Test on Derivational Morphemes: Changing Parts of Speech
Derivational Morphemes: Changing Parts of Speech Explained
Test: Derivational Morphemes
20 questions
Question 1: The derivational morpheme added to the noun 'truth' to form the adjective 'truthful' is '-ly'.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: According to the materials, '/truth/ is a NOUN and if we affix /-full/ it becomes /truthful/ an ADJECTIVE'. The morpheme is '-ful', not '-ly'.
Question 2: Derivational morphemes that alter a word's part of speech in English are commonly affixed at the end of the word.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: The study materials state: 'In English, such morphemes tend to be added or affixed at the end of words.' This confirms that derivational morphemes changing parts of speech are typically suffixes.
Question 3: The derivational morpheme '-er' always changes a verb into an adjective.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: The study materials show that adding '-er' to the verb 'teach' results in the noun 'teacher', not an adjective. Therefore, '-er' does not always change a verb into an adjective.
Question 4: Adding the derivational morpheme '-en' to the noun 'fright' results in a word that retains its original part of speech as a noun.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: According to Table 12, adding the derivational morpheme '-en' to the noun 'fright' changes its part of speech to a verb, resulting in 'frighten'.
Question 5: The derivational morpheme '-ment' changes a verb into a noun, as shown in Table 12.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: Table 12 illustrates that when the derivational morpheme '-ment' is affixed to the verb /establish/, the resulting word /establishment/ becomes a noun.