Morphology: Counting Morphemes 1.1

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This exercise gives you practice at understanding the morphological composition of words as you count the number of morphemes in each word.

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Question 1

How many morphemes are in the word 'family'?

A	3 Hint: There is only 1 morpheme in the word 'family' since no individual part will have meaning if unattached from the others.
B	2 Hint: There is only 1 morpheme in the word 'family' since no individual part will have meaning if unattached from the others.
C	1

Question 2

How many morphemes are there in the word ‘gesture’?

A	2
B	1 Hint: The word 'gesture' is composed of 2 morphemes: gest + ure '-ure' can be attached to roots such as 'mix' and 'press'.

Question 3

How many morphemes are there in the word 'recover'?

A	1 Hint: There are 2 morphemes in the word 'recover'. re + cover
B	3 Hint: There are 2 morphemes in the word 'recover'. re + cover
C	2

Question 4

How many morphemes are there in the word ‘encumbrance’?

A	2 Hint: The word 'encumberance' is actually composed of 3 morphemes. en + cumber+ ance 'cumber' means to hinder or obstruct.
B	1 Hint: The word 'encumberance' is actually composed of 3 morphemes. en + cumber+ ance 'cumber' means to hinder or obstruct.
C	3

Question 5

How many morphemes are there in the word ‘computer’?

A	1 Hint: The word 'computer' is composed of 2 morphemes: compute + er
B	3 Hint: The word 'computer' is composed of 2 morphemes: compute + er
C	2

Question 6

How many morphemes are there in the word ‘undetermined’?

A	3
B	5 Hint: The word 'undetermined' is composed of 3 morphemes: un + determine + ed
C	4 Hint: The word 'undetermined' is composed of 3 morphemes: un + determine + ed

Question 7

How many morphemes are there in the word ‘father’?

A	2 Hint: The word 'father' is composed of only 1 morpheme since it cannot be separated into smaller meaningful parts, i.e., 'fath' has no meaning on its own.
B	1

Question 8

How many morphemes are there in the word ‘governmental’?

A	2 Hint: The word 'governmental' is composed of 3 morphemes: govern+ment + al
B	4 Hint: The word 'governmental' is composed of 3 morphemes: govern+ment + al
C	3

Question 9

How many morphemes are there in the word ‘politically’?

A	4
B	3 Hint: The word 'politically' is composed of 4 morphemes: pol (as in pole) + itic + al + ly
C	5 Hint: The word 'politically' is composed of 4 morphemes: pol (as in pole) + itic + al + ly

Question 10

How many morphemes are there in the word ‘escape’?

A	2 Hint: The word 'escape' is composed of only 1 morpheme. 'cape' brings no meaning to this word and cannot be considered a separate morpheme.
B	1

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