Font size
WorksheetsMorphology units 1-4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the root in the word counterargument?
counter
count
argue
argument
Which of the following is NOT an inflectional form of break?
broke
breaking
backbreaking
breaks
What is the root in the noun unreliability?
un
rely
able
ity
Before an inflectional ending is attached to it, a morpheme or a sequence of morphemes is called ________.
suffix
root
prefix
stem
What do we call a meaningful morphological unit of a language that cannot be further divided into smaller elements?
word
phoneme
allomorph
morphene
Which of the following kinds of morphemes can stand by itself?
affix
root
prefix
suffix
Which one of these does NOT have a cranberry morpheme:
Twilight
Kith and kin
Raspberry
Brighten
The lack of a natural logical connection between the form of a word and its meaning is referred to as ________________.
allomorphy
predictability
arbitrariness
inflection
The word adorable means 'very attractive and charming'.
This meaning __________ the contribution of the suffix -able ('capable of being VERB-ed')
is a predictable effect of
goes beyond
is a regular case of
The adjective with the opposite (antonymous) meaning of opaque is (a) .
The morpheme -th (in words like warmth, width, or length) is NOT _________________.
productive
derivational
transparent
An affix is a morpheme which cannot _______.
stand alone
attach to a root
be pronounced
In the words "diary" or "dziennik", the meanings 'DAY' and 'SOMETHING TO DO WITH (DAY)' are conveyed through the morphemes, while the meaning 'BOOK' is not _______________.
productive
transparent
derivational
The morpheme -th found in warmth and depth is the same as the morpheme -th in fifth or seventh.
TRUE
FALSE
Allomorphs are _______ variants of a morpheme.
non-contrastive
transparent
ungrammatical
complex
