Cuestionario sobre Morfología

Which of the following is an example of a free morpheme?

• -ing

• book

• -ed

• pre-

What is the main difference between free morphemes and bound morphemes?

• Free morphemes can stand alone, while bound morphemes must be attached to another morpheme.

• Bound morphemes can be words by themselves, but free morphemes cannot.

• Bound morphemes are always prefixes, while free morphemes are always suffixes.

• Free morphemes always change the meaning of a word, while bound morphemes do not.

Which of the following is a free functional morpheme?

• Run

• The

• Quickly

• Beautiful

Which of the following is NOT a inflectional morpheme?

• -s (plural)

• -er (comparative)

• -ness (noun-forming)

• -ing (progressive)

How do derivational morphemes affect words?

• They change the tense of a verb.

• They change the grammatical category or the meaning of a word.

• They indicate possession.

• They make words plural.

Which word contains both a derivational morpheme and an inflectional morpheme?

• Running

• More unhappy

• Dogs

• Teachers

What is the function of a suffix in word formation?

• It always changes a word to a noun.

• It is added to the beginning of a word.

• It modifies or creates a new word at the end of a base.

• It only affects verbs.

What is the correct comparative and superlative form of the adjective 'happy'?

• More happy, most happy

• Happier, happyest

• Happier, happiest

• Happyer, happiest

What sentence correctly illustrates how a derivational morpheme changes the grammatical category of a word?

• "To run" becomes "running" to show the progressive tense.

• "Quick" becomes "quickly", changing an adjective into an adverb

• "Cat" becomes "cats", making it plural.

• "To walk" becomes "walked" to indicate the past tense.

How many morphemes are there in the word "unhappily", and what are they?

• Two: "un-" and "happily"

• Three: "un-" (prefix), "happy" (root), "ly" (suffix)

• One: "unhappily" as a single unit

• Four: "un-" (prefix), "hap-" (root), "pi-" (suffix), "ly" (suffix)