Quiz

Name: Candra Kristela Binti Awasi
No. Matrix: SB190408610

ESLB4024/4023 MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX: QUIZ 15%
Set 1

This will be an in-class individual written quiz. You are given 1 ½ hours to complete the quiz.
There are FIVE (5) questions in this section. Answer all questions on the question paper.

1. Give an example for the following:

a) Bound morpheme (Derivational)

Kindness (kind + ness = kindness)
___________________________________________________________________
b) Bound morpheme (inflectional)

Writing (write + ing = writing)
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(2 Marks)

2. Identify the syntactic category of the underlined words.

sentence Answer
a. He drives recklessly. Adjective
b. Wilson is trying to call her brother. Verb
c. Harold sang old sea ditties while Clara prepared dinner. Conjunction
d. Those meatballs look delicious. pronouns

(4 Marks)

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3. Construct a phrase for the following:

He is eating an apple.
a) Verb phrase: ______________________________________________________
b) Adjective phrase: __S_h_e__w_o_r_e_a__b_e_a_u_ti_fu__l _d_re_s_s_.___________________________
c) Prepositional phrase: __S__h_e_w_a_s__h_id_i_n_g_u_n_d_e_r__th_e__ta_b_le_._____________________
d) Noun phrase: __T_h_e__b_o_h_e_m__ia_n__h_o_u_s_e__w_a_s_b_r_ig_h_t_ly_d_e_c_o_r_a_te_d__fo_r__th_e__h_o_lid_a_y_s_.___

(4 Marks)

4. For each question, fill the space in the sentence using the base word given in bold at
the end. The required word may be a noun, adverb, adjective or verb and it may be
either positive (e.g. helpful) or negative (e.g. unhelpful).

1. The Sultan spent over fifty million dollars making the capital city's main hotel the
most ____lu_x_u_r_io_u_s_____ in the country.

luxury
cover

2. Police working on solving the bank robbery have by chance __________ a plan to
murder a leading politician.

cover
3. We should go and eat at "Franco's" which is ____s_u_p_p_o_se_d_l_y____ a great little
restaurant.

suppose
believes

4. I left the house at 8am and stared at the empty garage in ___________ My car was
nowhere to be seen. Someone had stolen it!

believe

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5. If you have any problems finding things, just ask Roger. He is very _h_e_l_p_fu_l_____
and will tell you where to find what you want.
help
6. You paid $25 for a simple breakfast?! They have certainly __ch_a_r_g_e_d____ you! You
should go back and complain.
charge
7. The gang robbed three banks in the same city and all at about the same time. Not
____s_u_r_p_ri_si_n_g____, they were caught by the police during the fourth attempt.
surprise

differ
8. Sarina is only my half -sister because we have _______________________
mothers.
Differ

5. Find the allomorphs for the following:
a. Grants – (s) as in ‘grants’
b. Grabs – /z/ as in ‘grabs’
c. Plants – /s/ as in ‘plants’
d. Dogs – /z/ as in ‘dogs’
e. Craves – /iz/ as in ‘craves’

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