Phonemes & Morphemes Basic Review

the smallest unit of sound in a word that makes a difference in its pronunciation, as well as its meaning, from another word

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

the English language has ____________ phonemes

• 30

• 12

• 44

the smallest meaningful unit of a word that cannot be divided into a smaller unit

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

The word cat contains _____________ phonemes.

• 3

• 2

• 1

The word shush contains ___________ phonemes.

• 3

• 2

• 1

The word bicycle contains ____________ morphemes.

• 3

• 2

• 1

The word highlighter contains _____________ morphemes.

• 3

• 2

• 1

The word puppy contains ___________ phonemes.

• 4

• 3

• 1

The word disenchantment contains ______________ morphemes.

• 3

• 2

• 1

French was one of the original languages that influenced the development of the English language.

• True

• False