English
Homework #13
Name __________________
Morphology: Morphological Structure
1. Divide the following words into their separate
morphemes as they exist in present-day English.
Place a / between each morpheme, e.g.
element/ary. Don’t let the spelling fool you.
1. judge + ment +al
2. threat + en
3. be + friend +ed
4. senile + ity
5. ir + replace + abil + ity
6. complain + er + s
7. in + fame + ous
8. re + unite + ing
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9. moral + ize + r + s
10. en + dear + ment
11. sheep + ish + ness
12. anti + air + craft
13. inherit + ance
14. co + operat + tion
15. pre + concept + tion
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2. In each group of words below, two words
have a different morphological structure than
the others: one has a different type of suffix, and
one has no suffix at all. Identify the word that
has no suffix and the word whose suffix is
different from the others.
a. rider
colder
silver
actor
silver
colder
Does not have a suffix
Has a different type
b. tresses
melodies
Bess’s
guess
Guess
Bess’s
Does not have a suffix
Has a different type
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c. running
foundling
handling
fling
fling
Does not have a suffix
foundling Has a different type
d. tables
lens
witches
calculates
lens
Does not have a suffix
calculates Has a different type
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