I. Write in the boxes the meaning of each of the underlined bound morphemes.
(1.5 marks)
Example: remarry re-: again
1 submarine sub-: under
2 antiwar anti-: against
3 illiterate il-: not
4 stormy -y: having or marked by
5 interior in-: in(to)
6 opponent op-: against or opposite
7 semiconductor semi- : half or partly
8 harmless -less : without
9 womanly -ly : like / with the quality of / have the
characteristic of
10 singer -er: a person who …
II. Underline the roots of the following words in the table below. (1 mark)
1 proclaim 6 easiest
2 manipulation 7 constructionist
3 recommend 8 emphasize
4 intermediate 9 Attribution
5 complimentary 10 vigilance
III. Mark () the boldfaced morpheme as Inflectional or Derivational morpheme
and give an example for each. (2 marks)
Inflectional Derivational Example
morpheme morpheme
0 happiness tiredness
1 (has) completed
2 reading lamp
3 (is) swimming
4 disable
5 enlighten
6 paths (n)
7 (has) undertaken
8 boredom
9 Janet’s mother’s
10 interaction
IV. Classify the following items with these symbols: Simple (S), Complex (Cx),
Compound (Cd), and Grammatical structure (Gs) by using tick (√). Complete
the table below. (1.5 marks)
[0.1 *15 = 1.5]
Kinds of words S Cx Cd Gs
Example: learners √
1. phonological √
2. unpredictable √
3. cheese √
4. rubbish bin √
5. talented director √
6. forget-me-not √
7. work √
8. pencil case √
9. worldwide √
10.extremely supported √
11. carefree √
12. disappeared √
13. fire alarm √
14. sweet heart √
15. sweetheart √
V. State the word-formation process of each of the following words in the table
below. (2 marks)
Examples: BBC > acronym Ad > clipping
1 seasick compounding 11 roly-poly reduplication
2 memo clipping 12 warm-hearted compounding
3 hawk back formation 13 mastering suffixation
4 croissant borrowing 14 air-condition back formation
5 IELTS acronym 15 UNESCO acronym
6 workaholic blending
7 super-duper reduplication
8 flu clipping
9 chow mein borrowing
10 aspirin coinage
VI. Mark (V) each of the following statements true or false. (1.0 mark)
TRUE FALSE
1 A morpheme cannot be divided into smaller meaningful v
parts without violation of its meaning or without
meaningless remainders.
2 Morphemes which are replaced by other morphemes in v
which there is a change of sounds are called
ADDITIVE.
3 Morphemes can happen to be identical to a syllable. v
4 A FREE BASE sometimes can occur on its own but can v
only be joined to the other bound morphemes.
5 A WORD is the smallest unit which can occur on its v
own in speech or writing.
6 CLIPPING is the process of cutting off the beginning v
and the end of a word, or both, leaving a part to stand
for the whole.
7 BLENDING is the fusion of two words into one, v
usually the first part of one word with the last part of
another.
8 ACRONYMY is the process of deriving words by v
removing what is thought to be a suffix from an
existing word.
9 REDUPLICATION is the process of forming a new v
word by doubling a morpheme.
10 GO --> WENT is the case of phonologically v
conditioned replacive allomorph.
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