Word Formation Processes

WORD FORMATION PROCESSES

Directions: Read the sentences and determine which response/answer best fits the word formation process usage in each one.

Type GO.

1. It is the creation of words using affixes such as prefixes, infixes, and suffixes.

• compounding

• derivation

• back formation

• conversion

2. It is the creation of root words through the removal of an affix.

• repurposing     

• compounding

• back formation

• eponyms

3. What word will be created if there is an application of a negative prefix in a word fair?

• not fair

• unfair

• misfair

4. What word will be created if there is a removal of an affix in a word donation?

• donate

• donating

• donor

5. It is the combination of existing words to create new ones.

• reduplication

• onomatopoeia

• compounding

• loan words

6. It is the application of a word in another context.

• conversion

• repurposing

• reduplication

• back formation

7. What word will be created if you combine butter + fly words?

• butter-fly

• butter and fly

• butterfly

8. What is the abbreviation for Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services  Administration?

• PAGASA

• PAG-ASA

• Pag-Asa

9. It is a process wherein a word is assigned to a new word without any change of form.

• conversion

• nonce words

• portmanteaus

• eponyms