MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX

Which is a functional morpheme?. teacher. happy. the. run.

Which is an example of an inflectional morpheme?. -ness (kindness). re- (redo). -er (teacher). -ed (walked).

Which process reduces a word?. Blending. Compounding. Borrowing. Clipping.

Which process forms the word “smog” (smoke + fog)?. Compounding. Borrowing. Blending. Clipping.

Which word is derived?. book. dog. cat. teacher.

Which process creates new words by combining full words?. Compounding. Borrowing. Blending. Clipping.

Which word has an inflectional morpheme?. quickly. happiness. teacher. walked.

Which word contains a derivational morpheme?. happiness. walked. cats. running.

Which word contains two lexical morphemes?. running. classroom. books. unhappiness.

Which is a free morpheme?. -ed. book. -ly. -ness.

Which word is formed by blending?. running. motel. teacher. books.

The word “edit” from “editor” is an example of: Blending. Borrowing. Back formation. Clipping.

Which process reduces a word?. Clipping. Compounding. Borrowing. Blending.

Which is a bound morpheme?. -ed. house. dog. tree.

The word “lab” from “laboratory” is formed by: Back formation. Blending. Borrowing. Clipping.

The suffix “-ing” in “running” is: functional. inflectional. derivational. lexical.

The word “exam” from “examination” is: borrowing. blending. clipping. compounding.

In the sentence "The bird sang," how many NPs are there?. One. Four. Two. Three.

In the sentence "The cat sleeps," which word is part of the NP?. Runs. Quickly. Sleeps. Cat.

In the sentence "The pilot flew the airplane safely," which phrase is the subject NP?. flew the airplane safely. the airplane. safely. the pilot.

What does PP stand for in syntax trees?. Perfect Phrase. Prepositional Phrase. Past Phrase. Predicate Phrase.

In the sentence "The mechanic repaired the car," which phrase is the object NP?. the mechanic. repaired the car. repaired. the car.

In the sentence "The nurse helped the patient," which phrase is the subject NP?. helped. the nurse. the patient. helped the patient.

Which constituent usually contains the main noun of a sentence?. AdvP. PP. NP. VP.

What is the main word of a VP?. Verb. Noun. Adjective. Preposition.

In the sentence "The tourists walked through the museum," which phrase is a PP?. the museum. through the museum. the tourists. walked.

What is the function of a VP?. Contains the action or state. Contains prepositions. Contains adjectives only. Contains only nouns.

In the sentence "The picture hangs above the fireplace," which phrase is a PP?. the picture. the fireplace. above the fireplace. hangs.

Which category is usually at the top of a sentence tree?. NP. PP. VP. S.

In the sentence "The manager reviewed the report carefully," which phrase is the VP?. carefully. the manager. reviewed the report carefully. the report.

Which phrase contains a preposition and a noun phrase?. VP. NP. AdjP. PP.

In the sentence "The dog barked," what does NP stand for?. Normal Phrase. Noun Phrase. Noun Part. New Phrase.

In the sentence "Jason reads magazines every weekend," which phrase is the VP?. every weekend. Jason. magazines. reads magazines every weekend.

In a syntax tree, which constituent usually contains the predicate?. N. PP. NP. VP.

In the sentence "The librarian organized the books," which phrase is the object NP?. the librarian. organized the books. organized. the books.

In the sentence "The firefighters rescued the family," which phrase is the object NP?. the firefighters. rescued. the family. rescued the family.