Practice

What is a prefix?

• A word, letter, or number placed before another.

• A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative.

• Words that hold the most basic meaning of a word.

• A newly coined word or expression.

What is neologism?

• A newly coined word or expression.

• A word, letter, or number placed before another.

• A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative.

• Words that hold the most basic meaning of a word.

What is a noun?

• A word used to identify any of a class of people, place, or things, or to name a particular one of these.

• A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

• A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

• A word that shows an action, occurrence, or state of being.

What is an adjective?

• A word used to identify any of a class of people, place, or things, or to name a particular one of these.

• A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
  

• A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.
  

• A word that shows an action, occurrence, or state of being.

What is a verb?

• A word used to identify any of a class of people, place, or things, or to name a particular one of these.
  

• A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

• A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.
  

• A word that shows an action, occurrence, or state of being.

What is an adverb?

• A word used to identify any of a class of people, place, or things, or to name a particular one of these.
  

• A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
  

• A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.
  

• A word that shows an action, occurrence, or state of being.

What is a morpheme?

Answer explanation

The smallest meaningful constituent of a linguistic expression. The smallest units of speech that convey meaning.

(in, come, -ing, forming incoming)

What is an iamb?

Answer explanation

An iamb (eye-am) is a metrical unit consisting of to syllables where an initial unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. For example, the words amuse (a-MUSE), portray (por-TRAY), delight (de-LIGHT), and return (re-TURN) are all iambs.

What are some examples of adverbs?

Answer explanation

quickly, slowly, yesterday, last week, here, there, today, daily, never, rarely, extremely, annually, etc.,

What are some examples of verbs?

Answer explanation

Run, dance, slide, jump, think, do, go, stand, sting, speak, etc.,