Morphology Exercises
Exercise 1
Divide the following words into morphemes and morphs.
Examples: (i) truth
Morphemes: {true} {th}
Morphs: tru+th
Barefoot
Morphemes: {bare} {foot}
Morphs: bare+foot
a. research : morphemes : ( re) (search) morphs : re + search
b. butterfly morphemes : ( butter) ( fly). morphs : butter + fly
c. holiday morphemes : ( holy) ( day). morphs : holy + day
d. morpheme morphemes : ( mor) (pheme ). morphs : mor + pheme
e. phoneme morphemes : (phon ) ( eme ). morphs : phon + eme
f. phonology morphemes : ( phono) ( logy). morphs : phone + logy
g. morphemic morphemes : ( mor) ( phe) (mic) . morphs : mor + phe + mic
h. plants morphemes : ( plan) (s ). morphs : plan + s
i. trousers morphemes : ( trou) (sers). morphs : trou + sers.
Divide the following words into morphemes and morphs.
Exercise 2
Some of the words in (2) contain suffixes. Identify the suffixes by unterlining them.
(2) a. happiness
b. unkind
c. freedom
d. flowers
e. brother
f. blackboard
