MORPHOLOGY

1. A morpheme that must attach to another morpheme is called ____.

A. free
B. bound
C. inflectional
2. The plural allomorph in "sheep" (singular and plural) is an example of ____.
A. regular suffix
B. zero allomorph
C. irregular prefix
3. The prefix "hyper-" in "hyperactive"( hiếu động) means ____.
A. under
B. excessive ( quá mức)
C. beside
4. Which is a derivational suffix? (ness/ ment/ er/ able)
A. -s
B. -ment
C. -ing
5. The morpheme "-ceive" in "perceive" cannot stand alone and is a ____.
A. free base
B. bound root
C. inflectional suffix
6. The word "untouchable" contains ____ morphemes.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
7. The process of adding "-ed" to "walk" to form "walked" is ____.
A. inflection (s/es/ed//ing/ en/er/est)
B. derivation
C. compounding
8. The term for "run" in "runner" is a ____.
A. free base
B. bound affix
C. cranberry morpheme
9. The suffix "-less" in "fearless" is ____.
A. inflectional
B. derivational
C. functional
10. The plural of "index" (as in books) is ____.
A. indexs
B. indices
C. indices
11. A(n) ____is a different form of a(n) ____.
A. allomorph / morpheme
B. morpheme / allomorph
C. affix / morpheme
12. The concept of morphemes and allomorphs is one of the most basic in ____ linguistics.
A. comparative
B. Descriptive ( miêu tả)
C. Contrastive ( đối chiếu)

13. The concept of morphemes and allomorphs are considered as a tool and as an insight into the ____ of lang

A. definition

B. operation

C. explanation

14. The stem of an inflectional paradigm is the part of a word that remains after the ____ of all inflectional su

A. removal

B. revolutionary

C. proposal

15. An inflectional ____ is a set of related words composed of the same stem and all the inflectional suffixes th

A. example

B. modal

C. paradigm

16. Immediate constituents are any of the two meaningful parts forming a larger ____ unit.

A. grammatical

B. functional

C. linguistic
17. If a word ends in a (n)____ suffix, the first cut is between this suffix and the rest of the word.

A. derivational

B. inflectional

C. lexical

18. Any matches between morphemes and syllables are ____.

A. forced

B. intended

C. fortuitous ( ngẫu nhiên)

19. A base is the morpheme in a word that has the ____ meaning.

A. independent

B. principal

C. stable

20. ____is the formation of new words by adding affixes to other words or morphemes.

A. Derivation

B. Inflection

C. Classification

21. A ____ morpheme is one that can be uttered alone with meaning.

A. free

B. bound

C. complex
22. A morpheme recurs in different verbal environments with a relatively ____ meaning.

A. stable

B. diverted

C. flexible

23. We can recognize a morpheme by either its ____ or its grammatical meaning.

A. lexical

B. grammatical

C. pragmatic

24. Derivational affixes serve to supply the base with components of lexical and lexico-grammatical meanings,

A. different

B. similar

C. applied

25. Inflectional suffixes serve to convey ____ meaning. They build different forms of one and the same word.

A. functional

B. grammatical

C. lexical

26. A derivational paradigm is a set of related words ____ of the same base morpheme and all the derivationa

A. obtained

B. composed

C. divided

27. Class-maintaining derivational affixes do not change the word class of the word to which they are ____.
A. attached

B. allocated

C. uttered

28. A ____ can never occur on its own but can only be joined to other bound morphemes.

A. root

B. free base

C. bound base

29. Inflectional affixes are representatives of grammatical ____.

A. phenomena

B. derivations

C. categories

30. Derivational affixes create new words out of ____ words or morphemes by their addition.

A. forming

B. existing

C. creating

31. Class-changing ____ affixes change the word class of the word to which they are attached.

A. lexical

B. inflectional

C. derivational

32. ____ is the process of adding an affix to a word or changing it in some other way according to the rules of
A. Creation

