Question

Divide the following words into their constituent morphemes : 5
(i) thoughtfully
(ii) affectionately
(iii) mismanagement
(iv) beautifully
(v) unreasonable

Answer 1

According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning that a word can be divided into; for example ‘Like ‘has one morpheme.  ‘Un-like-ly’ contains three.

So the given words can be divided into their morphemes as shown below:

WORD                                                         MORPHEMES

(i) thoughtfully                                             thought-ful-ly
(ii) affectionately                                        affection-ate-ly
(iii) mismanagement                                 mis-manage-ment
(iv) beautifully                                             beauty-ful-ly
(v) unreasonable                                        un-reason-able

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