Understanding Morphology Quiz

The study of how words are built from smaller meaning units is called (a)   .

The Greek root morphē means (a)   .

Which of the following is not a morpheme?

• un-

• play

• -s

• happy-go-lucky

Phonology focuses on the _____ of a word.

• shape

• sound

• spelling

• meaning

In orthography, the Greek root graphia means “ (a)   .”

The word “player” contains _____ morphemes.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

-ed is an inflectional morpheme, but -er a derivational one ...

• because “-ed” changes tense while “-er” changes the word’s meaning or part of speech.

• because “-ed” adds meaning but “-er” only changes sound.

• because “-ed” is Greek and “-er” is Latin.

• because “-ed” can stand alone but “-er” cannot.

Sort the new words into derivations, inflections, and compounds from the root word "play"

Groups:

(a) Derivation

,

(b) Inflection

,

(c) Dervation & Inflection

,

(d) compound

• playground
• plays (v)

• playhouse
• player

• plays (n)

• playtime
• replayed

• played

• playful
• playing

• unplayable

• replaying

• replays

• playboy

• replays (v)

• replay (n)

If morphology studies the shape of words, what would phonology and orthography study in comparison?

• Phonology studies the history of words; orthography studies the context of words.
• Phonology studies the sound of words; orthography studies the writing system of words.
• Phonology studies the grammar of words; orthography studies the semantics of words.
• Phonology studies the meaning of words; orthography studies the pronunciation of words.

Choose all the affixes:

• re-

• -ed

• play

• un-

• boy