Affixes and Morphemes Quiz

Definition of a "morpheme"

• A. A minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function

• B. Understanding sentence formation

• C. Learning the correct pronunciation of words

Which type of affixes is used to create new words or change the meaning or lexical category of existing words?

• a) Derivational affixes

• b) Inflectional affixes

A word part that goes at the beginning of a word and changes the word's meaning.

• A. Infix

• B. Prefix

• C. Suffix

Pick the answer that has derivatives of the same root word.

• A. good, bad

• B. happy, merry, excited

• C. read, reread, readability, reading

In the word "happiness," what does the derivational suffix "-ness" change the base word "happy" into?

• a) An adverb

• b) A noun

Which type of morpheme can stand alone?

• A. Free Morphemes

• B. Bound Morphemes