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Three words in English that have the morpheme -dis are:
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Three words that have the morpheme -ment are:
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A synonym of "grapheme" is "letter". True or false?
True! when you come across the word "grapheme", this is actually the same as "letter"!
How would you analyse the word "remake" morphologically?
The word "remake" is made of a prefix (-re) that means "again" and the free morpheme or root "make". Remake = to make again
What kind of morphemes are : "bi-", "anti-", "multi-", "mis-"?
They are derivational bound morphemes or prefixes.
Is the following statement true or false: In the word "usefulness", there is a free morpheme (root) and 2 derivational bound morphemes.
True! "use" (root) "-ful" (derivational bound morpheme or suffix) "-ness" (derivational bound morphemes or suffix)
There are 8 inflectional morphemes in English. Can you name 3 of them?
"-s/-es" (plural), "-s/-es" (third person in verbs), -ing (progressive), `s (possesive), -ed (past), -en (participle), -er (comparative) , "-est" (superlative)
Is the following statement true or false? The word "books" has a free morpheme and an inflectional morpheme
True! "book" is the free morpheme and "-s" is the inflectional morpheme that indicates plural!
Is the following statement true or false? Why? Conjunctions, Prepositions, Articles and Pronouns are examples of free morphemes.
Yes, they are. These are function words that can stand on their own. They do not need anything to have full meaning.
Is the following statement true or false? why? "Suffixes can be derivational and inflectional"
True. Suffixes go after the root or stem of a word and they can be derivational like -ment, -al, -ful or inflectional like -s (for plural), or -ed (for past)
What type of morphemes are: -ly, -able, -ment ?
derivational bound morphemes
What are the three dimensions of word analysis?
Form, meaning and usage
what´s the morpheme added to some verbs to express past tense in English?
-ed
What morpheme would you add to the word "respectful" to make its opposite?
-dis
What morpheme would you add to the word "honest" to make its opposite?
dis-
What is the morpheme that is added to some adjectives and indicate comparison?
-er
What is the morpheme that is added to verbs and indicate a continuous action in English?
-ing
Which are the morphemes that indicate plural in English?
-s and -es