Morphemes: Free and Bound Concepts

Jennifer Hazard from Candor Learning explains morphemes, which are units of meaning in words. She distinguishes between free morphemes, which can stand alone, and bound morphemes, which cannot. Examples include 'teach' as a free morpheme and 'rupt' as a bound morpheme. The video also discusses the origins of morphemes, noting that free morphemes are often Anglo-Saxon, while bound morphemes are typically Greek or Latin.

What is a morpheme?

• A grammatical rule

• A unit of meaning in words

• A type of sentence structure

• A type of punctuation

Which of the following is a free morpheme?

• un

• teach

• able

• rupt

What can a free morpheme do?

• Stand alone as a word

• Only exist in compound words

• Change the tense of a verb

• Modify the meaning of a sentence

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a free morpheme?

• Cannot stand alone

• Can form a word by itself

• Is a unit of meaning

• Can stand alone

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

• Unhappy

• Run

• Teacher

• Erupt

Which of the following is a bound morpheme?

• jump

• run

• rupt

• teach

What does the morpheme 'rupt' mean?

• To see

• To create

• To build

• To break

Which word contains a bound morpheme?

• Run

• Erupt

• Teacher

• Walk

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

• Run

• Jump

• Un-

• Teach

What is the primary function of a bound morpheme?

• To act as a verb

• To stand alone as a word

• To form a complete sentence

• To modify the meaning of a word