Questions and Exercise for Morphology

Questions and Exercise for Morphology

Question 1
The study of the construction of words out of morphemes...
A. morphemes
B. morphology

Question 2
Smallest linguistic unit that has meaning or grammatical function.

A. bound morpheme
B. free morpheme
C. morphemes
D. derivational morphemes

Question 3
Bound morphemes always attach to other morphemes, never existing as words themselves. They always carry a grammatical function.
A. True
B. False

Question 4
An affix that attaches to the end of a stem; in English, suffixes may be inflectional or derivational.
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix

Question 5
An affix that attaches to the beginning of a stem...
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix

Exercise1 : Identifying Morphemes
Count the number of morphemes in each word. Underline the bound morphemes and define the part of speech.
Example: unpreventable -- 3 morphemes; un- prevent –able. Adjective

1. Beauty
2. Knowledge
3. Kindness
4. Reelections
5. Biology
6. Unable
7. Running
8. Blindness
9. Prepay
10. Dislocation
11. Ladylike
12. Purposeful
13. Strongly
14. Judgment
15. Stapler




Exercise 2
Isolate the affixes in each of these words and state wether each is prefix or suffix.
Example: unchanged = -un-prefix, -ed-suffix
1. Include
2. Unpredicted
3. Action
4. Redirection
5. Forcefully
6. Resulted
7. Behead
8. Devised
Exercise 3
Determine what kind of suffix is highlighted in the words below. Use the structure of the sentences to guide your decision.
• Inflectional Suffix
• Noun-forming Derivational Suffix
• Verb-forming Derivational Suffix
• Adjective-forming Derivational Suffix

Example: industrialist = Derivational- Noun - Forming


Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow


In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port, which by some is called Greensburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days. Be that as it may, I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world.

1. Spacious
2. Expansion
3. Denominated
4. Protection
5. Generally
6. Adjacent
7. Authentic
8. Quietest
9. Places