CALT Morphology and Etymology 2

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a derivational morpheme?

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The suffix -tion turning create into creation

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The plural -s in cats

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The past tense -ed in walked

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The article the

Question 2

The Latin root port as in transport, export, and import means:

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To carry

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To write

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To see

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To speak

Question 3

In morphological analysis, a free morpheme is defined as:

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A morpheme that can stand alone as a word

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A morpheme that must be attached to another word

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A meaningless syllable added for rhythm

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A morpheme borrowed from another language

Question 4

Teaching students the Greek root graph meaning write and the prefix bio meaning life allows them to decode biography as:

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A written account of someone's life

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A book about animals

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A type of biological diagram

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A scientific writing method

Question 5

Which correctly describes an inflectional morpheme?

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It modifies the grammatical form of a word without changing its core meaning or category

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It changes the part of speech of the base word

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It adds a negative meaning to the word

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It derives new vocabulary items

Question 6

The prefix mal- as in malfunction and malnourished comes from Latin and means:

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Bad or ill

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Good

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Small

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Many