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Morphology Exercise

 

Divide the following words into morphemes.  Try to identify the affixes you find as either inflectional or derivational.

a)     differences

b)     lens

c)      dinner

d)     tallest

e)     transformation

f)       serenity

g)     dancing

h)     walks

i)       catsup

j)       dignity

k)     grammaticality

l)       elephants

m)  thickened

n)     capable

o)     dangerous

p)     paper

To learn more about affixation, click next.

 

(Lobeck 23)

Lobeck, Anne. Discovering Grammar: An Introduction to English
      Sentence Structure. New York: Oxford, 2000.