Morphology Terminology

A morpheme is

• a type of pain relief.

• a big change.

• the smallest part of a word that carries meaning.

• the middle letter in a word.

Morphology is

• a type of movement.

• the smallest part of a word that has meaning.

• a type of painting.

• the study of words and their parts.

Etymology is

• the study of eating.

• the study of where words come from and how they have changed.

• a type of medicine.

• the study of sentences.

A prefix is a morpheme which

• goes before the base.

• after the base.

• inside the base.

• nowhere.

A suffix is a morpheme which goes

• before the base.

• after the base.

• under the base.

• nowhere.

Affixes are

• words.

• are free and can stand alone.

• broken.

• prefixes and suffixes.

A bound base

• is not a word by itself.

• is a loud noise.

• should be tied to a tree.

• is a word by itself.

A free base

• Needs an affix to make it a word.

• doesn't cost much.

• can stand on its own as a word.

• is found on the floor.