ENG1502 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
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◉ Affix prefix suffix. Answer: The smallest part of a word that has a
grammatical function or meaning
◉ Free morphemes. Answer: complete words which cannot be broken
down any further into smaller units
◉ Lexical morphemes (free). Answer: Lexical morphemes carry the
'content' of the messages we convey
◉ Grammatical morphemes (free). Answer: Grammatical morphemes
consist of function words such as con- junctions, prepositions, articles
and pronouns, for example (and, because, a, and, for, of, I.
◉ Phonetics. Answer: The study of speech sounds.
◉ Phonology. Answer: The study of the sound patterning system
◉ Lexis. Answer: The study of the actual words a writer or speaker
chooses to use.
,◉ Morphology. Answer: The study of how words are formed.
◉ Syntax. Answer: The study of how words combine to form sentences
and the rules that govern the formations.
◉ Orthography. Answer: Writing systems
◉ Semantics. Answer: The study of meaning, how meaning is made and
understood
◉ Pragmatics. Answer: The study of the use of language in
communication - i.e. sentences as used in contexts and situations.
◉ Discourse. Answer: How language is organized beyond the sentence,
i.e. in larger texts
◉ homophones. Answer: two words are homophones if they are
pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g.
bare and bear)
◉ homonyms. Answer: Two words are homonyms if they are
pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings. (e.g.
bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept)).
, ◉ heteronyms. Answer: :two words are heteronyms if they are spelled
the same way but differ in pronunciation (e.g. row (a series of objects
arranged in a line), pronounced (r), and row (a fight), pronounced (rou)).
◉ homographs. Answer: two words are homographs if they are spelled
the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. tear (water from the eyes) tear
(rip -apart)).
◉ phoneme. Answer: When studying the symbols at this level we don't
call them letters or alphabets, but phonemes.
◉ B[i]g; br[i]ttle, b[u]sy; br[i]tain. Answer: Short vowel [I]
◉ D[e]sk; fr[ie]nd; w[ea]ther. Answer: Short vowel [e]
◉ C[a]t, l[a]nguage, ex[a]ctly. Answer: Short vowel [æ]
◉ H[o]t; acr[o]ss; c[o]ntinent. Answer: Short vowel [ɑ]
◉ B[oo]k, w[o]man, f[u]ll. Answer: Short vowel [ʊ]
◉ C[u]t; b[u]tter; c[o]lourful. Answer: Short vowel [ʌ]
WITH SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
◉ Affix prefix suffix. Answer: The smallest part of a word that has a
grammatical function or meaning
◉ Free morphemes. Answer: complete words which cannot be broken
down any further into smaller units
◉ Lexical morphemes (free). Answer: Lexical morphemes carry the
'content' of the messages we convey
◉ Grammatical morphemes (free). Answer: Grammatical morphemes
consist of function words such as con- junctions, prepositions, articles
and pronouns, for example (and, because, a, and, for, of, I.
◉ Phonetics. Answer: The study of speech sounds.
◉ Phonology. Answer: The study of the sound patterning system
◉ Lexis. Answer: The study of the actual words a writer or speaker
chooses to use.
,◉ Morphology. Answer: The study of how words are formed.
◉ Syntax. Answer: The study of how words combine to form sentences
and the rules that govern the formations.
◉ Orthography. Answer: Writing systems
◉ Semantics. Answer: The study of meaning, how meaning is made and
understood
◉ Pragmatics. Answer: The study of the use of language in
communication - i.e. sentences as used in contexts and situations.
◉ Discourse. Answer: How language is organized beyond the sentence,
i.e. in larger texts
◉ homophones. Answer: two words are homophones if they are
pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g.
bare and bear)
◉ homonyms. Answer: Two words are homonyms if they are
pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings. (e.g.
bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept)).
, ◉ heteronyms. Answer: :two words are heteronyms if they are spelled
the same way but differ in pronunciation (e.g. row (a series of objects
arranged in a line), pronounced (r), and row (a fight), pronounced (rou)).
◉ homographs. Answer: two words are homographs if they are spelled
the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. tear (water from the eyes) tear
(rip -apart)).
◉ phoneme. Answer: When studying the symbols at this level we don't
call them letters or alphabets, but phonemes.
◉ B[i]g; br[i]ttle, b[u]sy; br[i]tain. Answer: Short vowel [I]
◉ D[e]sk; fr[ie]nd; w[ea]ther. Answer: Short vowel [e]
◉ C[a]t, l[a]nguage, ex[a]ctly. Answer: Short vowel [æ]
◉ H[o]t; acr[o]ss; c[o]ntinent. Answer: Short vowel [ɑ]
◉ B[oo]k, w[o]man, f[u]ll. Answer: Short vowel [ʊ]
◉ C[u]t; b[u]tter; c[o]lourful. Answer: Short vowel [ʌ]
