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Practice l6 c2 Morphemes Key

The document provides a practice activity analyzing the morphemes in various English words. Students are asked to identify the grammatical class of words, circle the meaningful parts or morphemes, and classify the morphemes. An answer key is provided analyzing 18 words, identifying free and bound morphemes and their classification as lexical, grammatical, or both. The purpose is to help students learn how to break down words into their meaningful parts and understand how morphemes function in English.

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Practice l6 c2 Morphemes Key

The document provides a practice activity analyzing the morphemes in various English words. Students are asked to identify the grammatical class of words, circle the meaningful parts or morphemes, and classify the morphemes. An answer key is provided analyzing 18 words, identifying free and bound morphemes and their classification as lexical, grammatical, or both. The purpose is to help students learn how to break down words into their meaningful parts and understand how morphemes function in English.

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Language 321 L6, C2

Practice activity (Answer key)


(30 minutes)

I View the morpheme video segment, study the morpheme classification chart, and ponder the
different ways that morphemes function in the language. (10 minutes)

II Analyze the words below as follows: (20 minutes)


 Identify the grammatical class (e.g. Noun, Verb, Determiner, Preposition, etc.)
 Circle all of the meaningful parts (i.e. morphemes)
 Classify the morphemes according to the 4-way division presented in the Chart

1. above Preposition 2. horses Noun

above = free / grammatical horse = free / lexical


(meaning = relator) -s = bound / grammatical
(meaning = plural)

3. historical Adjective 4. animal Noun

history = free / lexical animal = free / lexical


-ic = bound / lexical *we no longer recognize –al as meaningful
-al = bound / lexical
*notice spelling & pronunciation changes

5. Johnny Noun 6. irresistible Adjective

John = free / lexical in- = bound / lexical


-y = bound / lexical resist = free / lexical
*notice spelling change -able = bound / lexical
*notice spelling & pronunciation changes

7. worker Noun 8. mother Noun

work = free / lexical mother = free / lexical


-er = bound / lexical *The letters (er) are not meaningful

9. neither Conjunction 10. bicycle Noun

not = free / lexical bi- =bound / lexical


either = free / grammatical cycle = free / lexical
(meaning = conjoiner)
*notice spelling & pronunciation changes
11. revisit Verb 12. remember Verb

re- = bound / lexical remember = free / lexical


visit = free / lexical *we no longer recognize re- as meaningful

13. publicize Verb 14. exercising Verb

public = free / lexical exercise = free / lexical


-ize = bound / lexical -ing = bound / grammatical
*notice pronunciation change (meaning = action in progress)
*notice spelling change

15. grandson Noun 16. daughter-in-law Noun

grand = free / lexical daughter = free / lexical


son = free / lexical in = free / grammatical
law = free / lexical
(meaning = relator)

17. unrepentant Adjective 18. passionately Adverb

un- = bound / lexical passion = free / lexical


repent = free / lexical -ate = bound / lexical
-ant = bound / lexical -ly = bound / lexical

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