Free and Bound Morphemes for the CSET

Feb
20

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Excerpt from the CSET study guide

English teacher candidates studying for the CSET should know what free and bound morphemes are.

Free morphemes are morphemes that can stand alone, unlike bound morphemes, which occur only as parts of words. Common bound morphemes include: -ing, -ed, -er, pre-, un-, -s, -ly, -less, and -ful.

Examples:

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Root Morphemes

Roots can be either free morphemes or bound morphemes.

The root of a word is a unit of meaning (morpheme) and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents.

Root morphemes carry the most significant aspects of a word’s semantic content.

Examples:

cat is the root of cats
child is the root of children
dog is the root of dogs
faith is the root of unfaithful
mouse is the root of mice
run is the root of running
rupt is the root of interrupt
strong is the root of stronger
walk is the root of walking

Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain, and gathering them
about him, he taught them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor.
“Blessed are the hungry.
“Blessed are those who mourn.
“Blessed are the oppressed. . . . ”

Then Simon Peter said, “Do we have to write this down?”
And Andrew said, “Are we supposed to know this?”
And James said, “I don’t have papyrus with me.”
And Philip said, “Will we have a test on this?”
And Bartholomew said, “Do we have to turn this in?”
And John said, “The other disciples didn’t have to learn this.”
And Matthew said, “Can I be excused?”
And Judas said, “What does this have to do with the real world?”

Then one of the Pharisees who was present asked to see Jesus’ lesson
plan and inquired: “Is this lesson aligned with state standards? Does
it address multiple intelligences? Where are your objectives in the
cognitive domain?”

And Jesus wept.

By Peter Lorison

http://www.ACEtheCSET.com

Peter Lorison

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