Department of Foreign Languages

Student’s name: _______________________

MORPHOLOGY-SYNTAX
Student’s code: _______________________ PROGRESS TEST 1
Class: D04
Time allotted: 20 minutes

YOUR ANSWER:
Question 1: (4 points)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Question 2: (3 points)
(i). Five words with inflectional morphology:
(ii). Five words with derivational morphology:

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M&S-D04-ProgressTest 1
Question 1: (4points)
Complete the following test to find out how much you know about basic morphology.
1. What is morphology? (C) Adding a morpheme to produce the same word
(A) The study of the rules governing the sounds that but different lexeme.
form words 6. Which sentence describes derivational morphology?
(B) The study of the rules governing sentence (A) Adding a morpheme to produce a new word but
formation the same lexeme.
(C) The study of the rules governing word formation (B) Adding a morpheme to produce a new word and
2. Which best describes the English language? a different lexeme.
(A) English has complex morphology and less rigid (C) Adding a morpheme to produce the same word
syntax. but a different lexeme.
(B) English has less complex morphology but more 7. In the English language inflectional morphemes can
rigid syntax. be...
(C) English has complex morphology and rigid syntax (A) Prefixes, Suffixes and Infixes
3. What can words often be divided into? (B) Prefixes and Suffixes
(A) lexemes (C) Suffixes only
(B) morphemes (D) Infixes only
4. How many different lexemes are there in the following 8. In the English language derivational morphemes can
list? man, men, girls, girl, mouse be...
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (A) Prefixes, Suffixes and Infixes
5. Which sentence describes inflectional morphology? (B) Prefixes and Suffixes
(A) Adding a morpheme to produce a new word but (C) Suffixes only
the same lexeme. (D) Infixes only
(B) Adding a morpheme to produce a new word and
different lexeme.

Question 2: (3 points)
(i). From the following list of words, select FIVE words with inflectional morphology.
(ii). Then select FIVE words with derivational morphology.
A. Elements H. example O. off V. tend
B. Gain I. feature P. ordering W. the
C. And J. great Q. one X. these
D. Unkind K. linked R. morphology Y. thought
E. As L. Indo-European S. Persians Z. within
F. Some M. speech T. killed
G. case N. egg U. cram

Question 3: (3points)
From the following words, determine the three distinct pronunciations or allomorphs of the past tense morpheme {-ed}:
towed, sighed, tapped, tabbed, tossed, buzzed, raided.

Specify the phonological environment in which each allomorph occurs. (Hints: look at the last sound of the word to
which the morpheme is added and think of the allomorphs of the plural morpheme.)

~~~~~~~THIS IS THE END OF THE PROGRESS TEST 1. ~~~~~~~

M&S-D04-ProgressTest 2
ANSWER:
Question 1:
1. (C) 3. (B) 5. (A) 7. (C)
2. (B) 4. (C) 6. (B) 8. (B)
Question 2:
(i). Five words with inflectional morphology: elements, linked, ordering, Persians, killed
(ii). Five words with derivational morphology: unkind, Indo-European, morphology, within, Persians

Question 3:

M&S-D04-ProgressTest 3