Category 1
Is blackboard a compound word?
Yes.
How many morphemes are there in driver?
Two (drive + -er).
A phoneme has a meaning. True or false?
False
What is the smallest meaningful unit of language?
A morpheme.
What type of morpheme is -ness? Derivational or inflectional?
Derivational.
Classify teacher as monomorphic or polymorphic.
Polymorphic (derived word).
Is books a new lexical item?
No, it is a grammatical form.
Bonus
+200
Analyze disagreement into ultimate constituents.
dis + agree + ment
Is childhood simple, derived, or compound?
Derived word.
Identify the stem in nationalization.
nationalize-
Fine
-300
What type of morpheme (according to the structure) is -like in birdlike?
Semi-free (semi-bound) morpheme.
Friendship is monomorphic.True or false?
False, it is polymorphic.
Fine
-300
Perform full morphemic analysis of internationally.
inter + nation + al + ly
What is the stem type of friendliness?
Derived stem.
Analyze unbelievability step by step using IC method.
un + believability → believe + ability → able + ity → final UC: un + believe + able + ity.
blue-eyed and blackbird
Which one is
1)compound stem and
2)compound-derived stem?
Compound: blackbird.
Compound-derived: blue-eyed.
Provide a full IC and UC analysis of disproportionately.
dis + proportionate + ly → proportion + ate → pro + portion → final UC: dis + pro + portion + ate + ly
Analyze hyperactivity and explain each morpheme’s function.
hyper- (prefix, excess) + act (root) + ive (derivational suffix) + ity (noun-forming suffix).
Define the term compound-derived word.
A compound-derived word contains at least two root morphemes and one or more derivational affixes.
What is the theoretical difference between inflection and derivation?
Inflection changes grammatical form without creating a new word; derivation creates a new lexical item.
Bonus
+500
What is morphemic segmentation?
Morphemic segmentation is the process of dividing a word into its meaningful structural components.