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Morphemes

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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MORPHEMES

THE AMAZING WORLD OF WORDS

WHAT ARE MORPHEMES?

THEY ARE A WORD OR PART OF A WORD WITH MEAING

WHAT ARE THE FOUR TYPES OF MORPHEMES?

  • Base Words
  • Root Words
  • Prefixes
  • Sufixes

WHAT ARE BASE WORDS?

  • A base word is a word in its simplest form
  • Examples; write, read, do, heat

ROOT WORDS

  • They are the form off a word after all other morphemes are taking off
  • Example; port, bell, geo, man

PREFIXES

  • Prefixes are added to the beginning of base words
  • They change the meaning of the base words
  • Example; -pre, -re, -un

SUFIXES

  • Sufixes are added to the end of base words
  • They change the meaning of the base word
  • Example; -ful, -able, -less, -ness

MORPHEMES

THE AMAZING WOLRD OF WORDS