MTTC Practice Questions with Grade A+answers

is the syllable break in the word 'snappy'? A. Between the second 'p' and the 'y' B. Between the 's' and the 'n' C. Between the first 'p' and the second 'p' D. Between the 'a' and the first 'p' ANSWER- C. Between the first 'p' and the second 'p' Where is the syllable break in the word 'spider'? A. Between the 'p' and the 'i' B. Between the 'e' and the 'r' C. Between the 'i' and the 'd' D. Between the 'd' and the 'e' ANSWER- C. Between the 'i' and the 'd' When students are clapping syllables, how many times should they clap for the word 'bulldozer?' A. 2 B. 3 C. 1 D. 4 ANSWER- B. 3 What is syllabication? A. Sounding out words on the page B. Spelling C. Breaking up a word into its letter sounds D. Breaking up words into their separate syllables ANSWER- D. Breaking up words into their separate syllables What is a free morpheme? A morpheme who knows no allegiance to a ruler A morpheme which can function independently as a word A standalone word A morpheme which has to be attached to a word to function ANSWER- A morpheme which can function independently as a word What does a derivational morpheme do to a word? A. Changes the tense B. Alters the word's part of speech C. Changes the number of a noun D. Reminds you of another word ANSWER- B. Alters the word's part of speech What is morphology? A. The study of a language's parts and how the parts interact B. The study of metamorphosis C. The study of living organisms D. The study of specific words ANSWER- A. The study of a language's parts and how the parts interact In the following sentence, what is the bound morpheme? The cats ran and sat on the ledge. A. ledge B. sat C. -s