MID TEST

1.      Which of the following statement is not correct?

• a.       Language is dynamic and adaptable

• b.       Language is not the principal means by which societies are constructed and cultures are developed.

• c.       Language is the principal means by which societies are constructed and cultures are developed.

• d. Language is the principal means by which societies are constructed and cultures are developed

1.      The Subfields of Phonetics are

• a.       Auditory Phonetics, Artificial Phonetics and Acoustic Phonetics

• b.       Artificial Phonetics, Auditory Phonetics and Acoustic Phonetics

• c.       Articulatory Phonetics, Auditory Phonetics and Acoustic Phonetics

• d.       Artificial Phonetics, Articulatory Phonetics and Auditory Phonetics

1.      A ………….occurs when there are two vowel sounds in the same syllable of words

• a.       Monopthong

• b.       Synonym

• c.       Dipthong

• d.       Glide

1.      Which one of these words has [eə] sound?

• a.       Bear

• b.       Bag

• a.       Care

• d.       Break

1.      Which is a short vowel ?

• a.       /æ/

• b.       /i:/

• c.       /ɜ:/

• d.       /u:/

1.      What is a morpheme?

• a.       The smallest unit of a particular language

• b.       The minimal pair of a chosen phrase

• c.       The smallest meaningful unit of a word

• d.       The minimal item of a linguistic unit

1.      Basing on the function, morphemes can be classified as …

• a.       Derivational and inflectional

• b.       Bases and affixes

• c.       Free and Bound

• a.       Root and Stem

1.      Which of the following is an example of an inflectional morpheme in English?

• a.       Tall --> taller

• b.      Create --> creator

• c.       Write --> writer

• a.       Generate --> generator

1.      Which is a free morpheme?

• a.       Re

• b.       Ous

• c. S

• d. Joy

1.      Which of the statements given below is false?

• a.       Morphemes are smallest unit of a word and can be classified as ‘’free’’ and ‘’bound’’ morpheme

• b.       Bound morphemes cannot stand alone as words

• c.       Bound morphemes can stand alone as words

• d.       There are 2 types of free morpheme; derivational and inflectional.