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Mod4act1 Id Morphemes

This document provides instructions and examples for an activity that requires identifying the number of morphemes in words. Students are given a list of 10 words and asked to determine whether each word contains 1, 2, 3, or 4 morphemes. Examples are provided to illustrate that words like "technique" are a single morpheme, while words like "dogs" contain two morphemes - "dog" and the plural suffix "s".

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Mod4act1 Id Morphemes

This document provides instructions and examples for an activity that requires identifying the number of morphemes in words. Students are given a list of 10 words and asked to determine whether each word contains 1, 2, 3, or 4 morphemes. Examples are provided to illustrate that words like "technique" are a single morpheme, while words like "dogs" contain two morphemes - "dog" and the plural suffix "s".

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Ling 102/WI Introduction to the Study of Language

Module 4 Activity 1: Identifying Morphemes


Definition: A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in the grammar of a language. This activity is in the quiz tool. You have just one chance to submit your answers in the quiz tool, so use this worksheet to prepare your answers first. 1. Decide the number of morphemes that make up each of the following words. 2. To do that, divide each word into their individual morphemes. 3. Some of the words may be just 1 morpheme and therefore indivisible. (1 point each = 10 points) Examples: a. technique = 1 morpheme (technique) b. dogs = 2 morphemes (dog + s) c. unladylike = 3 morphemes (un + lady + like) 1. friendship a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes 2. lovelier a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes 3. mistreatment a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes 4. recyclables a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes 5. guidance a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes

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Ling 102/WI Introduction to the Study of Language

d. 4 morphemes 6. laughable a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes 7. microphones a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes 8. terrorist a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes 9. machine a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes 10. distastefully a. 1 morpheme b. 2 morphemes c. 3 morphemes d. 4 morphemes

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