Lecture 13
MORPHOLOGY EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1: Say whether the following words are related by inflection (I) or Derivation (D)
a. go, goes going, gone. I - D
b. Lovely, lovelier, loveliest I - D
c. Discover, discovery, discoverer, discoverable, discoverability I - D
d. Inventor, inventor's, inventors, inventors' I - D
EXERCISE 2: For each word below, indicate whether the word is morphologically simple (S) or Complex
includes an inflectional affix (IA), or includes a derivational affix (DA).
a. Reader S C IA DA
b. Redder S C IA DA
c. lavish S C IA DA
d. Readiness S C IA DA
e. Aviation S C IA DA
EXERCISE 3: Isolate the root and the affixes in the following words.
For example: unpredictable : un+predict+able.
a. independently ______________________________________
b. recoverability ______________________________________
c. embellishment ______________________________________
d. unsustainability ______________________________________
e. implementability ______________________________________
EXECISE 4: Some words in (4) contain prefixes. Identify the prefixes by circling them.
a. unable ______________________________________
b. discourage ______________________________________
c. establish ______________________________________
d. receive ______________________________________
e. strawberry ______________________________________
EXERCISE 5: Circle the correct answer in the following multiple choice questions:
(1) The study of word structure is done in
a. Phonology
b. Syntax
c. Phonetics
d. Morphology
(1) The association between the sound of a word and its meanings is purely ……….....
a. Controversial
b. Conditional
c. Central
d. Conventional
(3) Suppletion occurs when a lexeme is represented by two or more ……………… roots.
a. Different
b. Similar
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
(4) When we derive one word from another, we ………………
a. Change its class, for example, from being a Verb into a Noun
b. Change its tense, for example , from being Past into Present
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
(5) Roots are …………..
a. NOT always free
b. Always free
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
(6) ……… is a morpheme that makes the most significant contribution to a word's meaning.
a. The phoneme
b. The derivational morpheme
c. The inflectional morpheme
d. The root