Practice Questions

A person who can only read but unable to write

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

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