King Abdulaziz University Course Code & No.: LANE 333 Faculty of Arts & Humanities Course: Morphology / Section: LC Department of European Languages Course Instructor: Bahiya Kashghari Sample Quiz Course Coordinator: Dr. Hind M. Furaij Grade: 20 Marks
Student’s Name: ………
Student’s no.: ………
QI. Define the following: (3 Marks)
1. Morpheme:
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2. Diminutive morpheme:
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Q2. Choose the correct completion: (6 Marks)
1. Antedate has …
a. one morpheme b. two morphemes c. three morphemes
2. Mal in the word malfunction means …
a. not b. bad c. again
3. Responsibilities has …
a. two suffixes b. a prefix and three suffixes c. three suffixes
4. Ripen is …
a. an inflected verb b. a derived noun c. a derived adjective
5. Replacive allomorphs are called …
a. prefixes b. infixes c. suffixes
6. The s’ in boys’ is …
a. {-s pl} b. {-s sg ps} c. {-s pl ps}
Q 3: Mark the following statements as True (✓) or False (✗) (6 Marks) 1. The word intervene consists of a free morpheme and a bound morpheme. [ ]
2. The -er in the word singer is the derivational suffix {-ER cp} [ ] 3. The -ing in the shining sun is the adjectival {-ING aj} [ ] 4. Allomorphs can be used interchangeably; one can be used in the place of another. [ ] 5. The inflectional suffix can change the part of speech of a word. [ ]
6. The words yew and ewe are homophones. [ ]
Q4: Underline the bases: (1 Mark) enlighten unenlivened
Q5: What is the meaning of the italicized bound base? ……… (.5 Mark) suicide, patricide, matricide, infanticide
Q 6: Write a word from the base and suffixes ………..…. (.5 Mark) marry, age, ity, abil
Q 7: Give 4 words in the derivational paradigm of the base sin (1 Marks)
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Q8: Diagram these words to show their ICs. (2 Marks)
lifelessness, supernatural
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