Morphemes and Syllables

What is a morpheme?

• A root word

• A group of letters that has its own meaning

• an affix

• a base word

An affix that goes in front of the word.

What must every morheme have?

• One syllable

• an affix

• meaning

• A root word

A morhpeme that goes at the end of a word.

What do affixes always do?

• Create a closed syllable

• Make the word harder to spell

• Make a word have more than one syllable

• Change the meaning of the root or base word

What type of morpheme is "ed?"

• Affix

• Suffix

• Prefix

• Root word

What does the word reading have?

• a prefix and a base word

• a base word and a suffix

• a root word and a suffix

• a root word, a suffix and a prefix

What does "unquestionable" have?

• a root word and a prefix

• a root word, a prefix and a suffix

• a base word and a prefix

• a base word, a prefix and a suffix

What does the morpheme s, es mean?

What morpheme means doing in the present?

• ly

• s, es

• ing

• ed