MORPHOLOGY – EXERCISES

I. Mark () each of the following items as a simple word, a complex word, a
compound word, or a grammatical structure.

Simple Complex Compound Grammatical

word word word structure

1. a dining table

2. graphic

3. kettle

4. toothpick

5. enhancement

6. housing

7. teacher

8. telephone

9. teammate

10. badly damaged

11. rooftop

12. triangle

13. kitchen

14. on the table

15. bodyguard

16. classroom

17. uncomfortable

18. sentence

19. death toll

20. bakery
II. State the word-formation process of each of the following words in the table below.

Examples: BBC > acronymy Ad > clipping

1 cello 11 NBA
2 telecast 12 to baby-sit
3 to hiss 13 frankfurter
4 MC 14 medicare
5 okey-dokey 15 a Romeo
6 to housekeep 16 boutique
7 smog 17 disco
8 photo 18 bang
9 estabishment 19 walkie-talkie
10 math 20 jumbo
 ANSWER KEY

Simple Complex Compound Grammatical

word word word structure

1. a dining table 

2. graphic 

3. kettle 

4. toothpick 

5. enhancement 

6. housing 

7. teacher 

8. telephone 

9. teammate 

10. badly damaged 

11. rooftop 

12. triangle 

13. kitchen 

14. on the table 

15. bodyguard 

16. classroom 

17. uncomfortable 

18. sentence 

19. death toll 

20. bakery 
 Examples: BBC > acronymy Ad > clipping
1 cello clipping 11 NBA acronymy
2 telecast blending 12 to baby-sit back-formation
3 to hiss conversion 13 frankfurter antonomasia
4 MC acronymy 14 medicare blending
5 okey-dokey reduplication 15 a Romeo antonomasia
6 to housekeep back-formation 16 boutique borrowing
7 smog blending 17 disco clipping
8 photo clipping 18 bang echoism
9 establishment affixation/derivation 19 walkie-talkie reduplication
10 math clipping 20 jumbo invention