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- 1. Multiple Choice
1- Which one is NOT true about derivational morphemes?
they change the meaning of a root
they carry grammatical meaning
they carry semantic meaning
they change part of speech of a root
- 2. Multiple Choice
2- Which affix is an example of a derivational morpheme?
un-
do
-s
-ed
- 3. Multiple Choice
3- Which is NOT true about inflectional morphemes?
have only grammatical function
always come before any derivational morphemes
never change the part of speech of the root
always suffixes in English
- 4. Multiple Choice
4- Which affix is NOT an example of an inflectional morpheme?
-ed
-ish
-ing
-s
- 5. Multiple Choice
5- Most nouns take the inflectional suffix _____ to make a plural noun.
-x
-ish
-ize
-s
- 6. Multiple Choice
6- Only some nouns take the derivational suffix ____ to make a verb.
-s
-ed
-ing
-ize
- 7. Multiple Choice
7- Which one is an example of an inflectional morpheme?
-ize to form a verb from a noun
-er to form a comparative adjective
-ic to form an adjective
-ly to form an adverb from an adjective
- 8. Multiple Choice
8- Inflectional morphemes do not change the words' meaning or class, they just add more ______________.
Grammatical information to the word.
Strategical information to the word.
Information to the word.
different meaning to words
- 9. Multiple Choice
9- Derivational morphemes can be either prefixes and suffixes and can _______________.
change the meaning of the word, the spelling of the word and the words class.
change the meaning of the word, the word class and can add information to the word.
alter the tense that the word is in, i.e past, present and future.
change the meaning of the word and the spelling of the word.
- 10. Multiple Choice
10- Inflectional and derivational morphemes are the two variations of ___________.
suffixes
bound morphemes
free morphemes
prefixes
- 11. Multiple Choice
In the words "recollection, idealistic, and ex-prisoner", "re-, -ion, -ist, -ic, ex-, and -er" are _________.
a free root
a bound root
an inflectional affix
a derivational affix
- 12. Multiple Choice
The words “take” and “table” are called _____ because they can occur unattached.
free words
bound morphemes
free morphemes
inflectional morphemes
- 13. Multiple Choice
Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called ____________ morphemes.
inflectional
free
bound
derivational
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is Not correct?
A word can be formed by two free morphemes.
A word can be formed by a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.
A word can be formed by two bound morphemes.
A word can be formed by any two affixes.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The meaning carried by the inflectional morpheme is _______.
lexical
morphemic
grammatical
semantic
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following italicized part conveys the main lexical meaning of the word "understatements"?
understatements
understatements
understatements
understatements
- 17. Multiple Choice
Free morpheme is a morpheme that can stand alone.
True
False
- 18. Multiple Choice
How many morphemes does this word have?
INTERACTIVE
2
3
4
5
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a derivational morpheme?
-ment
bi-
-ing
dys-
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which morpheme is a free root in this word?
DISLOCATED
dis-
located
locate
-ed
- 21. Multiple Choice
This morpheme does not change the function of a word.
lexical
affix
derivational
inflectional
- 22. Multiple Choice
How many morphemes are there in this word?
DISORIENTED
1
2
3
4
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the free morpheme of the word "calmly"
ly
calm
y
- 24. Multiple Choice
They are dependent
morphemes
inflectional
free morphemes
bound morphemes
- 25. Multiple Choice
How many morphemes are in the word "regrouping"
7
2
3
4
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