English Morphology

1.     What is the main difference between free and bound morphemes? Give 3 examples!1. What is the main difference between free and bound morphemes? Give 3 examples!

2.  Make the tree diagram which represents the appropriate structure for each word below.

a. Undrinkable, b. Reformulated, c. Insincerity, d. Stairs

3. Can a morpheme be represented by a single phoneme? Give examples. By more than one phoneme? Give examples.

4.  Identify the root in these words by underlining it and state which syntactic category it belongs to:

a. singing, b. unhappy, c. mechanism

d. trousers, e. brother f. blackboard

5. Can a free morpheme be more than one syllable in length? Give examples. Can a bound morpheme? Give examples.

6. Complete the process and identify the type of word formation in English: