Student’s Name: __Nguyen Thi Thuy Hien_Number: _2257010035_
Week 1: Morpheme: definition, classification, characteristics, suffixal
homophones
TEST 1
Complete the table with the correct answers (27)
1A 2A 3D 4A 5A 6C 7D 8B 9C
10A 11B 12A 13A 14B 15B 16B 17B 18A
19B 20A 21A 22A 23A 24A 25B 26A 27D
1. Basing on the function, morphemes can be classified as:
a. derivational & inflectional
b. bases & affixes
c. free & bound morphemes
d. root & stem
2. By form, morphemes can be classified as:
a. free & bound morphemes
b. derivational & inflectional
c. bases & affixes
d. root & stem
3. According to their meaning, morphemes consist of:
a. root & stem
b. derivational & inflectional
c. free & bound morphemes
d. bases & affixes
4. A stem is a:
a. a word to which an affix is attached
b. morpheme with principal meaning
c. segment of language with lexical meaning
d. base or root
5. A base is a:
a. morpheme with principal meaning
b. segment of language with meaning
c. a word to which an affix is attached
d. mono-morphemic word
6. Bases are different from affixes in their form, their meaning and:
a. their function
b. their position
c. their quantity
d. their characteristics
7. The underlined part in the word ‘been’ is a:
a. bound base
b. derivational suffix
c. derivational infix
d. inflectional suffix
8. The underlined part in the word ‘unverbalized’ is a:
a. inflectional suffix
b. derivational suffix
c. derivational infix
d. bound base
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9. The word ‘complaints’ contains ……….. morpheme(s)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
10. The word ‘turtle’ contains ……….. morpheme(s)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
11. The word ‘truth’ contains ……….. morpheme(s)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
12. The word ‘oyster’ contains ……….. morpheme(s)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
13. The word ‘hygiene’ contains ……….. morpheme(s)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
14. The word ‘length’ contains ……….. morpheme(s)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
15. The underlined word in “the boys’ hats” contains …………. inflectional
suffix(es)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
16. The word ‘children’s’ contains …………. inflectional suffix(es)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
17. The underlined part in ‘running shoes’ is a:
a. inflectional suffix
b. derivational suffix
c. derivational infix
d. bound base
18. The word ‘apparatus’ contains ……….. morpheme(s)
a. one b. two c. three d. four
19. The underlined part in ‘a reserved seat’ is a:
a. derivational suffix
b. inflectional suffix
c. derivational infix
d. bound base
20. The underlined part in ‘a barking dog’ is a:
a. inflectional suffix
b. derivational suffix
c. derivational infix
d. bound base
21. The underlined part in ‘a reserved girl’ with the meaning ‘a quiet girl’ is a:
a. derivational suffix
b. inflectional suffix
c. derivational infix
d. bound base
22. The underlined part in ‘a reserved girl’ with the meaning ‘ a girl kept aside for
someone’ is a:
a. derivational suffix
b. inflectional suffix
c. derivational infix
d. bound base
23. The underlined part in ‘a moving scene ’ is a:
a. derivational suffix
b. inflectional suffix
c. derivational infix
d. bound base
24. The underlined part in ‘the moving pictures ’ is a:
a. derivational & inflectional suffix
b. inflectional suffix
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c. derivational infix
d. bound base
25. The underlined part in ‘a moving elephant ’ is a:
a. inflectional suffix
b. derivational suffix
c. derivational infix
d. bound base
26. Which of the following is true about base?
a. in a word there may be many bound bases
b. in a word there may be many free bases
c. in a word there is only one base
d. in a word there may not be no base at all
27. Which of the following statements is true?
a. a bound morpheme is a suffix
b. an affix may be a bound morpheme
c. a bound morpheme is an affix
d. an affix is always a bound morpheme
