Morphological Grouping
How many main morphological groups of words are there?
Four
What is the name of this TV series?
Desperate Housewives.
Which word is a shade of red?
Crimson, navy or emerald?
Crimson
What is the tradition called when children go from house to house asking for candy?
Trick or Treat.
What are thematic group?
Groups of words connected by a common topic
What is a root word? Give an example.
word containing one free morpheme, e.g. dog.
What is this character's catchphrase?
Savvy? (Captain Jack Sparrow)
Name three words belonging to the thematic group " Weather "
Own answer
What is the famous lantern made from a carved pumpkin called?
Jack-o'-lantern.
Give three examples of thematic groups
Colours, body parts, kinship terms
What is a derivative word? Give an example.
A word with at least two morphemes, including a bound morpheme, e.g. dogged.
What is this character's name, and which fictional universe is he from?
Sméagol (Gollum), from The Lord of the Rings universe.
Which word does not belong: mother, cousin, neighbour, uncle?
Neighbour
Which ancient Celtic festival did Halloween originate from?
Samhain
What is the main difference between notional and functional words?
Notional words have independent lexical meaning; functional words mainly express grammatical relationships.
What is the difference between compound words and compound derivatives?
Compound words have at least two free morphemes; compound derivatives also have a bound morpheme.
What Latin phrase, meaning "seize the day," does the English literature teacher adopt as his motto in the film Dead Poets Society?
Carpe Diem.
Why are " scarlet", "crimson", and " rose" connected in Vocabulary?
They belong to the colour vocabulary associated with red or reddish shades
Whose cry or scream is believed to foretell death?
Banshee
Guess the song by lyrics
The day was cold, but I was in love. There were three of us, too bad it wasn't just the two of us. He was handsome compared to me, And I was strong in spirit, just putting up with the fact that you...
Северное сияние - Иван Дорн
Which morphological group does "dog-legged" belong to, and why?
Compound derivatives, because it contains two free morphemes and a suffix.
Name all of the Dark Lord's Horcruxes.
Tom Riddle's Diary
Marvolo Gaunt's Ring
Helga Hufflepuff's Cup
Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem
Salazar Slytherin's Locket
Nagini the Snake
Harry Potter (an accidental Horcrux)
Can one word belong to several thematic groups? Explain
Yes.
What do the people in the Other World have instead of eyes in the animated movie "Coraline"?
Buttons
What five features distinguish basic colour terms from their subsystems?
Frequency, motivation, simple or compound structure, stylistic colouring, and combining power.