Practice Questions

A word that can stand alone as a sentence

A sound that is added to the end of a word

A morpheme that can stand alone as a word

A prefix that modifies the meaning of a root word

A morpheme that must be attached to another morpheme

A morpheme that occurs only at the end of a word

A morpheme that cannot stand alone and must be attached to another morpheme

A morpheme that can occur as a word by itself

A morpheme that changes its form depending on its grammatical function

A morpheme that is always found at the beginning of a word

The fundamental unit of the lexicon (word stock)

Combining words to create compound forms (e.g., bookshelf from book and shelf)

Changing the pronunciation of a word without altering its meaning

Adding an affix that changes the word class (e.g., noun to verb)

Using prefixes to modify the meaning of a word without changing its class

A type of phonetic expression used in language

A morpheme or combination of morphemes to which affixes can be added

Adding a prefix to create a compound word

Changing the pronunciation of a word for poetic effect

Changing a word's form without changing its class

Changing a word's class without changing its form

Changing a word's meaning but not its form

A word formed from initial letters, with each letter pronounced separately

A type of rhyme formed by the repetition of initial consonants

A word formed by combining two existing words into one

A sentence structure that emphasizes the initial word

A word that is an abbreviation made by shortening a longer phrase

A word formed from initial letters and pronounced as a single word

A type of poetic device that uses the first letter of each line to form a word

A word that contains letters from multiple languages combined

Shortening a longer word to create a more casual or easier-to-say form

Combining two words to create a new word with a blended meaning

Changing the spelling of a word to reflect its pronunciation more accurately

Adding a prefix or suffix to a word to change its meaning

Replacing sounds in a word to produce a similar-sounding word

Combining parts of two words, typically the beginning of one and the end of another

Creating a new word by adding a prefix or suffix to an existing word

Combining the meanings of two unrelated words to form a compound word

A compound whose meaning is not directly related to its components

A compound whose meaning is determined by one of its components

A compound that is formed by adding a prefix to a single word

A compound that consists of two synonyms creating redundancy

A compound whose meaning is related to one of its components

A compound that has a meaning unrelated to its components

A compound made up of three or more words

A compound where both components contribute equally to the meaning

Changing the structure of a word by adding prefixes or suffixes

Combining two or more words to form a new word

Creating a new word by altering the pronunciation of an existing word

Using a word in different contexts to change its meaning

morpheme that must be attached to another morpheme

morpheme that has no grammatical function

morpheme that can only be used in a specific context

A group of words that form a complete thought

The smallest meaningful unit in a language

A sound that can change the meaning of a word

A grammatical structure that dictates sentence formation

Pronunciation and sound patterns of language

Meaning and interpretation of grammatical structures

The historical development of language over time

They occur in the same environment and change meaning

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