Quiz: Revision of Lessons 1 and 2

Explain that  each question will be timed between 10 and 20 seconds.

a root is...

1. added to make a new word
2. basis of new word
3. ending of a new word

a suffix is...

1. added to the beginning of a word
2. added to the end of a word

a prefix is...

1. added to the beginning of a word
2. added to the end of a word

Name 3 languages which have had an influence on English

Name 2 additional influences on English

Give 3 examples of borrowed words in English

Morphology is...

1. the study of the category of a word
2. the study of the structure of a word
3. the study of words

Morphemes are...

1. words
2. smallest part of a word with meaning
3. smallest part of a word/form with meaning

Lexicon is...

1. the meaning of all words in a language
2. the meanings of words in a sentence
3. the category words belong to

Example of a lexical category is...

1. words
2. lexicon
3. morphemes
4. prepositions

Word formation is...

1. changing words in a sentence
2. changing the order of words in a sentence
3. changing a word's lexical meaning

Blending is...

1. using words from another language to form new words
2. mixing 2 existing words to form new words

Give 3 examples of blended words in English

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