This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Morphology – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Morphology Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of a derivational morpheme? A) -s in cats. B) -ing in running. C) Un-in unhappy. D) -ed in walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Un-in unhappy. 2. What does the morpheme 'port' mean? A) To support. B) To transport. C) To report. D) To carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To carry. 3. Dr. Thomas is analyzing the similarities between the wing of a bird and the arm of a monkey. He is using A) Comparative morphology. B) Vestigial features. C) Comparative embryology. D) The fossil record. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparative morphology. 4. All are examples of clipping except ..... A) Memo. B) Lab. C) Flu. D) Soy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soy. 5. Leaf bases expand into a sheath in A) Prickly poppy. B) Legumes. C) Grasses. D) Mimosa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grasses. 6. The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to: A) Endosperm. B) Endocarp. C) Mesocarp. D) Embryo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endosperm. 7. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basal and underground portion of the main stem. 8. Negative prefixes: A) Dis-, im-, in-, ir-.,. B) Is-, less-, ing. C) Ly-, ed-, un-. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dis-, im-, in-, ir-.,. 9. A process that results from a sound becoming more like another nearby sound in terms of one or more of its phonetic characteristics. A) Deletion. B) Epenthesis. C) Assimilation. D) Dissimilation. E) Metathesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 10. What does the prefix super-mean? A) Sympathy. B) Superior. C) Technique. D) Over; greater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over; greater. 11. What does the prefix ortho-mean? A) Straight. B) Study of. C) Disease; feeling. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Straight. 12. Can we add a prefix to derived adjectives that have been formed by morphological rules? A) Yes, we can. B) No, we cannot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, we can. 13. Which prefix means again or repeat; back or backwards? A) Mis-. B) Re-. C) Trans-. D) Pre-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-. 14. Which of the following words does not use the suffix "-less" meaning without? A) Hopeless. B) Spotless. C) Bless. D) Thoughtless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bless. 15. What do you call a person with very large ears? A) Macrodont. B) Macrocosmic. C) Macrotous. D) Macrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macrotous. 16. Prefixes and suffixes are added to words to change their meaning A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Which word means "causing a lot of damage or harm" ? A) Brittle. B) Severe. C) Devastating. D) Spheres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Devastating. 18. Changing the syntactic category of the item to which it is attached A) Derivation. B) Root creation. C) Category extension. D) Clipped form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derivation. 19. In derivation, the affix can be only be a suffix A) True. B) False. C) None of the above. D) It depends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Which prefix means "Speak or Tell" ? A) Dict-. B) -ology. C) Un-. D) Re-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dict-. 21. Choose the bound morpheme: A) Tiger. B) At. C) And. D) Im-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Im-. 22. What is the root for the word 'vivisection'? A) Viv. B) Section. C) Sect. D) Ion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sect. 23. What does morphology do? A) It isn't in the text. B) It takes care of phonemes. C) Research about syntax. D) It takes care of morphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It takes care of morphemes. 24. What does the prefix sub-mean? A) Far. B) Under. C) Land; earth. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 25. What is the meaning of homographs? A) Same sound, same spelling but different meanings. B) Different sound but same spelling. C) Different spelling, different meaning but same sound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different sound but same spelling. 26. The root word PORT means A) To study. B) To write. C) To carry. D) To hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To carry. 27. The morphology of English unlike that of other languages is: A) Simple. B) Difficult. C) The most complicated. D) No one would understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 28. What is the meaning of the root word:struct A) To build. B) To bend/bent. C) Look at or observe. D) To break. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To bend/bent. 29. Find the verb in this sentence:Ms. D and Ms. Kat worked so hard on your test-review. A) Ms. D/ Ms. Kat. B) Worked. C) So hard. D) Your. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 30. What does the prefix DE mean? A) Before. B) To break or burst. C) Not, opposite of. D) Down, off, away, completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down, off, away, completely. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesMorphology Quiz 1Morphology Quiz 2Morphology Quiz 3Morphology Quiz 4Morphology Quiz 5Morphology Quiz 6Morphology Quiz 7Morphology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books