This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Morphology – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Morphology Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of Figurative Language is '' Anthony has butterflies in his belly" ? A) Idiom. B) Personifaction. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 2. After scoring the winning goal, Elvis jumped up and down ran around in circles and did two backflips. What change needs to be made to this sentence? A) Add commas after up and down. B) Add commas after down and circles. C) Add commas after circles. D) No change needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add commas after down and circles. 3. A true fruit is formed from A) Ovary. B) Ovary and thalamus. C) Ovary and calyx. D) Ovary and receptacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ovary. 4. What is the meaning of the suffix-ly? A) Without. B) Before. C) Present tense. D) In a way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a way. 5. Fossils that show links in traits between groups of organisms used to document intermediate stages in evolution A) Transitional fossils. B) Vestigial structures. C) Population. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitional fossils. 6. It is a brand new word based on no pre-existing morphemes A) Clipped form. B) Derivation. C) Category extension. D) Root creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Root creation. 7. A word part that contains the central meaning of the word is a A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Verb. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Root. 8. Which is an example of zygomorphoc flower with imbricate aestivation A) Cassia. B) Calotropis. C) Cucumber. D) Canna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cassia. 9. Free morpheme example is: A) Ship. B) Ment. C) Less. D) Beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beauty. 10. What is the correct order for the littoral, going from land? A) Backshore, Nearshore, Foreshore, Offshore. B) Nearshore, Foresore, Backshore, Offshore. C) Backshore, Foreshore, Nearshore, Offshore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backshore, Foreshore, Nearshore, Offshore. 11. The theory or practice of navigating. A) Circumnavigate. B) Navy. C) Naval. D) Navigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Navigation. 12. Directions:Choose the correct meaning of the Latin or Greek base.rupt: A) To believe. B) To build. C) To break or burst. D) To carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To break or burst. 13. Drupe fruit have A) Fleshy apicarp. B) Stony endocarp. C) Fleshy endocarp. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stony endocarp. 14. The students will be working on a fun activity. Find the suffix in the word "Activity" A) Act. B) Ivity. C) Ity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ity. 15. What is morphology? A) The study of the structure and form of words in language. B) A study of parts of speech commonly used in writing. C) The topic of study of a morphologist. D) The study of something that shifts from one topic to the next. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of the structure and form of words in language. 16. Which of the following is an example of a free morpheme? A) Book. B) -s. C) Un-. D) -ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Book. 17. Archaeologists were able to ..... King Pakal's death mask from the rubble in his tomb. A) Tractor. B) Subtract. C) Attract. D) Extract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extract. 18. What does the root 'bio' mean? A) Life. B) Death. C) Earth. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 19. Small circular pieces of DNA that can be shared between bacteria. A) Ribosome. B) Cytoplasm. C) Chromosome. D) Plasmid DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plasmid DNA. 20. According to their meaning, morphemes consist of: A) Bases & affixes. B) Free & bound morphemes. C) Derivational & inflectional. D) Root & stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bases & affixes. 21. Identify the word-formation process:enjoy (v) + able (suffix) = enjoyable (adj) A) Derivation. B) Blend. C) Acronym. D) Root creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derivation. 22. Plumule is covered by- A) Coleoptile. B) Coleorrhiza. C) Hypocotyl. D) Root cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coleoptile. 23. Which of the following combinations is false? A) Arrangement of ovules within ovary-ovulation. B) Placenta-arrangement of ovules within ovary. C) Syncarpous-Carpels fused-Mustard, tomato. D) Apocarpous-Carpels free-Lotus, Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrangement of ovules within ovary-ovulation. 24. Which of the following is incorrrect for forewings ofcockroach? A) Also called mesothoracic wings or tegmina. B) Opaque, dark and leathery. C) Used in flight. D) Cover the hind wings when at rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used in flight. 25. Inflectional morphemes are often used to make words of different grammatical category from the stem. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 26. The syntactic categories are ..... A) Morpheme, phoneme and lexeme. B) Subject, verb and object. C) Syntax, grammar and relationship. D) Phonetic, phonology and syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject, verb and object. 27. Zero morphs are forms that ..... A) Do not exist. B) Have a regular shape. C) Not marked overtly. D) Are marked overtly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not marked overtly. 28. The grocery store is at the ..... between Grove Avenue and Maple Street. A) Interception. B) Section. C) Action. D) Intersection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intersection. 29. "Prof" is the clipped word of ..... A) Profess. B) Professionalism. C) Professor. D) Professional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Professor. 30. A morpheme, or root, is ..... A) A part of speech. B) A meaningful part of a word. C) An affix that is attached to a word. D) A word ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A meaningful part of a word. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesMorphology Quiz 1Morphology Quiz 2Morphology Quiz 3Morphology Quiz 4Morphology Quiz 5Morphology Quiz 6Morphology Quiz 8Morphology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books