Morphology terminology test

Matching exercise

Drag and drop the items on the left to match the items on the right.
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the central morpheme which determines the meaning of any derived word
a morpheme which changes word class
a morpheme which changes the grammatical form of a word
the root of a word which cannot stand alone
an affix which adds meaning rather than changing meaning or word class
how the form of a verb changes in a language
joining two free morphemes to make a third meaning
how the form of nouns and adjectives etc. changes in a language
fusing two morphemes to make a third meaning
a morpheme which cannot stand alone as a word
bound base
combining form
blending
conjugate
decline
compounding
bound morpheme
root
a derivational morpheme
an inflectional morpheme