B. Derivation

C. Inflection

33. A morpheme is a ____ of sounds or letters that can stand alone or be combined with other morphemes to f

A. collection

B. selection

C. combination

34. Immediate Constituent Analysis breaks down words/sentences into ____.

A. phonemes
B. meaningful subparts
C. syllables
35. The first cut for the word "unhappiness" divides it into ____.
A. "unhappy" + "-ness"
B. "un-" + "happiness"
C. "unhappi-" + "-ness"
36. When analyzing "disapprove," the immediate constituents are ____.
A. "dis-" + "approve"
B. "disap-" + "prove"
C. "dis-" + "approve"
37. The ultimate constituents of "nationalization" are ____.
A. "nation" + "-al" + "-ize" + "-ation"
B. "nation" + "-al" + "-ize" + "-ation"
C. "nation" + "alize" + "ation"
38. Which principle guides Immediate Constituent Analysis?
A. Each division should produce meaningful units.
B. Focus on syllable boundaries.
C. Prioritize phonological rules.
39. The word "replay" is first divided into ____.
A. "rep-" + "lay"
B. "re-" + "play"
C. "repl-" + "ay"
40. The immediate constituents of "blackbird" are ____.
A. "bla-" + "ckbird"
B. "black" + "bird"
C. "bl-" + "ackbird"
41. For "disloyalty," the correct IC division is ____.
A. "disloy-" + "-alty"
B. "dis-" + "loyalty"
C. "disloyal" + "-ty"
42. A free form is a unit that can ____.
A. only attach to bound morphemes
B. stand alone with meaning
C. never be an IC
43. The first cut in "unlockable" prioritizes ____.
A. splitting the root
B. separating the affix
C. dividing syllables
44. The word "friendship" is divided into ____.
A. "friend" + "-ship"
B. "friend" + "-ship"
C. "frien-" + "-dship"
45. The ultimate constituent of "happily" is ____.
A. "-ly"
B. "happy"
C. "happy" + "-ly"
46. Which word has three immediate constituents?
A. "runners"
B. "disrespectful"
C. "cats"
47. The ICs of "misinterpretation" are ____.
A. "mis-" + "interpretation"
B. "misinter-" + "pretation"
C. "mi-" + "sinterpretation"
48. In IC analysis, the term "cut" refers to ____.
A. syllable division
B. dividing a unit into two parts
C. removing affixes
49. The word "antidisestablishmentarianism" has ____ immediate constituents.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
50. Which is NOT a criterion for IC division?
A. Matching syllable count
B. Producing free forms
C. Preserving meaning
51. The immediate constituents of "teacher" are ____.
A. "teach" + "-er"
B. "tea-" + "cher"
C. "t-" + "eacher"
52. The first division of "repainted" is ____.
A. "re-" + "painted"
B. "re-" + "painted"
C. "repain-" + "ted"
53. Which statement is true about IC analysis?
A. It reveals hierarchical structure.
B. It ignores morpheme boundaries.
C. It prioritizes sound over meaning.
54. What does morpheme “bio” in “biology” mean?
A. death
B. life
C. birth
55. Bound morphemes can change the meaning of a word or indicate grammatical ____ like tense, number, an
A. phenomenon
B. variation
C. information
56. ____ morphemes modify the grammatical function of a word.
A. Inflectional
B. Derivational
C. A&B
57. ____ morphemes modify the meaning of a word and can create new words.
A. Derivational
B. Inflectional
C.A&B
58. Added to a verb base, the prefix ‘un-’ means ‘____’.
A. reverse
B. never
C. desire
59. Created by the application of ____, new words may enter the dictionary.
A. pragmatic rules
B. morphological rules
C. phonological rules
60. The derivational class-changing adjective-forming suffix {-able} has ____ allomorphs.
A. four
B. three
C. two
61. Inflection is ‘the process of adding an affix to a word or ____ it in some other way according to the rules of th
A. maintaining
B. changing
C. omitting
62. Almost all English nouns have two forms: the plain form and the ____ form.
A. unmarked
B. inflected
C. derivated
63. A set of relative forms of a noun is a _____ -form inflectional noun paradigm.
A. two
B. three
C. four
64. The inflected form is formed by adding inflectional suffixes to the ____ form.
A. plain
B. marketed
C. plural
65. The paradigm of an irregular verb has ____ inflected forms.
A. two
B. three
C. four
66. There is a ____ -form inflectional paradigm for adjectives of one or two syllables and for monosyllabic adverb
A. two
B. three
C. four
67. Derivational affixes serve to supply the base with components of lexical and ____ meanings, thus form differe
A. lexico-grammar
B. grammatical- lexical
C. lexico-grammatical
68. Adding derivational affixes to English base morphemes, we have various derivational ____.
A. patterns
B. paradigms
C. samples
69. The ultimate constituent element which remains after the removal of all functional and derivational affixes a
A. affix
B. root
C. base
70. A set of related words composed of the same base morpheme and all the derivational affixes that can go with t
A. inflected form
B. inflectional paradigm
C. a derivational paradigm
42. Functional ____ serve to convey grammatical meaning. They build different forms of one and the same word.
A. infixes
B. suffixes
C. prefixes
43. ____ are considered as solid blocks. They cannot be divided by the insertion of any other elements.
A. Grammatical structures
B. Lexical structures
C. Compound words
44. ____ can be divided by the insertion of any other elements.
A. Grammatical structures
B. Lexical structures
C. Compound words
45. The arrangement of the elements in a compound may be ____ that of a grammatical structure in order.
A. similar to
B. different from
C. diverted to
46. Knowing the meaning of each element of a compound word does not make it possible to ____ the meaning of
A. figure out
B. induct
C. translate
47. ____ compounds are the ones in which the second element is the proper repetition of the first element with int
A. Reduplicative
B. Ablaut
C. Rhyme
48. ____ compounds are twin forms consisting of one basic morpheme (usually the second), sometimes a pseudo-m
A. Rhyme
B. Reduplicative
C. Ablaut
49. ____ compounds are twin forms consisting of two elements (most often two pseudo-morphemes), which are co
A. Rhyme
B. Reduplicative
C. Ablaut
50. ____ is a word that expresses the behavior of appearing very virtuous and respected.
A. Pretty-pretty
B. Shilly-shally
C. Goody-goody
51. The plural of "datum" is ____.
A. datums
B. data
C. beide
52. The bound base "psycho-" in "psychology" means ____.
A. mind
B. body
C. soul
53. The process of forming "burgle" from "burglar" is ____.
A. back-formation
B. conversion
C. reduplication
54. The suffix "-hood" in "childhood" is ____.
A. inflectional
B. derivational
C. a cranberry morpheme
55. Which word contains a suppletive form?
A. "go" → "went"
B. "sing" → "sang"
C. "drink" → "drank"
56. The immediate constituents of "repaint" are ____.
A. "re-" + "paint"
B. "rep-" + "aint"
C. "repa-" + "int"
57. The ultimate constituent of "disloyalty" is ____.
A. "dis-"
B. "loyal"
C. "-ty"
58. In "unhappily," the first division is between ____.
A. "un-" + "happily"
B. "unhap-" + "pily"
C. "unhappy" + "-ly"
59. The suffix "-dom" in "kingdom" is ____.
A. inflectional
B. derivational
C. bound root
60. The word "misunderstanding" has ____ morphemes.
A. 4
B. 3
C. 5
61. The prefix "sub-" in "submarine" means ____.
A. above
B. under
C. beside
62. The bound base "dict" in "predict" is a ____.
A. root
B. affix
C. allomorph
63. Which word contains an inflectional suffix?
A. "dogs"
B. "happiness"
C. "teacher"
64. The morpheme "graph-" in "autograph" is a ____.
A. free base
B. bound base
C. prefix
65. The ICs of "undercooked" are ____.
A. "under-" + "cooked"
B. "und-" + "ercooked"
C. "undercoo-" + "ked"
66. "FANUC" (Factory Automation Numerical Control) is a(n) ____.
A. acronym
B. initialism
C. blend
67. The word "moped" (motor + pedal) is a ____.
A. blend
B. compound
C. reduplicative
68. "Sci-fi" (science fiction) is formed by ____.
A. clipping
B. blending
C. acronymy
69. The process of creating "babysit" from "babysitter" is ____.
A. back-formation
B. conversion
C. inflection
70. The word "robot" entered English via ____.
A. borrowing
B. neologism
C. blending
71. The term for "dis-" in "disconnect" is a ____.
A. prefix
B. infix
C. suffix
72. "Staycation" (stay + vacation) is an example of ____.
A. blending
B. reduplication
C. compounding
73. ____ constituents are any of the two meaningful parts forming a larger linguistic unit.
A. Immediate
B. Intermediate
C. Inflectional
74. If a word ends in a (n) ____ suffix, the first cut is between this suffix and the rest of the word.
A. derivational
B. inflectional
C. grammatical

75. One of the immediate constituents should be, if possible, a free form. A free form is one that can be ____ alon

A. stood

B. uttered

C. located

76. The meanings of the IC’s should be ____ the meaning of the word.

A. related to

B. derived from

C. dependent on

77. When we analyze a word, we show the process of word ____ in reverse.

A. analysis

B. formation

C. compound

78. First, we divide the word into two parts, then continue this way cutting every part into two more until we can r

A. divided

B. ultimate

C. different

79. Ultimate constituents are those which cannot be ____ any more.
A. composed

B. divided

C. connected

80. “-al” in the word “arrival” is a(n) ____ noun-forming suffix meaning “process or state of’”.

A. derivational class-changing

B. inflectional class-changing

C. derivational class-maintaining

81. “-s” in the word “builds” is an allomorph of the ____ morpheme.

A. present tense inflectional verb third person singular

B. inflectional verb present tense third person singular

C. third person singular present tense inflectional verb

82. The word “obstructionists” has _____ constituents.

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

83. The word “confidential” has _____ constituents.

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

84. The word “newspaperdom” has _____ constituents.

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

85. “mal-” in the word “malconstruction” is a derivational class-maintaining prefix meaning ____.

A. “good” or “right”

B. “bad” or “wrong”

C. “in” or “on”

86. “contra-” in the word “contradictionary” is a derivational class-maintaining prefix meaning ____.

A. “of’ “or “concerned with”

B. “backwards” or “in response to”

C. “against” or “opposite to”

87. “-flam-” in the word “inflammation” is a(n) ____ of “flame”.

A. allomorph

B. free base

C. phoneme

88. “Philosoph-” in “philosopher” is an allomorph of ____ .

A. “philosopher”

B. “philosophy”

C. “philosophic”

89. ____ is the formation of new words by adding affixes to other words or morphemes.

A. Inflection
B. Classification

C. Derivation

90. A ____ morpheme is one that can be uttered alone with meaning.

A. single

B. bound

C. free

91. A morpheme recurs in different verbal environments with a relatively ____ meaning.

A. stable

B. changeable

C. flexible

92. We can recognize a morpheme by either its ____ or its grammatical meaning.

A. pragmatic

B. literate

C. lexical

93. The word “Icelandic” has ____ free bases which are nouns.

A. 4

B. 3

C. 2

94. In the word “supernatural”, “-al” is a derivational class-changing adj.-forming suffix meaning ____.

A. “of” or “concerning”
B. “action” or “condition of”

C. “with” or “for”

95. Inflectional suffixes serve to convey ____ meaning. They build different forms of one and the same word.

A. functional

B. grammatical

C. lexical

96. A derivational paradigm is a set of related words ____ of the same base morpheme and all the derivational aff

A. derived

B. obtained

C. composed

97. Class-maintaining derivational affixes do not change the word class of the word to which they are ____ .

A. attached

B. uttered

C. happened

98. "Brunch" (breakfast + lunch) is formed by ____.

