VU Midterm Past Papers
32 solved midterm past paper MCQs for ENG509 (Morphology and Syntax) at Virtual University, each with the correct answer marked. Use them to learn the VU question style and test your recall. An independent study tool — not affiliated with VU.
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Q1. Which of the following is the ‘progressive participle’ of the lexeme ‘perform’?
Q2. Which of the following is a determiner?
Q3. Which of the following nouns takes a zero suffix to form its plural?
Q4. Which of the following is a right-headed compound?
Q5. English adjectives have ———— forms mostly.
Q6. Performs, performed and perform are all the inflected forms of the ———— perform.
Q7. Which of the following nouns is formed by changing the final consonant of its verb?
Q8. Which of the following is a regular suffix to form plural of nouns?
Q9. Which of the following verbs is formed by replacing the final voiceless consonant of its noun with a voiced one?
Q10. ‘Performance’ and ‘performances’ are the two forms of a lexeme
Q11. Which of the following is a headless compound?
Q12. Items that have the internal structure of phrases but function syntactically as words are called ————.
Q13. Which of the following compound verb types describes ‘stir-fry’?
Q14. Which of the following nouns is formed by changing the vowel of its verb?
Q15. Which of the following compound noun types describes ‘blackboard’?
Q16. Select the correct option
Q17. The ———— in inflectional morphology occurred partly due to dialect mixture.
Q18. Conscious borrowings from Latin and ———— were fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries in order to enrich English vocabulary.
Q19. The phenomenon whereby a single inflected form corresponds to more than one set of morphosyntactic features is termed as ————.
Q20. The term ‘inflection’ is derived from which language?
Q21. The term ‘inflection’ is derived from the Latin root flect- which means ————.
Q22. Which of the following constraints limits morphological productivity?
Q23. ———— does not change the core lexical meaning or the lexical category of the word to which it applies.
Q24. The addition of ‘un-’ to a word X results in the formation of a new word meaning “———— of X’.
Q25. Which of the following is the most common nominal category in inflection?
Q26. Which of the following prefixes when added to a word X forms a new word meaning ‘opposite of X’?
Q27. Which of the following is a prefix of size?
Q28. ———— changes the core lexical meaning of the word to which it applies.
Q29. The type of constraint on word formation that requires the base to belong to a certain lexical category is known as ———— constraint.
Q30. Modern English nouns have no more than ———— word forms.
Q31. The more frequent or familiar a word is, the faster a speaker can ———— it.
Q32. Modern English verbs have — distinct forms.