Creating 50 multiple-choice questions along with their answers would be quite extensive.

However, I can
provide a few examples to give you an idea of how they could be structured:

What is the process of creating new words by adding affixes to existing words called?

a) Compounding

b) Derivation

c) Blending

d) Coinage

Answer: b) Derivation

Which of the following is an example of compounding?

a) Unhappy

b) Misunderstand

c) Blackboard

d) Undo

Answer: c) Blackboard

Which of the following affixes creates the opposite meaning of the base word?

a) Prefix

b) Suffix

c) Infix

d) Circumfix

Answer: a) Prefix

What is the term for the blending of two or more words to create a new word?

a) Affixation
b) Clipping

c) Acronym

d) Blend

Answer: d) Blend

Which word formation process involves shortening a word by removing one or more syllables?

a) Affixation

b) Clipping

c) Compounding

d) Borrowing

Answer: b) Clipping

Which of the following is NOT a type of affix?

a) Prefix

b) Infix

c) Suffix

d) Circumfix

Answer: b) Infix

What term describes a word formed by combining the initial letters or parts of a series of words?

a) Acronym

b) Blend

c) Clipping

d) Reduplication
Answer: a) Acronym

Which word formation process involves repeating a whole or part of a word to create a new word?

a) Borrowing

b) Compounding

c) Reduplication

d) Conversion

Answer: c) Reduplication

Which of the following is an example of back-formation?

a) Editor -> Edit

b) Photograph -> Photo

c) Television -> Tele

d) Hypocrite -> Hypo

Answer: a) Editor -> Edit

What is the term for creating a new word by changing the grammatical category of an existing word?

a) Clipping

b) Conversion

c) Reduplication

d) Blend

Answer: b) Conversion

Which of the following is NOT a type of blend?

a) Smog
b) Brunch

c) Guesstimate

d) Television

Answer: d) Television

What is the term for a word borrowed from another language?

a) Clipping

b) Conversion

c) Borrowing

d) Reduplication

Answer: c) Borrowing

Which of the following is an example of a compound word?

a) Running

b) Teacher

c) Notebook

d) Unhappiness

Answer: c) Notebook

What term describes the process of creating a new word that imitates a sound associated with the thing
or action it refers to?

a) Onomatopoeia

b) Conversion

c) Derivation

d) Clipping

Answer: a) Onomatopoeia
Which of the following word formation processes involves creating a new word by combining elements
from different languages?

a) Clipping

b) Conversion

c) Borrowing

d) Acronym

Answer: c) Borrowing

What is the term for a word formed by removing the beginning or end of a word?

a) Blending

b) Clipping

c) Conversion

d) Reduplication

Answer: b) Clipping

Which of the following is an example of a portmanteau?

a) Brunch

b) Taxi

c) Airport

d) Quick

Answer: a) Brunch

What is the process of creating a new word from the initial letters or syllables of a phrase called?

a) Clipping

b) Reduplication
c) Acronym

d) Conversion

Answer: c) Acronym

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by blending parts of two or more words?

a) Clipping

b) Derivation

c) Compounding

d) Blend

Answer: d) Blend

What is the term for a word formed by adding a prefix or suffix to an existing word?

a) Clipping

b) Reduplication

c) Affixation

d) Borrowing

Answer: c) Affixation

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by adding an infix within the base word?

a) Clipping

b) Reduplication

c) Acronym

d) Infixation

Answer: d) Infixation
Which of the following is an example of a blend?

a) Email

b) Slang

c) Understand

d) Happy

Answer: a) Email

What term describes the process of creating a new word by changing the pronunciation or spelling of an
existing word?

a) Conversion

b) Back-formation

c) Neologism

d) Orthographic borrowing

Answer: c) Neologism

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by removing a segment from the middle of
an existing word?

a) Clipping

b) Elision

c) Back-formation

d) Neologism

Answer: b) Elision

What is the term for a word formed by combining the sounds of two or more existing words?

a) Onomatopoeia
b) Conversion

c) Reduplication

d) Blend

Answer: d) Blend

Which of the following is NOT a type of borrowing?

a) Loanword

b) Calque

c) Eponym

d) Affixation

Answer: d) Affixation

What term describes the process of creating a new word by shortening an existing one?

