English Grammar : Practice Questions and Answers

The substitution of the aspirated /k/ for the un-aspirated /k/ in the word sky does not alter the meaning of the word. It is an instance of

The study ordering of speech sounds into the smallest meaningful groups is called

The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered into phrases, clauses, and sentences is called

The study of meaning is called

The study of elementary speech sounds is called

The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called

The shortened forms like photo for photograph is an instance of

The –s in she sings well is

The –s in johns is

The –s in boys is

The r in red is articulated as a

The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools came to be called

The processes of word formation wherein two or more existing words are simply combined.

The processes of word formation wherein one or more syllables are removed from an existing long words

The processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words.

The processes of word formation whereby new words are formed by subtracting a root by deleting final syllable which is misunderstood as a suffix.

The process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another

The present-tense form of the verb read and its past-tense which is pronounced as red is an example of

The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of..............assimilation

The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in