Understanding Morphemes

What is a morpheme?

• A type of complex sentence

• A word with no meaning

• The smallest unit of meaning in a language

• A group of words joined together

Which of these words is a free morpheme?

• -ing

• -ed

• -s

• cat

Which of these is a bound morpheme?

• -ing

• book

• table

• run

What does a derivational morpheme do?

• Marks the verb tense

• Joins sentences

• Changes the meaning or category of a word

• Removes prepositions

What type of morpheme is the suffix “-ed” in the word “walked”?

• Free

• Inflectional

• Derivational

• Compound

Which of these sentences uses a verb with bound morphemes?

• She was running fast.

• I play soccer.

• They eat apples.

• We go home.