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8. Which among the following is NOT a neutral compound?
a) craftsmanship;
b) bedroom;
c) shop-window
9. Affixes that take part in deriving new words in this particular
period of
language development are called
a) native;
b) productive;
c) frequently occurring.
10. Diamond drops, mint drops, snowdrops are instances of
a) metonymy;
b) metaphor;
c) broadening of meaning.
11. The initial sk usually indicates
a) Italian borrowings;
b) French borrowings;
c) Scandinavian borrowings
12. –land in Ireland, wonderland and –like in businesslike, ladylike
are examples
of
a) stem;
b) suffix;
c) semi-affix.
13. Such words as humming-bird, to bark, to howl are produced by
a) shortening;
b) onomatopoeia;
c) reversion
14. Chi-chi, shilly-shallying illustrate
a) composition;
b) reduplication;
c) back-formation
15. Street, wall, London are
a) Celtic borrowings;

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