendicular to the coastline? A) Haff. B) Concordant. C) Discordant. D) High energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discordant. 41. Unable to be heard A) Inaudible. B) Audible. C) Inaction. D) Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inaudible. 42. Using what you know about the prefix fore-, what do you think foreshadow means?Sometimes an author will foreshadow events in a story that have not happened yet in his or her writing. A) To tell after. B) To not tell. C) To tell before. D) To tell again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tell before. 43. Which suffixes refer to adjectives (words that describe nouns)? A) -ful and-ous. B) -ment and-ness. C) -ent and-ant. D) -ly and-en. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ful and-ous. 44. What is the meaning of the suffix:-y A) Quality of. B) Condition of. C) Pertaining to, to, towards. D) That which does something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condition of. 45. What is the base morpheme in the word 'replaying'? A) Re-. B) Playing. C) Replay. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Play. 46. Morphology and syntax focus on ..... A) Sounds. B) Structures. C) Meanings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structures. 47. At Jamba Juice they blend fruits and juices together.What root means to blend or join? A) Fuse. B) Port. C) Ject. D) Trans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fuse. 48. Which of the following best describes the term 'lead morphology' in the context of ECG? A) The shape and size of the ECG leads. B) The arrangement of leads on the patient's body. C) The pattern of electrical activity recorded by the leads. D) The material composition of the leads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pattern of electrical activity recorded by the leads. 49. The technical term used for the androecium in a flower of China rose A) Monoadelphos. B) Diadelphous. C) Polyandrous. D) Polyadelphous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monoadelphos. 50. Refers to words, typically nouns and verbs, which do not follow typical patterns grammatically. For example, the plural of mouse is mice making mouse an ..... noun. A) Irregular. B) Person. C) Prefix. D) Regular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular. 51. What is the root from "unbelieveable" ? A) Believe. B) Unbelieveable. C) Unbelieive. D) Believeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Believe. 52. Choose the correct morpheme(s) of the word 'repair'. A) Free. B) Bound. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free. 53. What does audible mean? A) Dangerous. B) Hard to hear. C) Easily heard. D) Able to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Easily heard. 54. Which of the following is an example of a derivational morpheme? A) -ed in walked. B) -s in cats. C) Un-in unhappy. D) -ing in running. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Un-in unhappy. 55. What does the morpheme 'port' mean? A) To carry. B) To transport. C) To report. D) To support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry. 56. Dr. Thomas is analyzing the similarities between the wing of a bird and the arm of a monkey. He is using A) Vestigial features. B) Comparative morphology. C) The fossil record. D) Comparative embryology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparative morphology. 57. All are examples of clipping except ..... A) Flu. B) Lab. C) Soy. D) Memo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soy. 58. Leaf bases expand into a sheath in A) Prickly poppy. B) Legumes. C) Grasses. D) Mimosa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grasses. 59. The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to: A) Mesocarp. B) Endocarp. C) Embryo. D) Endosperm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endosperm. 60. In Chrysanthemum, the lateral branches originate from the A) Basal and aerial portion of the main stem. B) Apical and underground portion of the main stem. C) Basal and underground portion of the main stem. D) Apical and aerial portion of the main stem. 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