Morphology Exercises
Exercise 1
Divide the following words into morphemes and morphs.
Examples:
(i)
truth
morphemes: {true} {th}
morphs: tru+th
(ii)
barefoot
morphemes: {bare} {foot}
morphs: bare+foot
(1)
a.
research
b.
butterfly
c.
holiday
d.
morpheme
e.
phoneme
f.
phonology
g.
morphemic
h.
plants
i.
trousers
Exercise 2
Some of the words in (2) contain suffixes. Identify the suffixes by unterlining them.
(2)
a.
happiness
b.
unkind
c.
freedom
d.
flowers
e.
brother
f.
blackboard
Exercise 3
Some of the words in (3) contain prefixes. Identify the prefixes by unterlining them.
(3)
a.
unable
b.
discourage
c.
establish
d.
receive
e.
strawberry
f.
amora