WORD FORMATION

1. Choose the types of morphemes there are:

• Free morpheme

• Affixation

• Bound morpheme

• All of the above

What is the concept of a morpheme?

• 1. It is not the smallest unit that has meaning in a language.

• 1. It is the smallest unit that has meaning in a language.

• It is the smallest unit that has no meaning in a language.

To these words: danger, help, cook, appear, interest, teach; can be added:

• Prefixes (DIS- UN- IM)

• Suffixes (ING -ED -ANCE -FUL -OUS -ER )

• None

What is a word family?

• 1. A collection of unrelated words.

• 2. A group of words that do not share a common root.

• 3. A group of words sharing a common root word.

These compound words: Wake up and Find out belong to which compound pattern?

• Noun + adjective

• Noun + noun

• Adjective + verb

• Verb + particle

Choose the correct prefix for this word: possible

• 1. Im

• Un

• Pre

• Ly

 Choose the correct sentence for this rule: You don’t need to drop the e before a  suffix beginning with a consonant.

• I will not be there on Saturday. Sorry, Jane…

• What’s all the noise, kids? Why so much excitement?

• That’s really unprobable.

The word "cats" has two morphemes: "cat" and "s.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Write the correct words according to the statement: Morphemes that are   added at the beginning of words are called  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  and those at the end are called  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _ . 

Classify these words according to what they are:  Away from the keyboard (AFK); Universidad Nacional de Loja (UNL); Cable News Network (CNN).

• Abbreviations

• Initialisms

• Contractions

• Acronyms