WorksheetsMorphology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
What are morphemes?
The smallest independent unit of language.
create a word that is completely different from its base
form new words by combining to or more existing words
How many morphemes of "loves"
3
2
4
What can words often be divided into?
Morphemes
Allomorph
Word formation
What is morphology?
The study of the internal structure of words.
The smallest independent unit of language.
The study of sound systems or the patterns of sounds in a language.
How many morphemes of "disagreement"
2
3
1
What is affixation?
create a word by shortening an existing word
substitute one segment for another
add an affix to a base
Which words are acronyms?
NASA, G.P.A
P.C., C.E.O.
scuba, laser
Which word is not onomatopoeia?
meow
boom
kodak
splash
xerox
What is blending?
Create a word by shortening an existing word
Combine parts of an existing word (usually the first and the final part)
Remove an affix from an existing word
Which words are not clipping?
prof, burger
biotech, podcast
smog, motel
indie, jet
fax, gym
Which sentence describes derivational morphology?
Adding a morpheme to produce a new word but the same lexeme.
Adding a morpheme to produce a new word and a different lexeme.
Adding a morpheme to produce the same word but a different lexeme.
In the English language inflectional morphemes can be...
Prefixes only
Suffixes only
Prefixes and suffixes
In the English language derivational morphemes can be...
Prefixes only
Suffixes only
Prefixes and suffixes
How many morphemes of "indo-european"
1
2
3
What is conversion or functional shift?
Change position of stress to create
a new word or a new grammatical form
Combine parts of an existing word (usually
the first and the final part)
Convert the grammatical category of a word
into another without changing its form
