This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Morphology – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Morphology Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for a morpheme that changes the tense of a verb? A) Inflectional morpheme. B) Derivational morpheme. C) Root morpheme. D) Free morpheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inflectional morpheme. 2. Can stand on their own as independent words A) Allomorphs. B) Free Morphemes. C) Bound Morphemes. D) Inflectional Morphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Morphemes. 3. Type of inflection indicates present participle / progressive is ..... A) She never tidies her bedroom. B) It is Lala's boardgame. C) My grandpa sharpened the knives. D) I am shouting angrily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I am shouting angrily. 4. A derivational morpheme ..... A) Does not change the part of speech or the basic meaning of a word. B) Makes an old word from new ones. C) Makes a new word from old ones. D) Does not occur "inside" any inflectional affixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes a new word from old ones. 5. Which of the following would be considered a class changing derivational morpheme? A) Un-in unhappy. B) Un-in undo. C) -est in oldest. D) -ify in solidify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ify in solidify. 6. What does the prefix tele-mean? A) Far. B) Breathe. C) Land; earth. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Far. 7. The suffix 'able' means: A) Doing. B) Can't. C) Study of. D) Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possible. 8. Placenta and pericarp both are edible in A) Banana. B) Apple. C) Tomato. D) Potato. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tomato. 9. The committee chair sat in the center chair. A) Clipped form. B) Blend. C) Acronym. D) Category extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Category extension. 10. What does the prefix "geo" mean? A) Around. B) Sun. C) Sky. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth. 11. What is the primary function of lead in electrocardiography (ECG)? A) To monitor brain waves. B) To assess lung function. C) To measure blood pressure. D) To record electrical activity of the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To record electrical activity of the heart. 12. Which word means "round objects" ? A) Movement. B) Spheres. C) Devastating. D) Brittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spheres. 13. What is common between the thorn of Bougainvillea and tendril of cucurbits (cucumber, pumpkin)? Select the most appropriate answer. A) They have nothing in common. B) Both grow on stems. C) Both are modified axillary buds. D) Both are modified leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both are modified axillary buds. 14. The apex of root is protected by the A) Meristematic cells. B) Root cap. C) Root hair. D) Cells present in the region of maturation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root cap. 15. In the sentence 'They have been working hard', the auxiliary verbs are: A) They have. B) Been working. C) Have been. D) Working hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been. 16. In the word 'cats', what is the function of the morpheme '-s'? A) To indicate tense. B) To form a new word. C) To show plurality. D) To change the meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show plurality. 17. Which of these words contains an allomorph of the morpheme "past tense" ? A) Have. B) Waits. C) Sitting. D) Are. E) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waits. 18. Are all Inflectional Affixes suffixes? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. What type of morpheme is the suffix 'less' in the word 'thoughtless'? A) An inflectional morpheme. B) A derivational morpheme. C) A lexical morpheme. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A derivational morpheme. 20. Using context clues, determine which word with a suffix best completes the sentence:The school's Fall ..... has a collection of folk songs about Halloween and Thanksgiving. A) Talented. B) Annual. C) Seasonal. D) Musical. E) Showy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seasonal. 21. Which of the following is an example of a bound morpheme? A) Dog. B) Un-. C) Run. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un-. 22. Which suffix indicates a process or action? A) -ness. B) -ment. C) -less. D) -ful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ment. 23. Sweet potato is homologous to: A) Turnip. B) Ginger. C) Potato. D) Colocasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turnip. 24. What feature(s) does a compound have? A) Phonological feature. B) Syntactic feature. C) Semantic feature. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 25. What does contamination mean? A) Slow. B) Pollution. C) Cleanliness. D) Able to contain items. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution. 26. Is Hunt free or bound? A) Free. B) Bound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free. 27. What does "form" mean? A) To Shape or Mold. B) To Bend. C) To Build. D) To Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To Shape or Mold. 28. Full of leaves; something that has a lot of leaves A) Leafy. B) Dirty. C) Smoky. D) Tasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leafy. 29. The stem develops from A) Epicotyl. B) Plumule. C) Radicle. D) Hypocotyl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plumule. 30. What does the morpheme 'tele-' mean? A) Close or near. B) Distant or far. C) Quick or fast. D) Small or tiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distant or far. ← 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