4. When we derive one word from another, we -----------------
a) Change its class, for example, from Verb to Noun
b) Change its tense, for example , from Past to Present
c) Both of the above
d) None of the above
5. Roots are --------------------
a) NOT always free
b) Always free
c) Both of the above
d) None of the above
6. A compound is a word that contains -------------------
a) One prefix and one word
b) One suffix and one word
c) Two root morphemes and one word
d) Two free standing forms
7. ------------ is a morpheme that makes the most significant contribution to a word’s meaning.
a) The phoneme
b) The derivational morpheme
c) The inflectional morpheme
d) The root
8. --------------- is some kind of resemblance between the sound of a word and what it denotes/means.
a) idiom
b) Proverbs
c) Onomatopoeia من برا المنهج
d) None of the above
9. Suppletion occurs when a word is represented by two or more --------------- roots.
a) Different
b) Similar
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
10. Choose the group of words that result from derivation
a) Cry, cries, cried, crying
b) Tooth, teeth
c) kind, unkind, kindness, kindly
d) None of the above
EXERCISE 1: Divide the following words Into morphemes
a) research : re/search
b) butterfly : butter/fly
c) holiday : holy/day
d) morpheme : morpheme
e) phonology : phono/logy
EXERCISE 2: Some words in (2) contain suffixes. Identify the suffixes by circling them.
a) happiness
b) freedom
c) flowers
d) brother
e) blackboard