Morphemes

Question 1

Root

Answer 1

The core of a word that cannot be further broken down into smaller meaningful parts.

friend (friendly)
faith (faithful)
joy (joyful)

Question 2

Bound

Answer 2

Bound morphemes cannot stand alone; they must be attached (bound) to a free morpheme.

-‘s (possessive)
in-, dis-, anti- (prefixes)
-ly, -ful, -ation (suffixes)

Question 3

Free

Answer 3

A morpheme that can stand alone, as a word in its own right.

“eat”
“date”
“weak”