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Affixation
Compounding
Clipping
Blending
grammatical
ungrammatical
correct
incorrect
true
false
true
false
subject complement
object complement
adjective complements
adverbial complements
Morphology
Syntax
Phonology
Grammaticality
7. A word is a linguistic sign, i.e. a(n) (1) ____ union of sound (form) and meaning
and a minimal (2) ___ form.
arbitrary/free
logical/free
logical/bound
arbitrary/bound
TRUE or FALSE?
true
FALSE
A verb
A noun
An adjective
Another adverb
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
Subject Complement
Object Complement
true
false
subject complement
object complement
adjective complements
adverbial complements
14. Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics are the five _____ of
grammar.
before
in the middle of
after
true
false
18. The underlined adverb is an example of........?"I have almost finished cooking."
Disjunct
Conjunct
Adjunct
Intensifier
Subject Complement
Object Complement
20. What syntactic relations does the following sentence contain?"The police
arrived and asked about the theft last night.”
Subordinate relation
Coordinate relation
Embedded relation
Disjunct
Conjunct
Adjunct
Intensifier
22. The underlined adverb in the following sentence is an example of...?''Honestly,
I think we should be best friends.?
adjunct
disjunct
conjunct
intensifier
Subject Complement
Object Complement
Inflection
Affixation
Blending
Compounding
automatic
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
un-harmonious
unharmony-ous
un-harm-onious
an + other
another
29. The word "timbre" belongs to the open class of morphemes. True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
Transitive verbs
Intransitive verbs
Exclusive verbs
Linking verbs
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
Gods
Goddess
Demigod
33. Word processors can be a blessing for those of us who write ''illegibly''.
The word "illegibly" is an example of….....
Adjunct
Conjunct
Disjunct
Intensifier
TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
37. A word is a linguistic sign, i.e. a(n) (1) ____ union of sound (form) and meaning
and a minimal (2) ___ form.
arbitrary/free
logical/free
logical/bound
arbitrary/bound
38. The affixes "– en, – y, – less" in "hearten, hearty, heartless" are examples of…
stem
inflectional morphemes
derivational morphemes
bases
40. The TWO possible meanings of the sentence "Mrs. Quynh said on Monday she
would give an exam." can be either ........... or ............ . (Choose TWO answers.)
It was on Monday that Mrs. Quynh told the class about the exam.
Subject Complement
Object Complement
42. Obligatorily bound morphs which do not realize words (lexemes) and which are
attached to roots to produce word-forms are called?
Affixes
Prefix
Infix
Suffix
43. _______ states explicitly the rules of the language, lists the words and their
pronunciations, and aids in learning a new language or dialect.
teaching grammar
mental grammar
functional grammar
internal grammar
44. “The study any linguistic unit by analyzing it into its major constituents.” What is
the formal term for this type of grammar?
Teaching grammar
Internalized grammar
46. A word may be a verb if it can take on which of the following suffixes? (Choose
more than 1 answer)
V-s
V-ed
V-ing
V-en
V-er
Inflection
Affixation
Blending
Compounding
48. Suffix "-less" in the word "endless" is a …..
Nominal suffix
Verbal suffix
Adjectival suffix
Adverbial suffix
49. “Girls” and “girl” are ____ word-forms of the ____ lexeme.
different/same
different/different
same/same
same/different
Derivational rules
Syntactic rules
51. Adjectives that directly modify nouns by preceding or following them are often
called …...
attributive adjectives
predicative adjectives
52. Which of the following components of the word "deforestation" can stand alone?
de
forest
rest
station
tion
53. Which of the following prefixes means "too much"?
ex-
post-
over-
micro-
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
Affixes - roots
Roots - affixes
Nominal suffix
Verbal suffix
Adjectival suffix
Adverbial suffix
58. Morphology is used not only for the study of the shapes of words, but also for
the collection of units which are used in changing the forms of words.
true
false
violate
conform to
follow
agree to
60. What do you call the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language?
Language Competence
Language Performance
Knowledge
Speech Error
61. The following sentence is structurally ambiguous: "The girl kissed the man in
white shirt." TRUE or FALSE?
true
FALSE
true
false
un-harmonious
unharmony-ous
un-harm-onious
64. The word "transistor” is a typical example of a blend word. TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
true
false
Intransitive verbs
Infinitives
Transitive verbs
Auxiliary verbs
native speakers
ebooks
we
68. Morphology is used not only for the study of the shapes of words, but also for
the collection of units which are used in changing the forms of words.
true
false
72. _______ states explicitly the rules of the language, lists the words and their
pronunciations, and aids in learning a new language or dialect.
teaching grammar
mental grammar
functional grammar
internal grammar
73. There are eight inflectional morphemes in English. They are all ________
74. Which type of grammar represents the “correct” forms that all educated people
should use in speaking and writing?
