MORPHOLOGY PRACTICE TEST
1) The meaningful elements of words are called ………
morphemes………...
2) Untrue and truly contain ………two………. morphemes.
3) Untruthfulness contains ………5…… morphemes.
4) Morphemes that can stand alone as words are called………
free………….. morphemes.
5) Morphemes that function only as parts of words are called……
bound………….. morphemes.
6) …………………Derivational……….…. morphemes can produce new
words from existing words.
7) ……………Inflectional……….………… morphemes alter the form of a
word without changing either its part of speech or its meaning.
8) Some morphemes, called ……inflectional……………, always follow the
roots/stems they attach to, such as “plural” in boys and –ment in
commitment.
9) Languages can also have ………prefixes………..……. which attach to the
front of another morpheme.
10) In English, all …………inflectional………..……… morphemes are
suffixes.
11) ………………Derivational/Bound……………… morphemes can be either
prefixes or suffixes.
12) Prefixes and suffixes are called …………affixes……………….
13) An ………infix (trung tố)………………………… is a morpheme that is
inserted within another morpheme instead of being attached before or
after it.
14) Some languages also have what may be called ……circumfix…………..
……-morphemes that occur into parts, on both sides of another
morpheme (chokm + a ‘he is good’ → ik + chokm + o ‘he isn’t good’).
15) The term ………………allomorph……..………………… is used to refer to
the phonological realization or manifestation of a morpheme.
16) If a morpheme has more than one phonological realization it is said
to have a number of …………………allomorphs…….………………
17) A ……root. is the morpheme in a word that has principal meaning.
Roots ……… are numerous and most of them in English are free
morphemes but some are bound morphemes.
18) A…base…...is any unit whatsoever to which affixes of any kind can
be added. The affixes attached to a …base……… may be inflectional
affixes selected for syntactic reasons or derivational affixes which alter
the meaning or grammatical category of the ……base………
19) The …stem… is that part of a word that is in existence before any
inflectional affixes have been added.
20) …………Inflectional…….…… suffixes follow ……derivational………………
suffixes. That is, if a word contains both a derivational and an
inflectional suffix, then the inflectional suffix comes last.
21) Identify in the following sentence four bound morphemes. State the
function of each and say whether each is derivational or inflectional:
The teacher’s brother considered the project impossible.
er: deri
‘s: singular noun possession
ed: past tense (in)
im: prefix (deri)
22) For each of the following words transcribe phonetically and account
for the allomorphs of the past tense morpheme:
waited waved waded wiped
….……………………/id/………………/d/………………/id/…………/t/
…………………………/id/ after verbs ending with /t/ or
/d/…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…/d/ after other voiced
sounds……………………………………………………………………………………………………
…/t/ after other voiceless sounds…………
23) Form verbs in –IZE according to the definitions given below.
E.g.: make soil productive → fertilize
a) practise terrorism upon → terrorize
b) reduce to minimum → minimize
c) speak in general terms → generalize
d) give authority to → authorize
e) make permissive by law → legalize
24) Identify the root in each word and state whether each of the affixes
is inflectional or derivational.
a) reclassify → DRD f) creations → R D I
b) brighten → RD g) cloudier → R D I
c) meetings → RDI h) admiringly → R D D
d) uncontrollable → D R D i) amusements → R D I
e) skillful → RD j) teachers → R D I
25) Identify and name all inflectional suffixes in the following sentences.
a) John’s brothers tried warning him, but they were ignored.
….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
b) My son seems taller than you, but he is not the tallest in his class.
….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
c) Last week’s tutorials seemed harder than this one.
….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
26) State the purpose of the derivational suffix in the underlined word
in each sentence: What word class can it be added to and what new
word class does it create?
a) I used to idolise the Beatles.
b) Education is essential for all.
c) Try not to specialise too early.
special
d) I gave her a brotherly hug.
brother
e) Please drive slowly.
slow
f) That is rather dangerous.
danger
g) That girl is beautiful.
beauty
h) The weather is a bit cloudy.
cloud
i) The teacher always smiles.
teach
j) Please sharpen this pencil.
sharp
27) In this list of English words, pick out the free and bound
morphemes:
a) showcase → 2 free
b) boxfile → 2 free
c) wrongdoing → wrong, do: free ing: bound => compound
d) unbiased → bias: free un, ed: bound =>
e) Jonathan’s → Jonathan: free ‘s: bound
f) distaste → taste: free dis: bound
g) outworker → out, work: free er: bound
h) username → use, name: free er: bound
i) blockage → block: free age: bound
j) hopelessly → hope: free less, ly: bound