A. blending
B. clipping
C. acronymy
99. The word "scuba" (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) is a(n) ____.
A. acronym
B. back-formation
C. compound
100. "Televise" is derived from "television" via ____.
A. back-formation
B. conversion
C. inflection
101. Which is a reduplicative compound?
A. flip-flop
B. sunflower
C. postman
102. The process of forming "burger" from "hamburger" is ____.
A. clipping
B. blending
C. derivation
103. "Gym" is a clipped form of ____.
A. gymnasium
B. gymnastics
C. gynaecology
104. The word "motel" (motor + hotel) is a ____.
A. blend
B. acronym
C. compound
105. "FOMO" (Fear Of Missing Out) is an example of ____.
A. acronymy
B. back-formation
C. reduplication
106. The term for stress differences in "blackboard" (compound) vs. "black board" (phrase) is ____.
A. suprasegmental
B. phonemic
C. syntactic
107. The compound "brother-in-law" is ____.
A. hyphenated
B. open
C. solid
108. The word "sitcom" (situation + comedy) is formed by ____.
A. clipping
B. blending
C. acronymy
109. "Breathalyzer" (breath + analyzer) is a ____.
A. blend
B. compound
C. reduplicative
110. The stress in "HOT dog" (food) vs. "hot DOG" (animal) is a ____ difference.
A. suprasegmental
B. phonemic
C. syntactic
111. The term for creating "laser" from "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation" is ____.
A. acronymy
B. back-formation
C. clipping
112. "Fanzine" (fan + magazine) is a ____.
A. blend
B. compound
C. reduplicative
113. The process of forming "emote" from "emotion" is ____.
A. back-formation
B. conversion
C. derivation
114. The clipped form "info" derives from ____.
A. information
B. informal
C. infrastructure
115. The word "blog" (web + log) is a ____.
A. blend
B. acronym
C. compound
116. The compound "blackmail" is ____ because its meaning is non-compositional.
A. idiomatic
B. endocentric
C. synthetic
117. The stress in "GREENhouse" (compound) vs. "green HOUSE" (phrase) differs in ____.
A. syllable emphasis
B. vowel length
C. pitch
118. Which is an ablaut compound?
A. "flip-flop"
B. "hocus-pocus"
C. "tick-tock"
119. The word "karaoke" entered English via ____.
A. borrowing
B. blending
C. acronymy
120. "Tsunami" is a loanword from ____.
A. Japanese
B. Chinese
C. Korean
121. The term for creating "google" (verb) from "Google" (noun) is ____.
A. conversion
B. back-formation
C. clipping
122. "Hashtag" (#) is an example of a ____.
A. neologism
B. borrowing
C. blend
123. The term for "robot" (from Czech "robota") is ____.
A. borrowing
B. calque
C. acronym
124. "Feng shui" is a ____ borrowed from Chinese.
A. term
B. blend
C. reduplicative
125. The word "emoji" originates from ____.
A. Japanese
B. Korean
C. Mandarin
126. The process of forming "gruntled" (humorous) from "disgruntled" is ____.
A. back-formation
B. conversion
C. reduplication
127. The term for "edit" → "editor" is ____.
A. derivation
B. inflection
C. suppletion
128. The suffix "-ize" in "modernize" is ____.
A. inflectional
B. derivational
C. a cranberry morpheme
129. The plural of "octopus" can correctly be ____.
A. octopuses
B. octopi
C. both A and B
130. The word "telephone" contains the bound base "tele-," meaning ____.
A. distance
B. sound
C. light
131. Which is an example of suppletion?
A. "go" → "went"
B. "sing" → "sang"
C. "dog" → "dogs"
132. The process of forming "peddle" from "peddler" is ____.
A. back-formation
B. conversion
C. clipping
133. The term for stress differences in "HOT dog" (food) vs. "hot DOG" (animal) is ____.
A. suprasegmental
B. phonemic
C. syntactic
134. The compound "pickpocket" is ____ because the meaning isn’t literal.
A. idiomatic
B. endocentric
C. coordinative
135. The morpheme "-ceive" in "deceive" and "receive" is a ____.
A. free base
B. cranberry morpheme
C. inflectional suffix
136. The word "biology" combines "bio-" (life) and "-logy" (study), making it a ____ compound.
A. subordinative
B. ablaut
C. reduplicative
137. "Spork" (spoon + fork) is formed by ____.
A. blending
B. acronymy
C. back-formation
138. The term for creating "ad" from "advertisement" is ____.
A. clipping
B. conversion
C. inflection
139. Which is an initialism?
A. FBI
B. NASA
C. RADAR
140. The word "meme" originated as a ____.
A. neologism
B. borrowing
