Morphology 1 and 2

Affixes can be divided into

• roots

• prefixes

• bases

• suffixes

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Morphology studies

• sentence formation

• the internal structure of words

• word pronunciation

• the meaning of words

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

A ______ morpheme can stand alone

how many morphemes does the word "misunderstandings" contain?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Monomorphemic words are also monosyllabic.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Pick the answer that has derivates of the same root

• happy, merry, excited

• good, bad

• car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle

• read, reread, reading

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which choice shows an example of an inflectional morpheme?

• replace --> replacement

• reform --> reformation

• regret --> regrets

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Pick an answer that is NOT an example of derivational morphemes.

• walk --> walked

• entertain --> entertainment

• move --> remove

• paint --> painter

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

What type of word formation creates a new word by combining two bases and deleting material?

• Compounding

• Acronyms

• Blending

• Conversion

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CCSS.L.2.4D

How are acronyms pronounced compared to initialisms?

• Acronyms are pronounced as a sequence of letters

• Initialisms are pronounced as combined words

• Acronyms and initialisms have the same pronunciation

• Acronyms are pronounced as words