Practice Test

PART A (MORPHOLOGY)

I. Underline the roots of the following words in the table below.

1 formalize 6 activation

2 paranormality 7 infamous

3 demotivate 8 naturalization
4 enlivened 9 international
5 affectionately 10 irreplaceable

II. Identify the number of morphemes in each of the following words in the table
below.

2 3
Examples: building (morphemes) goers (morphemes)
1 truthfulness 4 6 innermost 3
2 inaccessible 3 7 progressive 3
3 atomizers 4 8 responsibilities 4
4 expressionism 4 9 professional 4
5 normalizers 5 10 reimbursements 5

III. Classify the following items as simple, complex, compound words, and grammatical
structures. Complete the table below.
 SIMPLE COMPLEX COMPOUND GRAMMATICAL
WORDS WORDS WORDS STRUCTURES

Example: eater √
1. a period of time x
2. expressions x
3. apparatus x
4. arms race x
5. uncertain x
6. food poisoning x
7. favourite songs x
8. sleepless x
9. wisdom teeth x
10. desk x
11. types of allomorphs x
12. cannibal x
13. payee x
14. a very good friend x
15. founder member x
16. contact lens x
17. happy hour x
18. distance learning x
19. reaction x
20. blood donor x

IV. Mark (√) each of the following statements true or false.

TRUE FALSE

1 A morpheme is not the smallest meaningful unit in a x

language.

2 It is conventional to write bound morphemes with a x

hyphen on the side on which they are bound.

3 Inflectional morphemes appear after derivational x

morphemes.

4 Blending- Compouding ( đúng) is a process in which x

two different words are joined together to denote one
thing.

5 An affix is a morpheme which only occurs when x

attached to some other morpheme or morphemes such as
a root or stem or base.

6 The term allomorph is used to refer to the phonological x

realization or manifestation of a morpheme.
 7 An inflectional affix is an affix inserted into the root x
itself. ( xuất hiện cuối cùng)

8 All roots in English are free morphemes. x

9 Conversion refers to the process of changing or x

converting the class of a word without changing its
form.

1 Acronyms are formed by taking the initial letters of x

0 some or all of the words in a phrase or title and reading
them as a word.

V. State the word-formation process of each of the following words in the table below.

0 brunch (from blending 0 guy proper name

breakfast and
lunch) 2 biến
thành 1 là
Bleding

1 football COMPOUNDING 6 to chair (a meeting) Conversion

2 modernization Derivation 7 kodak Invention

3 sushi Borrowing 8 infomercial (from BLENDING

information and
commercial)

4 BBC ACRONYMY 9 hairdress (from Back-

hairdresser) formation

5 dorm (from CLIPPING 1 quack echoism

dormitory) 0

PART B (SYNTAX)
I. State the types and functions of the underlined groups of words.

Example: The child found the puppy. > Noun Phrase: Subject

1. The man who you want is the gardener. > Noun Phrase: Subject

2. I am aware that he is abroad. > Adjective phrase: complement

3. The people in the bus escaped through the emergency exit. > Prepositional phrase:
Postmodifier
4. Josie danced all night. > Noun phrase: adjunct
 5. Marcel didn’t study for his finals. Consequently, he failed out of school. > Adverb phrase:
adisjunct

6. The boss rated her performance excellent. > Adjective phrase: complement
7. My daughter, a surgeon in Texas, has been awarded a big grant. > noun phrase:
Apposition A, the mở đầu là noun.
8. Hemingway’s novels are exciting. > : Pre –modifier-
9. She quietly entered the library. > Adverb phra - Adjunct
10. Tragically, the rescue party arrive too late. > Adverb phrare- Distrunct

II. Underline the clause elements of the following sentences, and determine their functions.
Example: The children sometimes played by the lake.

1. The teacher who has this group is absent today.

S V C A

2. I now pronounce you husband and wife.

SA V O C

3. That her husband left her made her melancholy.

S V O C

4. I know that Bob told Eve that May thinks that Max was fired.
SV O

5. His devoting himself selflessly to his patients won him the respect of all.

S V O O

III. Underline the dependent clauses in the following sentences, state

whether they are nominal, adjectival or adverbial clauses, and then state the

function of each clause.

Example: I think you can do it. > Nominal/Noun clause : Object

1. On weekends, we can do whatever we want. > Noun clause : Object

2. I will go where you are going. > adverbial clauses : Adjunct
3. The students who had to take final exams today are tired. > adjectival clause :
Postmodifier

4. I know where you are going. > Noun clause : Object

5. That Jim should take a bath amazed Penny. > Noun clause : Object
IV. Each of the following sentences contains a non-finite clause (Infinitive Clause),
(Present Participle Clause), or (Past Participle Clause). Underline the clause and state
its function.
Example: Children born in hospital are more likely to survive. > Noun postmodifier

1. Students encouraged by their teachers do well in class. > Noun postmodifier

2. Smoking cigars in your office is forbidden. > S

3. I hate eating liver. > O

4. My dream was to become a dentist. > O

5. To speak in class is difficult for some children. > S

6. I hope to be a physician someday. > O

7. We went there to collect our computers. > Adjunct

8. Learning a foreign language is no easy task. > S

9. To tell the truth, I don’t understand him at all. > disjunct

10. She was afraid to tell them the truth. > C

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