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After-class Exercises
for
Chapter 3 Morphology
I.
Directions: Read each of the following statements
carefully. Decide which one
of the four
choices best completes the statement and put the
letter A, B, C, or D
in the brackets.
1.
The morpheme “vision” in
the common word “television” is a(n)
__________.
A. bound
morpheme
B. bound form
C.
inflectional morpheme
D. free morpheme
2.
There
are
different
types
of
affixes
or
morphemes.
The
affix
“
-
ed”
in
the
word
“learned”
is
known as a(n) __________.
A.
derivational morpheme
B. free morpheme
C.
inflectional morpheme
D. free form
3. The words
that contain only one morpheme are called
__________.
A. bound morphemes
B.
affixes
C. free morphemes
D. roots
4.
The stress of the
compound noun “armchair” fa
lls on
__________.
A. the second syllable
B.
the first syllable
C. both the first
and second syllables
D. either the
first or the second syllable
5.
The word “hydroplant” is a
two
-morpheme cluster that contains
__________.
A. two roots
B. a root and a suffix
C. a
root and a free morpheme
D.
a prefix and a root
6.
The
part of speech of the compound word “highway” is
determined by its __________.
A. first element
B.
stress
C. second element
D.
meaning.
7.
The word
“bo
y
ish”
contains
two __________.
A. phonemes
B. morphs
C. morphemes
D. allomorphs
8.
Inflectional __________ studies inflections.
A. derivation
B.
inflection
C. phonology
D. morphology
9. __________
morphemes are those that cannot be used
independently but have to be combined
with other morphemes, either free or
bound, to form a word.
A. Free
B. Bound
C. Root
D. Affix
10. There are rules
that govern which affix can be added to what type
of __________ to form a
new word.
A. root
B. affix
C. stem
D. word
lI. Directions: Judge whether each of
the following statements is true or false. Put
a T for true or F for false in the
brackets in front of each statement. If you think