Morphology Lessons

The committee chair sat in the center chair.

• acronym

• blend

• category extension

• clipped form

Identify the word-formation process:

present + -er = presenter

• derivation

• blend

• back formation

• root creation

What is the allomorph in the word children?

• child

• -en

• ren

What is the process that results in two sounds becoming less alike in articulatory or acoustic terms?

• deletion

• dissimilation

• epenthesis

• metathesis

A word element that can stand alone as a word.

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

A word element that cannot stand alone as a word.

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Change the semantic meaning or part of speech of the impacted word when coupled with a root.

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Identify the word-formation process: un + happy = unhappy

• A) derivation

• B) blend

• C) back formation

• D) root creation

What is the morpheme in the word 'cats'?

• A) cat

• B) -s

• C) cats

• D) -t

Which of the following is a bound morpheme?

• A) book

• B) -ed

• C) run

• D) happy