Exploring Morphemes in Context

What is a morpheme?

• A type of sentence structure

• The smallest grammatical unit in a language

• A type of punctuation mark

• A synonym for a word

Identify the free morpheme in the word "unhappiness."

• un-

• -ness

• happy

• -iness

Which of the following is a bound morpheme?

• cat

• -ed

• run

• book

In the word "reorganise," what type of morpheme is "re-"?

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Which word contains both a free and a bound morpheme?

• Dogs

• Tree

• Quickly

• Happiness

How does the morpheme "-s" function in the word "cats"?

• It changes the tense of the verb

• It indicates plurality

• It forms a new word

• It adds emphasis

Explain how the morpheme "-er" changes the meaning of the word "teach" in "teacher."

• It indicates a past action

• It forms a comparative adjective

• It turns the verb into a noun indicating a person who performs the action

• It adds a negative connotation

Consider the word "unbelievable." Identify the morphemes and explain their roles.

• un- (prefix indicating negation), believe (root), -able (suffix indicating capability)

• un- (prefix indicating repetition), believe (root), -able (suffix indicating comparison)

• un- (prefix indicating size), believe (root), -able (suffix indicating past tense)

• un- (prefix indicating time), believe (root), -able (suffix indicating location)

Create a new word using the morphemes "bio-" and "-logy" and explain its meaning.

• Biolife: The study of life

• Biology: The study of living organisms

• Biograph: A written account of life

• Biocycle: The cycle of life

Analyse the word "disorganised" and identify the type of morphemes used.

• dis- (prefix indicating negation), organise (root), -ed (suffix indicating past tense)

• dis- (prefix indicating negation), organise (root), -ed (suffix indicating adjective)

• dis- (prefix indicating negation), organise (root), -ed (suffix indicating past participle)

• dis- (prefix indicating negation), organise (root), -ed (suffix indicating verb)