Morphology

Morpho-syntax Test Format
Truong Van Anh
SGU
PART A: MORPHOLOGY
I. Choose the best answer. Write a, b, c or d into the answer box. (3ms) 15 sentences
5 sentences on definitions
10 sentences on practice
(classification of words according to internal structure and word formation)
II. Draw the diagrams or IC cuts of the following words to demonstrate the layers of word construction. (1m) 4 words (3 simple words and 1 complex word)



1. Smallest unit of a word.
A. sentence B. morpheme C. affix D. phrase
2. A string of words put in a grammatical order.
A. sentence B. morpheme C. affix D. phrase
…
6. The first part of a word is called …
A. prefix B. infix C. affix D. suffix
7. TOEFL is a kind of …
A. clipping B. acronymy C. compounding D. blending
PART B: SYNTAX
III. Identify all the major functions in the following sentences: (2ms) 5 sentences
Subject of a verb (S), Subjective Complement (sC), Objective Complement (oC), direct object (dO), predicator complement (prepC), indirect Object (iO)
Verb group: Intensive / complex transitive/ ditransitive/ monotransitive/ intransitive





IV. Re-explain the structural ambiguity of each of the given verb phrases, using tree-diagrams (2 ms) 1 sentence and 1 NP








V. Draw the complete tree diagrams / phrase markers of the following phrases or sentences. (2ms)
2 noun phrases (0.5 m) and 1 simple sentence (1 m)











Good luck!