A. Kill
B. Skill
C. Skin
D. Skit
Related Mcqs:
- The substitution of the aspirated /k/ for the un__aspirated /k/ in the word ‘sky’ does not alter the meaning of the worD. It is an instance of ______________ ?
A. Complementary distribution
B. Contrastive distribution
C. Non__complementary distribution
D. None of the above - The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of __________assimilation?
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above - ____________is the process by which new words are coined by combining the segments of two different words ?
A. Portmanteau
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Clipping
D. Metanalysis - ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation. - The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of __________ assimilation?
A. Progressive
B. Regressive
C. Reciprocal
D. None of the above - Which of the following words describe the prevailing attitude of High-Modern Literature ?
A. Skeptical
B. Authoritative
C. Impressionistic
D. Both a & c - Complete the following sentence. In the opening lines of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “The Windhover,” the words “daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon” ?
A. are an example of antithesis to suggest the falcon’s contradictory nature.
B. use alliterative language to draw attention to the falcon’s importance as a symbol of Christ.
C. refer to the speaker’s heart.
D. indicate the speaker’s lack of faith. - Who wrote the following statement: “When you asked me to speak about women and fiction I sat down on the banks of a river and began to wonder what the words meant” ?
A. Amy Lowell
B. Gertrude Stein
C. Virginia Woolf
D. Alice Walker - The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances of__________?
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above - Words such as ‘edit’ and ‘house__keep’ are instances of ____________?
A. Compounding
B. Portmanteau
C. Derivation
D. Backformation
