Practice Exercises in Morphology

Free and Bound Morphemes

List the morphemes in each word below, and state whether each morpheme is free (F) or
bound (B).

1. creating 6. unhealthy

create un
ing health
y

2. seaward 7. waiter

sea wait
ward er

3. wastage 8. reconsider

waste re
age (B) consider

4. poetic 9. keys

poet key
ic s

5. modernize 10. incompletion

modern in
ize complete
ion
 Word Trees

For each word below, draw a word tree.

1. shipper 6. simply
2. disobey 7. jumping
3. resettled 8. digitizes
4. anticlimaxes 9. activity
5. disengagement 10. confrontational

Example.

1. N

V DAff
ship er