LETRS Morphology & Spelling 2

Question 1

What distinguishes an inflectional morpheme from a derivational morpheme?

Accepted Answer

Inflectional morphemes change grammatical form without changing part of speech; derivational morphemes create new words

Answer

Inflectional morphemes create new words; derivational morphemes change grammatical form

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Inflectional morphemes are always prefixes; derivational morphemes are always suffixes

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Inflectional morphemes come from Greek; derivational morphemes come from Latin

Question 2

How many morphemes are in the word 'dogs'?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

1

Answer

3

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4

Question 3

The word 'telephone' contains roots from which language(s)?

Accepted Answer

Greek only

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Latin only

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Both Greek and Latin

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Old English only

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a compound word?

Accepted Answer

sunlight

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unhappy

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teacher

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walking

Question 5

What does the prefix 'mis-' mean in words like 'misread' and 'mistrust'?

Accepted Answer

Wrongly or badly

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Again

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Before

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Against

Question 6

Which syllable type ends with a vowel sound that is typically long?

Accepted Answer

Open syllable

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Closed syllable

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Vowel-consonant-e syllable

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R-controlled syllable

Question 7

What does the Latin root 'rupt' mean?

Accepted Answer

Break or burst

Answer

Flow

Answer

Write

Answer

Turn