Happiness Tiredness
Happiness Tiredness
5
marks)
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)
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)
VI. Mark (√) each of the following statements true or false. (1 mark)
TRUE FALSE
1 A morpheme cannot be divided into smaller meaningful
parts without violation of its meaning or without
meaningless remainders.
2 Morphemes which are replaced by other morphemes in
which there is a change of sounds are called ADDICTIVE.
3 Morphemes can happen to be identical to a syllable.
4 A FREE BASE sometimes can occur on its own but can only
be joined to the other bound morphemes.
5 A WORD is the smallest unit which can occur on its own in
speech or writing.
6 CLIPPING is the process of cutting off the beginning 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, usually the
first part of one word with the last part of another.
8 ACRONYMY is the process of deriving words by removing
what is thought to be a suffix from an existing word.
9 REDUPLICATION is the process of forming a new word by
doubling a morpheme.
10 GO --> WENT is the case of phonologically conditioned
replacive allomorph.