SA 3.3C: Word Formation Processes

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

• True

• False

The French word 'mansion' entered the English lexicon as a result of which process?

• compounding

• borrowing

• acronym

SCUBA stands for ?

• Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

• Safety Cutting Umbrella Bacon Art

• See Cats Under Bikes Allways

• Special Climate Upside Boxes Aftershave

Battleground is a word that is formed by _____________.

• Blending

• Borrowing

• Clipping

• Compounding

Modem is a word that is formed by _____________.

• Acronym

• Blending

• Clipping

• Compounding

Which of the following is not a clipped word?

• bus

• bra

• cat

• ad

NASA means...

• National Airports and Space Administration

• Naval Airways and Space Association

• National Aeronautics and Space Association

• National Aliens and Strangers Administration

Which of the following is not a compound word?

• notebook

• wifi

• classroom

• carjack

A type of abbreviation in which new words are formed from the initial letters of a set of words, and they are pronounced as new single words is called_____.

• Acronyms

• Compounding

• Blending

• Clipping

• Borrowing

The process in which a word of more than one syllable is reduced to a shorter form is called_______.

• Acronym

• Borrowing

• Compounding

• Blending

• Clipping