Word Formation Processes

Blending is a word formation process that removes a few letters when combining two words together.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of compounding?

• spork

• bookshelf

• info

• Pepsi

Which of the following words comes from an acronym?

• bacteria

• smog

• laser

• text

Which of the following DOES NOT have an affix?

• revisit

• ignition

• identifier

• empire

An eponym is a word formation process where words are coined from names of people or places. Which one is an example of an eponym?

• Mountaintop

• Stockholm syndrome

• Exordium

• Psychopath

Which of the following words is formed by blending two words together?

• infomercial

• attraction

• legitskier

• ignoramus

Which of the following is the correct clipped form of typographical error?

• typograph

• typographic

• error

• typo

Which of the following back-formation forms of the word aviation is a VERB?

• aviation

• aviate

• aviator

• avatar

Which of the following words can be used both as a NOUN and as a VERB?

• small

• tower

• ignore

The word boo-boo is an example of which word formation process?

• blending

• reduplication

• clipping

• imagination