Morphemes: Building Blocks of Words
This worksheet helps 7th-grade students understand morphemes, their types, and how they contribute to word meaning and structure.
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Morphemes: Building Blocks of Words
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to demonstrate your understanding of morphemes. Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a language.
1. Which of the following words contains a prefix?
running
unhappy
quickly
talked
2. What type of morpheme is '-ing' in the word 'singing'?
Prefix
Suffix
Root word
Bound morpheme
3. A morpheme that can stand alone as a word is called a morpheme.
4. The addition of the suffix '-ed' to a verb usually indicates the tense.
5. A is a morpheme added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
6. Identify the root word in 'unbelievable' and explain how the prefix and suffix change its meaning.
7. Provide an example of a word with a bound morpheme and a free morpheme, and label each part.
Match each morpheme type with its description.
8. Free Morpheme
a. Cannot stand alone as a word
9. Bound Morpheme
b. Changes the grammatical function of a word
10. Derivational Morpheme
c. Can stand alone as a complete word
11. Inflectional Morpheme
d. Creates a new word with a new meaning or part of speech
12. Read the following passage and identify at least three words that contain both a prefix and a suffix. For each word, break it down into its morphemes (prefix, root, suffix) and explain how each morpheme contributes to the word's overall meaning.
The inexperienced hiker unfortunately underestimated the difficulty of the trail. Despite her careful preparations, the unpredictable weather conditions made the ascent incredibly challenging. She eventually had to reconsider her ambitious goal and reluctantly turn back, feeling somewhat disheartened but ultimately uninjured.