Name : YUSRIL

ID : A 121 20 053

Class : B

Subject : Morphology

A. Identify the free and bound morphemes of the following words:

1. improvement (bound : im & ment) – prove (free)

2. Higher (bound : er) – (free : high)

3. Driver (bound : er) – (free : Drive)

4. Riders (bound : rs) – (free : Ride)

6. Rides (bound : s) – (free : Ride)

7. Played (bound : ed) – (free : Play)

8. Information (bound : in & ion) – (free : format)

9. Decided (bound : ed ) – (free : decide)

10. unhappily (bound : un & ly) – (free : happy)

B. Identify and describe the affixes (derivational or inflectional) that attach to the free morpheme of the
words above.

1. Derivational morpheme, because the afixes changes the class word from prove (verb) to
improvement (noun).

2. Inflecrional morpheme, because the afixes indicates the aspect of the grammatical of happier
(comparative).

3. Derivational morpheme, because the afixes changes the class word, from drive (verb) to driver (noun).

4. Inflectional morpheme, because the afixes indicates the aspect of the grammatical of riders (plural
form).

6. Inflectional morpheme, because the afixes indicates the aspect of the grammatical of rides (3 rd
singular person).

7. Inflectional morpheme, because the afixes indicates the aspect of the grammatical of played (past
tense).
8. Derivational morpheme, because the afixes changes the meaning, from format (the way in which
something is arranged or set out) to information (facts provided or learned about something or
someone).

9. Inflectional morpheme, because the afixes indicates the aspect of the grammatical of decided (past
tense).

10. Derivational morpheme, because the afixes changes the class word, from happy (adjective) to
unhappily (adverb)

C. categorize the morphemes and the syllable of the words above!

1. im.prove.ment : poly-syllabic, poly-morphemic

2. High.er : bi-syllabic, bi-morphemic

3. Driv.er : bi-syllabic, bi-morphemic

4. Rid.ers : bi-syllabic, poly -morphemic

6. Rid.es : mono-syllabic, bi-morphemic

7. Played : mono-syllabic, bi-morphemic

8. In.for.ma.tion : poly-syllabic, poly-morphemic

9.de.cid.ed : poly-syllabic, bi-morphemic

10. un.hap.pi.ly : poly-syllabic, poly-morphemic