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Back FormationSet 1

1The process of word formation in "easy => ease" is .....

2The verb 'to edit' (created by removing '-or' from 'editor') is an example of:

3Which of the following is an example of a back formation?

4The examples to beg, to burgle, to cobble are cases of the type of word-building, called:

5Back formation

6The process of word formation in 'lazy => laze' is:

7Backformation

8To back up information is to

9The process of deriving words by removing what is thought to be a suffix from an existing word is .....

10Deletion-A word that you delete a word part, syllable or phoneme: Examples: baseball without the "base" = ball, freedom without the "dom" = free, tent without the /t/ is .....

11This word formation reduces or removes the affixation of the word

12Which of the following is an abbreviation which is a backronym?

13Which word is an example of a back-formation?

14Which of these words is a result of backformation?

15Which of these is 'reversed' in reverse?

16The word is: DONATE from DONATION

17A minor word-formation process. New word created by suffix deletion.

18"Babysitter $\rightarrow$ babysit" illustrates:

19It is a process in which a kind of reverse affixation takes place.

20Hey there! Can you tell me what back-formation means?

21Remove one letter from the word in capital letters to leave a new word. Example: AUNT an insect Ant.FLEET part of our body .....

22"Televise" is an example of which morphological process?

23Which food word is formed from Msomoruhs?

24Words created by sound interchange

25The process of reducing a word such as a noun to a shorter version and using it as a new word such as a verb is called .....

26Which of the following back-formation forms of the word aviation is a VERB?

27Identify the word-formation process:editor-> edit

28The process of taking away derivational morpheme(s) from the words to create new ones.

29Verbs:to beg, to peddle, to gawk and to edit were formed from the nouns beggar, peddler, gawker and editor as a result of

30The way of word-building when a word is formed by dropping the final morpheme to form a new word is known as:

31Creating a new word by removing some of its apparent morphs

32Word Formation Processes:It involves removing from a worda part of it that is perceived as an affix.

33What is the word formation method where a new word is created by removing an affix from an existing word?

34Which of the following is a backformation?

35Remove one letter from the word in capital letters and leave a new word. Example A U N T an insect antB L O W the opposite of 'high'