Morphemes
What is a free morpheme?
This type of morpheme can stand alone as a complete word.
What is a bound morpheme?
This type of morpheme cannot stand alone and must be attached to another morpheme.
A plane crashes on the border between France and Germany. Where are the survivors buried?
Survivors are not buried.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
An echo.
What is an inflectional morpheme?
The plural ending “-s” in the word “cats” is this type of morpheme.
What is a derivational morpheme?
changes the meaning of the base word
What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano (or keyboard).
A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies. The surgeon says, “I can’t operate on him — he’s my son.” How is this possible?
The surgeon is the boy’s mother.
How many morphemes are in the word “replayed”?
(re + play + ed)
The ending “-ed” in “walked” expresses past tense. It belongs to this grammatical category.
past tense inflectional morpheme
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What is it?
Footsteps.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
The word “teacher” contains two morphemes. Name them.
teach + -er (free+derivational)
What type of morpheme is “-ness” in the word “happiness”
derivational suffix
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you don’t have me. What am I?
A secret.
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine.
How many morphemes are in the word “misunderstanding”
(mis + understand + ing)
In the word “internationalization”, how many morphemes are there? Name them.
inter + nation + al + ize + ation
Which weighs more: 1 kilogram of feathers or 1 kilogram of iron?
They weigh the same.
You see a boat filled with people. It hasn’t sunk, but when you look again, you don’t see a single person. Why?
They are all married (not single).