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The mega car dealer had to recall all its SUV's due to a malfunctio
n. 're-'

A. derivational B. inflectional

2. The blue jays were squawking all night, which kept the campers
awake. '-ing'

A. derivational B. inflectional

3. The creditor stopped harassing my neighbor when she


threatened a law suit. '-or'

A. derivational B. inflectional

4. Superman's heroic feats won him the Nobel Prize last year. '-ic'

A. derivational B. inflectional

5. Batman can fly faster than a speeding train. '-er'

A. derivational B. inflectional

6. The suffix ‘-ly’ in 'calmly' changes the word category from_____


to _____.
The Joker calmly answered all the questions at the press
conference.

A. noun to adjective
B. doesn’t change word category
C. adjective to adverb

7. The suffix ‘-y’ added to a stem changes the word category


from_____ to _____.
The way Batman recounted the story was slightly fishy.

A. noun to adjective
B. noun to adverb
C. doesn't change the category

8. The prefix ‘a-’ added to a stem changes the word category


from_____ to _____.
The results of the experiment were shockingly atypical.

A. doesn't change the category


B. noun to adjective
C. adjective to adverb

9. The suffix ‘-est’ added to a stem changes the word category


from_____ to _____.
Spiderman was the sharpest student in his class.

A. doesn’t change word category


B. noun to adjective
C. adjective to adverb

10. Superman sewed his cape well.

A. Adverb B. adjective C. preposition

11. Lois becomes a stoic when she goes on vacation.

A. pronoun B. noun C. adjective

12. The policeman kindly offered his arm to the elderly woman as
she crossed the street.
A. adjective B. preposition C. adverb

13. Jack and Jill ran up the hill.

A. preposition B. verb C. conjunction


14. They took a wrong turn.

A. pronoun B. noun C. preposition

15. How many morphemes are there in the word ‘encumbrance’?

A. 3 B. 1 C. 2

16. How many morphemes are in the word 'family'?

A. 3 B. 2 C. 1

17. How many morphemes are there in the word ‘governmental’?

A. 4 B. 3 C. 2

18. The cause for the event was ruled to be indeterminate.

A. bound B. free

19. They decided to discontinue further printing of 'The Kingdom


of Speech'.

A. bound B. free

20. Decide whether this morpheme is free or bound. ‘recluse’ My


aunt has become very reclusive in her old age.

A. bound B. free

21. Select the type of word coinage displayed in the word


‘burgle’.

A. clipping B. eponym C. backformation

22. Select the type of word coinage displayed in the word ‘limo’.

A. metonym B. clipping C. acronym


23. Select the type of word coinage displayed in the word
‘malware’.

A. eponym B. blending C. calque


24. Dr. Who tried laboriously to integrate his new theory with his
all he had learned in semantics class.

A. closed B. open

25. Batman changed the oil of the Batmobile very early in the
morning.

A. open B. closed

26. Lois didn't appreciate being the last one to hear the news.

A. closed B. open

 Pick the odd out and give your explanations

27. A. dancer B. farmer C. reporter D.


thicker

28. A. thinner B. letter C. taller D. bigger

29. A. fortress B. actress C. hostess D.


stewardess

30. A. princely B. cheaply C. orderly D.


worldly

31. Syntactically, a sentence consists of ……….

A. a noun phrase and a verb phrase. B. all of the word


classes.
C. subject and predicate. D. A, B, & C are
incorrect
32. ………. consists of one or more words that functions as a unit
in a sentence.

A. syntax B. a phrase C. a tree diagram D.


B&C

33. Are the following sentences lexically ambiguous or


structurally ambiguous?

I saw a chimney on the top floor with a telescope. LA  /


SA 

34. Can the italicized strings of words be a constituent?

I fed the cats with long, fluffy tails. YES  / NO 

35. ………. is the repeated sequential use of a particular type of


linguistic element.

A. Tag question B. Recursion C. Apposition


D. Terminology

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