"Morphology" Forms self-study exercises

Exercise # 1 Then click the answer button to see the correct answer.

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

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

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

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3. Free morphemes can stand alone as words. A. True B. False

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4. Bound morphemes always attach to other morphemes, never existing as words themselves. They always carry a grammatical function.

A. True B. False

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5. Morphemes that carry a semantic content as opposed to performing a grammatical function... A. Function morphemes B. Content morphemes

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

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7. Bound morphemes that change the meaning or syntactic function of the words to which they attach... A. Prefix B. Suffix C. Affix

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

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9. Morphemes that provide information about the grammatical relationships of words... A. Content morphemes B. Function morphemes

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10. Morphemes that change the meaning or lexical category of the words to which they attach... A. Derivational morphemes B. Inflectional morphemes

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11. Morphemes that serve a purely grammatical function, never creating a new word but only a different form of the same word... A. Derivational morphemes B. Inflectional morphemes

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12. Nondistinctive realizations of a particular morpheme that have the same function and are phonetically similar... A. phoneme B. Allophone C. Allomorph D. alternate morpheme

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13. -ed- He washed the car. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes

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14. -s- He walks to school. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes

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15. -tion- Radiation leaked out of the plant. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes

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16. -ing- She is studying everyday. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes

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17. -ly- Slowly, he ambled down the street. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes

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18. -al- They occur at the margin of a word, after any derivationalmorphemes. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes

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19. -est- That is the biggest fish I have ever seen. A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes

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20. -th- I could feel the warmth of the fire.

A. Inflectional morphemes B. Derivational morphemes

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Exercise # 2 Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

1. -ize -: finalfinalize is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb noun B. nounadjective C. verbadjective D. nounverb E. adjectivenoun F. adjectiveverb

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2. -ness - sadsadness is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb noun B. nounadjective C. verbadjective D. nounverb E. adjectivenoun F. adjectiveverb

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3. -re- fundrefund is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb noun B. nounadjective C. verbadjective D. nounverb E. adjectivenoun F. adjectiveverb

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4. -ive - describedescriptive is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb noun B. nounadjective C. verbadjective D. nounverb E. adjectivenoun F. adjectiveverb

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5. -en - gold is expensivethe golden years is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb noun

B. nounadjective C. verbadjective D. nounverb E. adjectivenoun F. adjectiveverb

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6. -al- rationrational is derivational because it changes the word... A. verb noun B. nounadjective C. verbadjective D. nounverb E. adjectivenoun F. adjectiveverb

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7. If you divide Americanize into its component morphemes, the root would be... A. America B. American C. ameriD. merit

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8. If you divide Computers into its component morphemes, the root would be... A. computer B. -sC. computers D. compute

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9. If you divide component into its component morphemes, the root would be... A. compone B. compC. -nent D. component

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10. If you divide isolated into its component morphemes, the root would be... A. isolation B. isolate C. isolated D. isola-

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11. Which morpheme in the experiment's has an inflectional function? A. -'s

B. -ment C. -ex D. -peri

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12. Which morpheme in is dehumidifying has an inflectional function? A. -de B. -ify C. -id D. -ing
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13. Which morpheme in has rationalized has an inflectional function? A. ration B. -al C. -ize D. -ed

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14. Which morpheme in is swimming has an inflectional function? A. swim B. -ming C. -ing

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15. Which morpheme in "is being spiritualized" has an inflectional function? A. spirit B. -al C. -ize D. -ed

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16. Indonesian: rumah [rumah] house [rumahrumah] houses [ibu] mother [ibuibu] mothers [lalat] fly [lalatlalat] flies -rumah, -ibu, lalat is... A. derivational B. inflectional

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17. English -er riderider readreader jogjogger -er is...

A. derivational B. inflectional

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18. English -er bigbigger talltaller smallsmaller -er is ... A. derivational B. inflectional

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19. Spanish amos-hablarhablamos to speakwe speak estarestamos to bewe are comprarcompramos to buywe buy mirarmiramos to lookwe look -amos is... A. derivational

B. inflectional

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20. Russian -scik [mebel] furniture [mebelscik] furniture maker [beton] concrete [betonscik] concrete worker -scik is... A. derivational B. inflectional

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