This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Morphology – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Morphology Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does morphology study in linguistics? A) The pronunciation of words. B) The internal structure of words and their formation. C) The historical development of languages. D) The meaning of sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The internal structure of words and their formation. 2. Consider the word antidisestablishmentarianism. How many morphemes does it have? A) 11. B) 6. C) 9. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 3. A person's medical history is ..... , which is one reason why it is kept confidential. A) National. B) International. C) Personal. D) Interpersonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal. 4. ..... is the morpheme that can be uttered alone with meaning A) Bound morpheme. B) Free morpheme. C) Bound base. D) Free base. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free morpheme. 5. Identify the word-formation process:'brunch' from 'breakfast' and 'lunch'. A) Blending. B) Acronym. C) Compounding. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blending. 6. Is this statement true?Free morphemes belong in the open class and all bound morphemes belong in the closed class A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which words are acronyms? A) NASA, G.P.A. B) P.C., C.E.O. C) Scuba, laser. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scuba, laser. 8. How many spiklets does a rice plant usually have on one tiller? A) 50. B) 100. C) 100-200. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100-200. 9. Type of inflection indicates plural 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: C) My grandpa sharpened the knives. 10. What does the root "pro" mean? A) Relating to. B) Before, forward. C) Act, practice, result of. D) One who. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before, forward. 11. One of the following statement is not applicable to Solanaceae- A) Adnation (epipetalous). B) Swollen axile placenta. C) Bicarpellary superior ovary. D) Monocarpellary superior ovary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monocarpellary superior ovary. 12. What does the word profession mean? A) Important topic. B) Words joined togeether using a hyphen. C) The quality of sound, usually in music. D) A job that needs a high level of training and education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A job that needs a high level of training and education. 13. The original word of "sport" is: A) Sportif. B) Sportive. C) Disport. D) Import. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disport. 14. What do the suffix ER, OR? A) Out of, from. B) An action; condition; causing a specific action. C) Changes a verb to noun (person). D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes a verb to noun (person). 15. The morpheme-er in the word 'teacher' is: A) A derivational morpheme. B) An inflectional morpheme. C) A prefix. D) A free morpheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A derivational morpheme. 16. Something that is wonderful is A) In a way that is wonder. B) To wonder again. C) To wonder wrongly. D) Full of wonder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full of wonder. 17. To act directly against; to prevent from affecting A) React. B) Interact. C) Counteract. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counteract. 18. Thermometer comes from the Greek therm meaning "heat" and meter meaning "measure." What does thermometer mean? A) A device used for measuring temperature. B) A device used to monitor progress. C) A device used to heat up the body. D) A device used to measure height. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A device used for measuring temperature. 19. COINING IS UNDER WHAT BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS? A) MORPHOLOGY. B) PHONOLOGY. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MORPHOLOGY. 20. ..... morphemes that stand by themselves as single words A) Free morphemes. B) Bound morphemes. C) Derivational bound morphemes. D) Graphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free morphemes. 21. What is the root of "unbearable" ? A) Bearable. B) Bear. C) Unbear. D) Able. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bear. 22. What is the primary focus of comparative morphology? A) Analyzing the genetic sequences of different species. B) Comparing the physical structures of different organisms. C) Studying the behavior of animals in their natural habitat. D) Examining the chemical processes within cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparing the physical structures of different organisms. 23. What does the morpheme '-less' mean? A) Without. B) With. C) Full of. D) Having a lot of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without. 24. Which suffix means a way of doing something? A) -ible. B) -ed. C) -y. D) -ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ly. 25. The negative [-in] morpheme has four allomorphs:/in-/, /im-/, /il-/, /ir-/ A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesMorphology Quiz 1Morphology Quiz 2Morphology Quiz 3Morphology Quiz 4Morphology Quiz 5Morphology Quiz 6Morphology Quiz 7Morphology Quiz 8Morphology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books