C. blend
141. "Glimmer" (from "gleam" + "shimmer") is a ____ compound.
A. rhyme
B. ablaut
C. subordinative
142. The process of forming "editor" → "edit" is ____.
A. back-formation
B. conversion
C. derivation
143. The clipped form "flu" derives from ____.
A. influenza
B. fluid
C. fluke
144. "Fortnight" (from "fourteen nights") is an example of ____.
A. clipping
B. fossilization
C. blending
145. The word "cyborg" (cybernetic + organism) is a ____.
A. blend
B. acronym
C. compound
146. The term for stress in "MÁILbox" (compound) vs. "mail BÓX" (phrase) is ____.
A. primary-secondary
B. secondary-primary
C. tertiary
147. "Staycation" (stay + vacation) is a ____.
A. blend
B. reduplicative compound
C. acronym
148.
149. A ____ may be described as the basic unit of language. Uniting meaning and form, it is composed of one or m
A. word
B. morpheme
C. phoneme
150. A word is composed of one or more morphemes, each consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their writt
A. phenomena
B. representatives
C. generations
151. A word is ‘the smallest linguistic unit which can occur on its own in ____ or writing”.
A. reading
B. listening
C. speech
152. In writing, word ____ are usually recognized by spaces between words.
A. meanings
B. lengths
C. boundaries
153. A word has a sound form because it is a certain arrangement of ____.
A. phonemes
B. morphemes
C. allomorphs
154. A word has its morphological structure, being a certain arrangement of ____.
A. allomorphs
B. phonemes
C. morphemes
155. A word has different ____ functions and signals various meanings.
A. pragmatic
B. syntactic
C. phonetic
156. One important characteristic of the word is its ____. It cannot be cut into without a disturbance of meaning.
A. indivisibility
B. visibility
C. ability
157. One of the characteristics of the word is that it tends to be internally stable (in terms of the order of the ___ m
A. bound
B. free
C. component
158. One of the characteristics of the word is that it tends to be positional mobile (____ with other words in the sa
A. semi-rigid
B. stable
C. permutable
159. Unlike small linguistic units such as phonemes and morphemes, words have some freedom to move within a
A. without
B. with
C. for
160. English words may be classified on the basis of the kinds (free vs. bound morphemes) and the combinations
A. bound + free
B. free + bound
C. base + root
161. Complex words contain at least one bound morpheme as a(n) ____.
A. single free base
B. immediate constituent
C. single bound base
162. Compound words have at least two free bases with or without ____ morphemes.
A. base
B. free
C. bound
163. Some compounds are differentiated from ____ structures by their patterns of stress.
A. lexical
B. grammatical
C. syntactic
164. The ____ pattern enables us to contrast compound nouns like “bluebell”, with the grammatical structures of
A. secondary- primary
B. primary-secondary
C. grammatical
165. The arrangement of the elements in a compound may differ from that of a ____ in order.
A. grammatical structure
B. functional
C. literal
166. Compound words are considered as ____ blocks.
A. flexible
B. semi-rigid
C. solid
167. It is said that compound words have ____ status. The meaning of a compound word is by no means closely re
A. ordered
B. idiomatic
C. non- hierarchical
168. ____ compounds are the compounds in which the suffix is attached to the combination as a whole, not to on
A. Inflectional
B. Derivational
C. Repetitive
169. Other similarly constructed compounds show that underlying the juxtaposition of words, different _____ rela
A. phonological
B. grammatical
C. morphological
170. In English, clipped words are considered as _____ forms since they can occur on their own right.
A. semi-rigid
B. bound
C. free
171. ____ is the creation of totally new words ( tạo từ mới hoàn toàn) by changing proper names of individuals or
A. Coinage
B. Borrowing
C. Clipping
172. ____is the process of cutting off the beginning or the end of a word, or both, leaving a part (the abbreviation
A. Clipping
B. Acronym
C. Coinage
173. ____ is the process of deriving words by removing what is thought to be a suffix from an existing word.
A. Suffixation
B. Conversion
C. Back-formation
