Morphology: The Words of Language

Which words are content words?

• his

• coat

• was

• covered

• with

Which words are function words?

• He

• was

• jealous

• of

• promotion

How many morphemes are there in the word “undesirability”?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 7

How many morphemes are there in the word “salamander”?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many morphemes are there in the word “beautifully”?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Read the following statement and answer whether it is true or false.

"Morphemes are minimal units of sounds."

• True

• False

Read the following statement and answer whether it is true or false.

"Free morphemes can stand alone and most of them can be modified by affixes to form complex words. "

• True

• False

Read the following statement and answer whether it is true or false.

"Bound morphemes have no linguistic meaning unless they are connected to a root or base word, or in some cases, another bound morpheme. "

• True

• False

Read the following statement and answer whether it is true or false.

"Prefixes and suffixes are two types of bound morphemes. "

• True

• False

Read the following statement and answer whether it is true or false.

"Bound morphemes can be grouped into two categories: inflectional morphemes and derivational morphemes. "

• True

• False