a) Clipping

b) Conversion

c) Reduplication

d) Blending

Answer: a) Clipping

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by combining the initial letters of a series
of words?

a) Acronym

b) Blend

c) Conversion

d) Affixation

Answer: a) Acronym
What term describes the process of creating a new word by changing its grammatical category without
adding any affixes?

a) Clipping

b) Conversion

c) Reduplication

d) Borrowing

Answer: b) Conversion

Which of the following is an example of back-formation?

a) Donation -> Donate

b) Friend -> Friendly

c) Education -> Educate

d) Performer -> Perform

Answer: d) Performer -> Perform

What is the term for a word formed by combining parts of two different words to create a new
meaning?

a) Blend

b) Clipping

c) Acronym

d) Conversion

Answer: a) Blend

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by doubling all or part of an existing word?

a) Clipping
b) Reduplication

c) Conversion

d) Borrowing

Answer: b) Reduplication

Which of the following is NOT a type of conversion?

a) Verb to noun

b) Noun to adjective

c) Adjective to adverb

d) Adverb to verb

Answer: c) Adjective to adverb

What term describes the process of creating a new word by combining the initial letters or syllables of a
series of words?

a) Clipping

b) Acronym

c) Conversion

d) Reduplication

Answer: b) Acronym

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by adding a morpheme to the beginning of
a word?

a) Suffixation

b) Prefixation

c) Circumfixation

d) Infixation
Answer: b) Prefixation

What term describes the process of creating a new word by adding a morpheme to the end of a word?

a) Prefixation

b) Suffixation

c) Circumfixation

d) Infixation

Answer: b) Suffixation

What is the term for a word formed by combining the sounds of two existing words, typically with a
blend of their meanings?

a) Acronym

b) Conversion

c) Blend

d) Clipping

Answer: c) Blend

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by adding a morpheme to both the
beginning and end of a base word?

a) Prefixation

b) Suffixation

c) Circumfixation

d) Infixation

Answer: c) Circumfixation
What term describes the process of creating a new word by borrowing and adapting a word from
another language?

a) Calque

b) Loanword

c) Eponym

d) Orthographic borrowing

Answer: a) Calque

Which of the following is an example of a loanword?

a) Café

b) Smog

c) Weekend

d) Email

Answer: a) Café

What is the term for a word formed by blending the sounds and meanings of two existing words?

a) Acronym

b) Portmanteau

c) Conversion

d) Reduplication

Answer: b) Portmanteau

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by borrowing a word or phrase from
another language and translating it literally?

a) Calque

b) Loanword
c) Eponym

d) Orthographic borrowing

Answer: a) Calque

What term describes the process of creating a new word by blending the sounds of two existing words,
usually the beginning of one and the end of the other?

a) Acronym

b) Clipping

c) Portmanteau

d) Conversion

Answer: c) Portmanteau

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by borrowing a word from another
language and incorporating it into the borrowing language with little or no modification?

a) Calque

b) Loanword

c) Eponym

d) Orthographic borrowing

Answer: b) Loanword

What is the term for a word formed by removing a segment from the middle of an existing word to
create a new word?

a) Elision

b) Compounding

c) Acronym

d) Reduplication

Answer: a) Elision
Which word formation process involves creating a new word by borrowing a phrase from another
language and translating it word-for-word?

a) Calque

b) Loanword

c) Eponym

d) Orthographic borrowing

Answer: a) Calque

What term describes the process of creating a new word by combining the sounds of two existing words
to create a new meaning?

a) Portmanteau

b) Conversion

c) Clipping

d) Blend

Answer: a) Portmanteau

Which of the following is an example of a loanblend?

a) Weekend

b) Brunch

c) Café

d) Smog

Answer: b) Brunch

What is the term for a word formed by combining the initial letters or syllables of a series of words,
where each letter or syllable represents a word or part of a word?

a) Clipping
b) Portmanteau

c) Acronym

d) Conversion

Answer: c) Acronym

Which word formation process involves creating a new word by borrowing a word or phrase from
another language and incorporating it into the borrowing language with some modification?

a) Calque

b) Loanword

c) Eponym

d) Orthographic borrowing

Answer: d) Orthographic borrowing