174. A cranberry morpheme, like "cran-" in "cranberry," has ____.
A. no independent meaning
B. a derivational function
C. inflectional properties
175. The plural of "cactus" is ____.
A. cactuses
B. cacti
C. both A and B
176. The compound "mother-in-law" is ____.
A. grammatically complex
B. a blend
C. a prefixation
177. The word "biology" contains a bound base meaning ____.
A. life
B. earth
C. study
178. The process of forming "enthuse" from "enthusiasm" is ____.
A. back-formation
B. conversion
C. compounding
179. The suffix "-able" in "readable" is ____.
A. inflectional
B. derivational
C. a free morpheme
180. Which is an example of suppletion?
A. "go" → "went"
B. "walk" → "walked"
C. "child" → "children"
181. The term for "un-" in "undo" is a ____.
A. prefix
B. infix
C. suffix
182. The word "bittersweet" is a(n) ____ compound.
A. coordinative
B. subordinative
C. ablaut
183. The process of creating "selfie" from "self" is ____.
A. neologism
B. clipping
C. acronymy
184. The compound "greenhouse" has ____ stress on the first syllable.
A. primary
B. secondary
C. tertiary
185. The word "notebook" is a ____ compound.
A. subordinative
B. coordinative
C. reduplicative
186. Which compound uses rhyme?
A. hocus-pocus
B. sunflower
C. textbook
187. "Pickpocket" is a ____ compound.
A. verb + object
B. noun + noun
C. adjective + noun
188. The stress in "white house" (phrase) vs. "White House" (compound) differs in ____.
A. emphasis
B. vowel length
C. pitch
189. The compound "bluebird" refers to ____.
A. a specific bird species
B. any blue bird
C. a poetic term
190. "Sleepwalk" is a ____ compound.
A. verb + verb
B. noun + verb
C. adjective + noun
191. The term for compounds like "passerby" is ____.
A. synthetic
B. root
C. exocentric
192. "Sit-in" (a protest) is a ____ compound.
A. phrasal
B. hyphenated
C. solid
193. The compound "airplane" is ____.
A. endocentric
B. exocentric
C. coordinative
194. The bound base "hydro-" in "hydrology" means ____.
A. water
B. earth
C. air
195. A morpheme like "cran-" in "cranberry" that has no independent meaning is called a ____.
A. cranberry morpheme ((bound morpheme)
B. free base
C. infix
196. The term for irregular plural forms like "ox → oxen" is ____.
A. suppletion
B. ablaut
C. umlaut
197. A bound base is a morpheme that ____.
A. can stand alone as a word
B. must attach to other morphemes
C. changes grammatical tense
198. The bound base "chrono-," as in "chronology," ( niên đại) means ____.
A. time
B. space
C. light
199. The bound base "psycho-" in "psychology" ( tâm trí) relates to ____.
A. mind
B. body
C. energy
200. Which bound base means "life"?
A. bio- (biology)
B. geo- (geology)
C. hydro- (hydrology)
201. The bound base "morph-" in "metamorphosis" ( Sự biến thoái )means ____.
A. form ( hình dạng)
B. change
C. size
202. The bound base "therm-" in "thermometer" ( nhiệt kế) relates to ____.
A. heat
B. light
C. sound
203. The bound base "graph-" in "autograph" ( chữ ký)means ____.
A. write
B. draw
C. speak
204. The bound base "derm-" in "dermatology" ( da liễu) refers to ____.
A. skin
B. bones
C. blood
205. The bound base "phon-" in "telephone" means ____.
A. sound
B. light
C. distance
206. The bound base "path-" in "pathology"( bệnh lý) means ____.
A. disease
B. emotion
C. study
207. The bound base "hydro-" in "hydroelectric" ( thủy điện) means ____.
A. water
B. energy
C. earth
208. The bound base "geo-" in "geography" ( địa lí)refers to ____.
A. earth
B. sky
C. ocean
209. The bound base "phil-" in "philosophy"( Triết lí) means ____.
A. love
B. wisdom
C. knowledge
210. The bound base "log-" in "biology" means ____.
A. study
B. life
C. word
211. The bound base "tele-" in "television" means ____.
A. distance
B. sight
C. sound
212. The bound base "struct-" in "construction" means ____.
A. build
B. break
C. design
213. The bound base "audi-" in "audience" relates to ____.
A. hearing
B. speaking
C. seeing
214. The bound base "ped-" in "pedestrian"( đi bộ) means ____.
A. foot
B. child
C. road
215. The bound base "scope-" in "telescope"( kính thiên văn) means ____.
A. viewing instrument( dụng cụ quan sát)
B. distance
C. light
216. The bound base "cycl-" in "bicycle" means ____.
A. wheel ( bánh xe)
B. circle
C. motion
ght into the ____ of language.

