Exploring Morphology in English

What is a free morpheme?

• A morpheme that cannot stand alone and must be attached to another morpheme.

• A morpheme that can stand alone as a word.

• A morpheme that changes the grammatical category of a word.

• A morpheme that indicates tense, number, or degree.

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

• "book"

• "un-"

• "run"

• "happy"

What is the primary function of derivational morphemes?

• To indicate the tense of a verb.

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

• To show possession.

• To form plurals.

Which of the following is an example of an inflectional morpheme?

• "-ness"

• "-ed"

• "pre-"

• "-ful"

In the word "happiness," which part is the derivational morpheme?

• "happi-"

• "-ness"

• "happy"

• "iness"

Which of the following words contains a free morpheme?

• "unbelievable"

• "cats"

• "running"

• "tree"

What is the role of inflectional morphemes in English?

• To create new words.

• To modify a word's tense, number, aspect, mood, or gender.

• To change the word class of a base word.

• To form compound words.

Which of the following is a characteristic of bound morphemes?

• They can stand alone as words.

• They must be attached to other morphemes.

• They are always prefixes.

• They are always suffixes.

In the word "reorganise," what is the function of the prefix "re-"?

• It is an inflectional morpheme indicating past tense.

• It is a derivational morpheme indicating repetition or reversal.

• It is a free morpheme.

• It is a suffix.

Which of the following sentences contains a word with an inflectional morpheme?

• "She is a beautiful dancer."

• "He walked to the store."

• "They are organising the event."

• "The happiness was overwhelming."