Words such as ‘edit’ and ‘house__keep’ are instances of ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Words such as ‘black__leg’ and ‘flash__light’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Portmanteau
   C. Derivation
   D. Backformation

2. Words such as ‘phone’ and ‘photo’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Portmanteau
   C. Derivation
   D. Clipping.

3. Words such as ‘smog’ and ‘motel’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Portmanteau
   C. Derivation
   D. Backformation

4. Words such as ‘UNESCO’ and ‘RADAR’ are instances of ____________?

   A. Compounding
   B. Acronym
   C. Re__duplicates
   D. Conversion

5. 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

6. The final consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in the words ‘cats’, ‘dogs’ and ‘boxes’ are instances of ______________?

   A. Allophones
   B. Allomorphs
   C. Minimal pairs
   D. None of the above

7. ____________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

8. ______________________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.

9. Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes?

   A. “Acts and Monuments”
   B. “Utopia”
   C. “Euphues”
   D. “Paradise Regained”

10. The words denoting the colour ‘red’ and the past__tense of the verb ‘read’ ; ‘right’ and’ ‘write’; and ‘site’ and sight’ are examples for________________?

    A. Allophones
    B. Homophones
    C. Homographs
    D. Homonyms