____ of all inflectional suffixes.

he inflectional suffixes that can go with this stem.

f the word.
-grammatical meanings, thus form ____ words.

one and the same word.

e and all the derivational affixes that can go with this base.

o which they are ____.

according to the rules of the grammar of a language.
th other morphemes to form words.
__ like tense, number, and gender.

ccording to the rules of the grammar of a language.”

d for monosyllabic adverbs though it does not apply to all members of either the adjective or the adverb class.

eanings, thus form different words.

and derivational affixes and does not admit any further analysis is the ____.

affixes that can go with this base is ____.

f one and the same word.

ther elements.

structure in order.

e to ____ the meaning of the whole combination.

the first element with intensifying effect.

nd), sometimes a pseudo-morpheme which is repeated in the other constituent with a different vowel.

morphemes), which are conjoined to rhyme.

one that can be ____ alone with meaning.

o two more until we can reduce the word to its ____ constituents.
aning ____.

meaning ____.
ix meaning ____.
e and the same word.

nd all the derivational affixes that can go with this base.

hich they are ____ .

rase) is ____.

f Radiation" is ____.
 it is composed of one or more morphemes

oken sounds or their written ____.

 disturbance of meaning.

s of the order of the ___ morphemes).

with other words in the same sentence).

reedom to move within a sentence ____ destroying their meaning.

es) and the combinations of morphemes (free + free, or ____, or bound + bound) of which they are composed.
grammatical structures of a modifier plus a noun, as in “blue bell”.

d is by no means closely related to that of each constituent.

tion as a whole, not to one of its elements.

words, different _____ relations are expressed.

heir own right.

r names of individuals or places to common nouns.

g a part (the abbreviation or the clipped word) to stand for the whole (the full form).

m an existing word.