WorksheetsIntroduction to Linguistics - L3 Roots, Bases, & Stems (rev.)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
"Any structure to which an affix is added."
This is a definition of:
Root
Stem
Base
"Any morpheme on which the rest of a word is built".
This is a definition of:
Root
Stem
Base
Which of the following 2 structures can be the same part in a word?
Root
Stem
Base
"Any base to which a grammatical (inflectional) affix may be added"
This is a definition of:
Root
Stem
Base
Which type of affix is "-er" in the word "developer"?
Inflectional
Derivational
Which type of affix is "-al" in "recreational"?
Inflectional
Derivational
Which type of affix is "im-" in "impossible"?
Inflectional
Derivational
Which type of affix is "-en" in "darken"?
Inflectional
Derivational
Which type of affix is "-en" in "driven"?
Inflectional
Derivational
How many root(s) is/are there in the word "outnumbered"?
1
2
3
4
Which of the following words belong to the same group?
writer
user
inner
foreigner
How do you explain this underlined word:
The writer counted the quires of his manuscript and the leaves.
Verb
Morphological indication: it ends with the suffix -es which is an inflection for present tense
Syntactic indication: it appears after the subject so it's a verb
Semantic indication: it means the action of counting
Noun
Morphological indication: it ends with a suffix -es which is a plural suffix
Syntactic indication: it appears after the determiner "the" which is only used before a noun
Semantic indication: it means something that can be counted
Adverb
Morphological indication: it ends with a suffix -es which is a suffix for adverb
Syntactic indication: it appears after a verb so it must be an adverb that describes manner
Semantic indication: it means how the action of counting is carried out
