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The word English derived from?o Englisc

Anglo-Saxons aka o Jutes, Angles and Saxons

Which of the following words are not from the Norsemen?o Windowo Dooro Take o Ugly

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William the Conqueror brought the following to England:o The French influence in the English languageo His nobles and a new governmento The use of English of the uneducated and vulgar tongue

It was brought about because of the invention of the printing presso The standardization of English

What is the word formation of the word “run” in the following sentences:

We walk to the hill. We had a walk of faith.

o Zero derivation

How is the word “reject” (v) and “reject” (n) formed?o Stress shift

What is done the word man to form the word men?o Ablaut

The word basketball is formed through…o Compounding

It is used to shorten the names of some courses in college.o Clipping

The word cheeseburger is blended from the words…o Cheese and hamburger

What is the word formation process that is frequently used in chatting or IMs?o Acronymy

“Achoo, moo and buzz” are words formed through what process?o Onomatopoeia

Which of the following situations does not reflect the application of coining?o “You may xerox the materials at Copylandia.”o “You can get an aspirin at the clinic.”o “You will get an E if you will not study for the exams.”o “You should bring extra cellophane.”

Uses of an affixo Changing the meaning of the wordo Having a new meaning of the wordo Creating another word from the root word

What does the prefix in the word pretest mean?o Before

What does the suffix in the word accurate mean?o Act up

In the word submarine, the prefix of the word means…o Under

What is use to mean against?o anti

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o proo – ate o post

What does the affix tele– in the word telephone mean?o Far

o She is the president of the class.

What are the nouns that you can find in the sentenceo Presidento Class

what kind of pronoun is “she”?o 1st person nominative feminine

What is the function of the pronoun she in the sentence?o Subject

President is what kind of noun?o Common noun

What is the function of the noun president?o Subjective complement

What kind of noun is the word class?o Collective noun

What is the function of the noun class in the sentence?o Objective of the preposition

Power brings responsibility.

What are the nouns found in this sentence?o Power o Responsibility

What kind of noun is power?o Abstract

What is the function of the noun power in the sentence>o Subject

What kind of noun is the word responsibility? o Abstract

What is the function of the noun responsibility in the sentence?o Direct object

I told him a secret.

What are the pronouns found in the sentence?o I and him

The pronoun I is identified aso Singular, 1st person, nominative

The pronoun him is identified aso Singular. 1st person, objective

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What is the function of the pronoun him?o Indirect object

What is the direct object in this sentence?o Secret

o Belle, the teacher was given as award. Find the subject of the sentence. What kind of noun is the subject? Teacher functions as

o Appositive

Give an example of the following:o Relative pronouno Demonstrative pronouno Interrogative pronouno Indefinite pronouns

Singular Plural

o Numerical pronouno Reciprocal pronouns

SingularPersonal Pronouns

Objective

Nominative

Possessive

Reflexive/Intensive

1st person Me I My/mine Myself2nd person You You Yours Yourself3rd personFeminine Her She Hers HerselfMasculine Him He His Himself

Neuter It It Its Itself Plural

1st person Us We Ours Ourselves2nd person You You Yours Yourself3rd person Them They Theirs Their self