Syntax and Morphology - Chapter 2

Sleep, slept, sleeps, sleeping are realisations of the lexeme […..]

“I usually cut the bread on the table; however, yesterday I cut the bread in the sink.” How many word forms in the sentence?

• 10
• 12
• 17
• 11

Answer explanation

Cut (present simple) vs cut (past simple)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

The root of the word “unemployment” is….

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

“I realise that I had forgotten to close the door when my mom told me.” How many words are there in the sentence?

• 14
• 15
• 13
• 12

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

How many different lexemes are there in the following list? “He, him, man, men, mice, his, mouse”

• 3
• 7
• 4
• 5

A(n) ____ form is an element that can occur in isolation.

• free
• bound
• affix
• prefix

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

“Girls” and “girl” are ____ word-forms of the ____ lexeme.

• different/same
• different/different
• same/same
• same/different

The study of the internal structure of words.

• Morpholoqy
• Syntax
• Phonology
• Morphology

….is a letter or groups of letters that we add to the beginning or the end of a root word.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A word is a …. free form.