Master Word and Sentence Structure: Morphology and Syntax Quizzes

Question 1

What is the term used to describe the study of how words combine to form sentences?

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Syntax

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Morphology

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Semantics

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Pragmatics

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of an inflectional affix in English?

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-s

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-ing

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-un

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-ly

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a gerund?

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Running

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Walk

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Ran

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Quickly

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a complex sentence?

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The dog barked because it was hungry.

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The dog barked.

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The dog and the cat played.

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The dog ran quickly.

Question 5

In the sentence 'The diligent student excelled in the exam', what is the syntactic function of 'the'?

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Determiner

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Subject

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Verb

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Object

Question 6

Which of the following morphemes is bound?

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-s

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dog

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run

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the

Question 7

In the sentence 'The students who studied diligently passed the test', what is the subject?

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The students

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who studied diligently

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passed the test

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diligently

Question 8

In the sentence 'The house that Jack built is sturdy', what is the relative clause?

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that Jack built

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The house

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is sturdy

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Jack built

Question 9

In the sentence 'I will be working on the project tomorrow', what is the tense of the verb?

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Future simple

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Present simple

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Present continuous

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Future continuous

Question 10

Which of the following is a modal auxiliary?

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Can

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Have

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Is

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Do

Question 11

Which of the following is a bound morpheme in the word 'unhappy'?

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un

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ha

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py

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unhappy

Question 12

Identify the noun phrase in the sentence: 'The old, abandoned house stood on the hill.'

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The old, abandoned house

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on the hill

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house

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abandoned

Question 13

Which of the following sentences contains a transitive verb?

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The new teacher explained the lesson clearly.

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The students are studying for their exams.

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The cat is sleeping on the couch.

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The flowers are blooming in the garden.

Question 14

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence: 'The students are very intelligent.'

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 15

Which of the following is a type of subordinate clause that provides additional information about a noun?

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Relative clause

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Main clause

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Adverbial clause

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Noun clause

Question 16

Identify the type of word that is underlined in the sentence: 'The students listened attentively to the lecture.'

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Adverb

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of a complex sentence?

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I went to the library and borrowed a book.

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The boy is reading a book.

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The weather is nice today.

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The students studied hard for the test.

Question 18

Identify the tense of the underlined verb in the sentence: 'I have been working on this project since yesterday.'

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Present perfect continuous

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Present simple

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Present continuous

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Present perfect

Question 19

What is the term for the smallest meaningful unit in a language?

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Morpheme

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Phoneme

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Syntax

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Semantics

Question 20

The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog," is classified as a:

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Simple sentence

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Compound sentence

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Complex sentence

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Compound-complex sentence

Question 21

Which of the following words is an example of a function word?

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Preposition

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 22

What is the term for a group of words that function as a grammatical unit?

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Phrase

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Clause

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Sentence

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Paragraph

Question 23

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

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My friends and I went to the park.

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Me and my friends went to the park.

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My friends and me went to the park.

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Me and my friends went to park.

Question 24

The phrase "the man with the hat" is an example of a:

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Prepositional phrase

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Noun phrase

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Verb phrase

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Adjective phrase

Question 25

The sentence, "I saw the boy playing in the garden," is an example of a:

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Complex sentence

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Simple sentence

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Compound sentence

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Compound-complex sentence

Question 26

Identify the type of affix in the word 'unhappy':

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Prefix

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Suffix

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Infix

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Circumfix

Question 27

Which of the following sentences follows the subject-verb-object word order?

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The cat sat on the mat.

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Sat the cat on the mat.

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On the mat sat the cat.

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The mat sat on the cat.

Question 28

Identify the grammatical function of 'the' in the sentence: 'The boy kicked the ball.'

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Determiner

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 29

Identify the clause type in the sentence: 'I went to school because I wanted to learn.'

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Adverbial clause

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Independent clause

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Dependent clause

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Noun clause

Question 30

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'She is a very __ girl.'

