Exercise - 1

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


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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



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



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



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



20. -th- I could feel the warmth of the fire.
A. Inflectional morphemes
B. Derivational morphemes



ANSWERS
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. B

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"Morphology" Forms self-study exercises

Exercise # 2

1. -ize -: finalºfinalize is derivational because it changes the word...
A. verb ºnoun
B. nounºadjective
C. verbºadjective
D. nounºverb
E. adjectiveºnoun
F. adjectiveºverb


2. -ness - sadºsadness is derivational because it changes the word...
A. verb ºnoun
B. nounºadjective
C. verbºadjective
D. nounºverb
E. adjectiveºnoun
F. adjectiveºverb


3. -re- fundºrefund is derivational because it changes the word...
A. verb ºnoun
B. nounºadjective
C. verbºadjective
D. nounºverb
E. adjectiveºnoun
F. adjectiveºverb


4. -ive - describeºdescriptive is derivational because it changes the word...
A. verb ºnoun
B. nounºadjective
C. verbºadjective
D. nounºverb
E. adjectiveºnoun
F. adjectiveºverb


5. -en - gold is expensiveºthe golden years is derivational because it changes the word...
A. verb ºnoun
B. nounºadjective
C. verbºadjective
D. nounºverb
E. adjectiveºnoun
F. adjectiveºverb


6. -al- rationºrational is derivational because it changes the word...
A. verb ºnoun
B. nounºadjective
C. verbºadjective
D. nounºverb
E. adjectiveºnoun
F. adjectiveºverb


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


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


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


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


11. Which morpheme in the experiment's has an inflectional function?
A. -'s
B. -ment
C. -ex
D. -peri


12. Which morpheme in is dehumidifying has an inflectional function?
A. -de
B. -ify
C. -id
D. -ing

13. Which morpheme in has rationalized has an inflectional function?
A. ration
B. -al
C. -ize
D. -ed


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


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


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


17. English -er
rideºrider
readºreader
jogºjogger
-er is...
A. derivational
B. inflectional


18. English -er
bigºbigger
tallºtaller
smallºsmaller
-er is ...
A. derivational
B. inflectional


19. Spanish amos--
hablarºhablamos
to speakºwe speak
estarºestamos
to beºwe are
comprarºcompramos
to buyºwe buy
mirarºmiramos
to lookºwe look
-amos is...
A. derivational
B. inflectional


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

ANSWERS
1. F
2. E
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. D
9. D
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. D
14. C
15. D
16. B
17. A
18. B
19. B
20. A
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