Chapter 5: Using Morphemes to Learn Vocabulary

All languages have _____________, and all words are made up of ______________. (p. 113)

• phonemes

• morphemes

• affixes

• roots

True or False? Morphemes will always be pronounced the same way in every word? (p. 116)

• True

• False

There are more than ______ functional morphemes. (p. 119)

• 70

• 5

• 100

• 1,000

Which type of morpheme compromises the vast majority of the words of a language? (p. 120)

• functional morphemes

• inflectional morphemes

• derivational morphemes

• lexical morphemes

Lexical morphemes include: (p. 120)

• nouns

• verbs

• adjectives and adverbs

• all of the above

Which type of morpheme defines the relationships among the content words around them? (p. 121)

• lexical

• functional

• derivational

• bound

Free morphemes are _______. (p. 119)

• phrases

• affixes

• words

• categories

Which type of morpheme is known as the "connective tissue?" (p. 121)

• free morphemes

• functional morphemes

• lexical morphemes

• inflectional morphemes

Which morpheme is known as, "the vital organs?" (p. 120)

• lexical

• bound

• functional

• free

True or false? Without function words, English wouldn't make sense because the relationship among the words couldn't be expressed? (p. 122)

• true

• false