ACTIVITIES UNIT 2
UNIT 4
4.3. Twins (twin-s) separated (separate-ed) at birth and adopted
(adopted-ed) by separate parents (parent-s) later (late-r) married
(marr(i)-ed) each other without realizing (realiz(e)-ing) they were
brother and sister, it was revealed (reveal-ed) today. The brother
and sister were granted an annulment after a High Court judge ruled
(rul(e)- (e)d) the marriage had never validly (valid-ly) existed (exist-
ed). The identities (identit(i)-es) of the British pair and details (detail-
s) of the relationship and marriage have been kept secret. But it is
known (know-n) that they were separated soon after birth and were
never told they were twins. They did not discover they were blood
relatives (relative-s) until after the wedding (wed(d)-ing)…
Free morphemes Bound Morphemes
4.4. -ful: having the stated quality to a high degree, or causing it. It
turns a noun into an adjective. Stable meaning, it performs the
function in every word.
de-: used to add the meaning " opposite", " remove", or "
reduce" to a noun or verb. Non-stable meaning , sometimes is not
seen as a prefix (defrost vs devote)
-let: the suffix indicates smallness. Non-stable meaning,
sometimes is not seen as a suffix (bullet vs leaflet).
-ly: having the nature or qualities of the root. It turns nouns into
adverbs or adjectives and adjectives into adverbs. Non-stable
meaning, sometimes is not seen as a suffix (slowly vs nearly).