Descriptive Grammar
Prescriptive Grammar
75. Compound words are formed by combining two or more free morphemes.
TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
anti-
post-
mono-
pseudo-
free
bound
affix
prefix
80. Which of the following prefixes means "not"? (Choose more than one answer)
Non-
Un-
Anti-
Ir-
83. "The ability to make grammatical judgments depends on having heard or read
the sentence before."
TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
Dis-
Over-
Fore-
Re-
phonetically conditioned
lexically conditioned
grammatically conditioned
Morpho loqui
Syntax
Phonology
Morphology
true
false
89. The word “flu” from the word "influenzation" is an example of…....?
Acronym
Compounding
Clipping
Inflection
-ness
-ce
-al
-ly
91. Choose a grammatical sentence which has the same meaning with:
language pedagogy
performance
phonology
competence
TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
false
true
96. The sentence "She observed the man with the binoculars." is an example of
............
Ungrammatically
Structural ambiguity
Lexical ambiguity
Subject Complement
Object Complement
Subject Complement
Object Complement
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
true
false
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
102. The affixes "– en, – y, – less" in "hearten, hearty, heartless" are examples of…
bases
103. How many word forms and lexemes in this sentence? "I am going to be a
father."
6 word forms and 6 lexemes7 word forms and 7 lexemes7 word forms and 6
lexemes6 word forms and 7 lexemes
Subject Complement
Object Complement
105. The following sentence is structurally ambiguous: "Call me the mayor." TRUE
or FALSE?
true
false
106. Which of the following are examples of nominal suffixes? (Choose more than 1
answer)
-dom
-ish
-hood
-eer
-ess
transitive verb
intransitive verb
ditransitive verb
stative verb
Subject Complement
Object Complement
Transitive verbs
Intransitive verbs
Exclusive verbs
Linking verbs
110. “Girls” and “girl” are ____ word-forms of the ____ lexeme.
different/same
different/different
same/same
same/different
111. State the syntactic relation in this sentence “They say that many people are
homeless after the earthquake”
Coordinate relation
Embedded relation
Subordinate relations
112. Which of the following types of adjective occurs after verbs such as be,
become, seem?
Attributive Adjective
Predicative Adjective
Attributive Adjective
Predicative Adjective
114. The smallest meaningful unit of language that cannot be further analyzed is
called …
a syllable
a morpheme
an allomorph
a word
phonetically conditioned
lexically conditioned
grammatically conditioned
117. Fill in the blank:A word may be an adjective if it allows comparison with
…..suffixes –er or -est.
Inflectional
Derivational
Sentences
Syllables
Words
Characters
119. Choose a grammatical sentence which has the same meaning with:
Subject Complement
Object Complement
although
because
but
for
122. Which of the following components of the word "deforestation" can stand
alone?
de
forest
rest
station
tion
123. “I realized that I had forgotten to close the door when my mom told me.” How
many words are there in the sentence?
14
15
13
12
-er
-en
-ing
-es
125. The grammatical relations between units in a sentence are called ____.
syntactic relation
phrasal relation
lexical relation
morphemic relation
126. A morpheme that can stand alone is called a ______
bound morpheme
inflectional morpheme
free morpheme
derivational morpheme
127. How many different words are there in the following sentences: “I wish I were
what I was when I wished I were what I am”
true
false
true
false
130. The word "exam’’ from the word "examination" is an example of …....?
131. Words can always be analysed into elements that can all occur alone and
have meaning.
true
false
132. What type of complement is the word "cold" in the following sentence?"The
fridge kept the drink cold."
subject complement
object complement
133. The word "serene" belongs to the open class of morphemes. True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
134. A …. may be also regarded as the ultimate constituent element which remains
after the removal of all functional and derivational affixes and does not admit any
further analysis.
Subject Complement
Object Complement
136. How many different lexemes are there in the following list? “He, him, man,
men, mice, his, mouse”
Subject Complement
Object Complement
138. Judge the grammaticality of the following sentence: "On the other side of the
hill lies a small beautiful house."
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
spoken language
written language
language academic
"On the west side of the mountain lies a small beautiful house."
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
Subject Complement
Object Complement
True
False
Half
Former
Under
Not
true
false
145. State the syntactic relation in this sentence “They say that many people are
injured after the earthquake”
Coordinate relation
Embedded relation
Subordinate relations
146. Which of the following is the ROOT of the word "uncharacteristically"?
Uncharacteristic
Character
Uncharacteristical
Characteristic
147. State the syntactic relation found in the following sentence: "I think she's a
friendly girl."