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 31

Identify the grammatical function of the underlined word in the sentence: 'We saw the __ in the park.'

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Object

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Subject

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Verb

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Adverbial

Question 32

Define a morpheme.

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The smallest unit of meaning in a language

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A word that cannot be broken down into smaller units

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A group of words that forms a phrase

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A sentence that expresses a complete thought

Question 33

What is a word formed by adding a suffix to another word called?

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Derivative

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Root

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Affix

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Compound

Question 34

Which sentence is an example of a simple sentence?

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The dog barked loudly.

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The boy who lives next door is my best friend.

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Although it was raining, we went for a walk.

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If you finish your homework, you can watch TV.

Question 35

What is the primary function of a preposition in a sentence?

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To show the relationship between words

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To connect a noun or pronoun to another word

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To modify a verb

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To introduce a subordinating clause

Question 36

Identify the characteristic of a passive voice sentence.

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The subject of the sentence receives the action.

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The subject of the sentence performs the action.

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The verb is in the present tense.

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The sentence contains a modal verb.

Question 37

What is the term for a group of words that forms a phrase?

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Syntagm

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Clause

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Sentence

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Lexicon

Question 38

Explain the difference between a gerund and an infinitive.

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A gerund is a verb form that functions as a noun, while an infinitive is a verb form that functions as a verb.

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An infinitive is a verb form that functions as a noun, while a gerund is a verb form that functions as a verb.

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A gerund is a present participle, while an infinitive is a past participle.

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An infinitive is a present participle, while a gerund is a past participle.

Question 39

What is an example of a compound word?

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Bookcase

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Unhappy

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Write

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Beautiful

Question 40

In the sentence 'The enthusiastic students presented their research findings', what is the grammatical role of 'research findings'?

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Direct object

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Subject

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Indirect object

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Object complement

Question 41

In the sentence 'Although it was raining heavily, we decided to go for a walk', which grammatical element is 'Although it was raining heavily'?

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Dependent clause

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Independent clause

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Phrase

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Conjunction

Question 42

Which of the following is NOT a significant morphological change that has occurred in English over the past five centuries?

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Development of a more consistent spelling system

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Loss of inflectional endings

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Increased use of prefixes and suffixes

Question 43

What is the term for a single word that can convey a complete thought or idea?

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Holophrase

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Affix

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Lexicon

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Root

Question 44

Which of the following is a major syntactic category?

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Noun phrase

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Inflection

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Compound

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Morpheme

Question 45

In the sentence: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog", what is the subject?

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fox

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dog

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over

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lazy

Question 46

Which of the following words is formed by adding an affix to an existing word?

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unhappy

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tree

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and

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slowly

Question 47

Which characteristic is essential for a sentence to be considered well-formed?

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It must have a subject and a verb.

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It must be free of any grammatical or punctuation errors.

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It must be long and complex.

Question 48

What is the field of linguistics that studies the relationship between the sounds of words and their meanings?

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Phonology

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Morphology

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Syntax

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Semantics

Question 49

Identify the bound morpheme in the following options:

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-ive

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book

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the

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cat

Question 50

Which of the following is a free morpheme?

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cat

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-ly

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-ing

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-ment

Question 51

Which of the following is an example of a noun phrase that functions as the subject of a sentence?

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The boy who lives next door

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Loves

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Very quickly

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In the park

Question 52

Identify the verb phrase in the following options:

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Loves to sing

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The boy

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In the park

Question 53

Which of the following is an example of an adjective phrase that functions as an adverbial in the sentence?

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Very quickly

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Loves

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In the park

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The boy

Question 54

Which of the following is an example of a complex sentence that includes a subordinate clause?

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The boy who lives next door loves to sing.

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The boy is happy.

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The boy is singing.

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The boy and the girl are playing.

Question 55

Identify the compound sentence in the following options:

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The boy is singing, and the girl is dancing.

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The boy is happy.

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The boy and the girl are playing.

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The boy who lives next door loves to sing.