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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the free morpheme of the word "calmly"
ly
calm
y
They are dependent
morphemes
inflectional
free morphemes
bound morphemes
How many morphemes are in the word "regrouping"
7
2
3
4
Bound Moprhemes are divided in.....
free - bound
inflectional - derivational
derivational - bound
How many morphemes are in the word "blindness"
2
3
4
6
The smallest part or a word that has grammatical function
free morphemes
bound morphemes
morphemes
derivational
milkshake
1 free morpheme - 2 bound morphemes
2 bound morphemes
2 free morphemes
3 bound morphemes
Morphology is
A branch of Linguistics
The study of words structures
All of the above
What are words?
Something that is arbitrary
pairing of sound and meaning
All of the above
What are morphemes?
Suffixes
Small units of words
the study of words structures
Free morphemes are
Morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word, and must be attached to a free morpheme
Words or morphemes that keep the same form every time used and are unchangeable, including conjunctions
Words that are made up of only one morpheme and can stand alone as an English word
Bound morphemes are
Words or morphemes that keep the same form every time used and are unchangeable, including conjunctions
Morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word, and must be attached to a free morpheme
Words that have morphemes that change depending on the grammar and meaning of a sentence, including nouns
Which affix is an example of a derivational morpheme?
un-
do
-s
-ed
Which is NOT true about inflectional morphemes?
have only grammatical function
always come before any derivational morphemes
never change the part of speech of the root
always suffixes in English
Which affix is NOT an example of an inflectional morpheme?
-ed
-ish
-ing
-s
Most nouns take the inflectional suffix _____ to make a plural noun.
-x
-ish
-ize
-s
Which one is an example of an inflectional morpheme?
-ize to form a verb from a noun
-er to form a comparative adjective
-ic to form an adjective
-ly to form an adverb from an adjective
Inflectional morphemes do not change the words' meaning or class, they just add more ______________.
Grammatical information to the word.
Strategical information to the word.
Information to the word.
different meaning to words
Derivational morphemes can be either prefixes and suffixes and can _______________.
change the meaning of the word, the spelling of the word and the words class.
change the meaning of the word, the word class and can add information to the word.
alter the tense that the word is in, i.e past, present and future.
change the meaning of the word and the spelling of the word.
Inflectional and derivational morphemes are the two variations of ___________.
suffixes
bound morphemes
free morphemes
prefixes