Subordinate relations
Coordinate relations
Embedded relations
148. When a BEGINNER learner of English says “I swimmed in the lake this
weekend”, it is most probably an error due to:
competence
performance
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
151. Which of the following words contain inflectional morphemes? (Choose more
than 1 answer)
before
in the middle of
after
true
false
155. What kind of complement is the underlined part of the following sentence?"The
gift Karen gave her brother was a hamster."
subject complement
object complement
adjective complements
adverbial complements
157. How many different lexemes are there in the following list? “He, him, man,
men, mice, his, mouse”
3
TRUE
FALSE
before
in the middle of
after
160. Anything we attach affixes to, whether it is just a root or something bigger than
a root is called a base.
true
false
161. Which of the following are examples of nominal suffixes? (Choose more than 1
answer)
-dom
-ish
-hood
-eer
-ess
162. Which of the following prefixes means "before"? (Choose more than one
answer)
fore
-ir
semi-
pre-
163. Grammaticality is based on the rules acquired or constructed unconsciously as
children. TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
true
false
Compounding
Blending
Affixation
Clipping
anti-
post-
mono-
pseudo-
true
false
manner adverb
temporal adverb
degree adverb
frequency adverb
spoken language
written language
language academic
170. Adjectives are words that describe or modify...(Choose more than 1 answer)
Nouns
Other adjectives
Verbs
Pronouns
171. Word processors can be a blessing for those of us who write ''illegibly''.
The word "illegibly" is an example of….....
Adjunct
Conjunct
Disjunct
Intensifier
true
false
Subject Complement
Object Complement
174. We can call anything we attach affixes to, whether it is just a root or something
bigger than a root .
A base
A stem
A prefix
An infix
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
Subject Complement
Object Complement
178. From the following list of words, select words with inflectional morpheme.
(Choose more than 1 answer)
unkind
killed
elements
wiser
shortage
179. In _____, construction at each level is divided into its major constituents and
the process continues until no further divisions can be made.
Teaching grammar
Internalized Grammar
True
False
true
false
Uncharacteristic
Character
Uncharacteristical
Characteristic
-er
-en-ing-es
Subordinating conjunctions
Complementizers
Coordinating conjunctions
Modifiers
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
186. Complex words are made up of stem(s) and one or more inflectional and/or
base and derivational affixes. TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
noun phrase
prepositional phrase
TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
189. Prescriptive grammarians believed that their task was to prescribe to provide
rules for distinguishing what is (1)____ from what is (2) ____. They give rules based
on Latin grammar.
right…wrong
realistic…unrealistic
As
Nor
Yet
But
193. Fill in the blank:A word may be an adjective if it allows comparison with
…..suffixes –er or -est.
Inflectional
Derivational
194. How many words are there in the following sentences: “You are the last rose in
my barren land”
Subject Complement
Object Complement
196. “The study any linguistic unit by analyzing it into its major constituents.” What
is the formal term for this type of grammar?
Teaching grammar
Internalized grammar
197. An adverb is a word used to modify …… (Choose more than 1 answer)
A verb
A noun
An adjective
Another adverb
198. The order of the main elements in a sentence is different between languages.
TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
199. “I usually cut the bread on the table; however, yesterday I cut the bread in the
sink.” How many word forms in the sentence?
11
None
TRUE or FALSE?
true
false
grammatical
ungrammatical
correct
incorrect
203. We can call anything we attach affixes to, whether it is just a root or something
bigger than a root .
A base
A stem
A prefix
An infix
204. Grammatical units such as morphemes, words, phrases and clauses are all
the same across different languages.
True
False
syntactical
syntactic
syntax
tactic
true
false
208. Identify the type of complement of the underlined phrase of the following
sentence.
Buck grew up in Oklahoma and became an expert horse rider before reaching
his 18th birthday.
subject complement
object complement
adjective complements
adverbial complements
209. Walk, walks, walker, walkout, walking are realisations of the lexeme [WALK]
true
false
210. The underlined adjective is an example of........?"We all love Mrs. Quynh who
is a wonderful English teacher at HUFL."
Attributive adjective
Predicative adjective
211. A …. may be also regarded as the ultimate constituent element which remains
after the removal of all functional and derivational affixes and does not admit any
further analysis.
root
base
stem
word
Grammatical
Ungrammatical
213. How many nouns are in this sentence? "Love is all around but hate hides
in the shadows."