CHAPTER 2: MORPHOLOGY (Further practice)

Exercise 1: Circle the function words in the following text.

After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time,
the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body
to prepare itself for the next day.
Exercise 2: Underline the content words in the following text.
There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep your muscles relax
little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your
body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.
Exercise 3: Circle the roots of the following words. (The roots contribute the most to the meaning of the
words)

1. play 7. working 13.reject

2. replay 8. usual 14.project
3. weak 9. usually 15.light
4. weaken 10.unbearable 16.lighten
5. man 11.connect 17.enlighten
6. manly 12.eject 18.enrich
Exercise 4: Underline the suffixes of the following words.

1. hearing 6. watcher 11.crying

2. larger 7. unbelievable 12.kicked
3. womanly 8. impossible 13.lover
4. lovely 9. nailed 14.clarity
5. watches 10.revised 15.dangerous
Exercise 5: Underline the prefixes of the following words.

1. replay 6. impolite 11.behead

2. reduce 7. endanger 12.disbelief
3. revised 8. enlarge 13.dispatch
4. unusual 9. unemployed 14.pre-school
5. unable 10.ex-girlfriend 15.prepare
Exercise 6: Complete the following sentences and answer the questions.

1. Content words denote ....... such as objects, actions and attributes, and ideas that we can
think about.
2. ........... , ............. , adjectives, and adverbs are content words. Give 5 examples of content
words.
3. Function words do not have clear ........... or obvious concepts associated with them. They
specify .......... relations and have little or no semantic content.
4. ......... morphemes may constitute words by themselves. Give 5 examples.

5. .......... morphemes are never words by themselves but are always parts of words. Give 5
examples.
6. Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes are ............ morphemes.
7. Prefixes are morphemes that occur ........... other morphemes. Give 5 examples.

8. Suffixes are morphemes that occur ......... other morphemes. Give 5 examples.

9. Infixes are morphemes that are ........... into other morphemes.

10.With the addition of each new affix to the base, a new ....... and a new word are formed.
11............ morphemes have meaning. They play the main role in constituting the meaning of
words.
12.Roots, prefixes and most suffixes are .......... morphemes.
13.The form that results from the addition of a derivational morpheme is called a
........................
14.The derived word may also be of a .......... word class than the original word.
15.Inflectional morphemes are always ......... morphemes. Give 5 examples.

16.Inflectional morphemes have NO meaning but have certain .............. functions.

17.Inflectional morphemes never .......... the parts of speech of the stems.

18.What is clipping? Give 2 words that are formed by clipping.

19.What is back-formation? What is the other name of back-formation? Give 2 examples.

20.What is eponymy?

21.What is compounding? Give 2 examples.

22.What is blending? Give 2 examples.

23.What is the difference between compounding and blending?

24.What is acronymy?