Syntax and Morphology Worksheet

The study of the internal structure of words and forms. _____
The study of how sentences are formed and of the grammatical rules that govern their function. _____
The smallest unit of meaning which cannot be divided; the building blocks of vocabulary. _____
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. _____
Words that are spelled the same but sound different. _____
A word that bears a resemblance to a second word; they have different meanings. _____
Phrases with meaning assigned to the whole unit. _____
A morpheme that is attached at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word to modify its meaning. _____
A word obtained from another word by adding an affix or affixes._____
In morphology, the simplest form or lexical morpheme, which expresses the basic meaning of the word concerned and to which affixes may be added. _____
Words that have different sounds but the same meaning. _____
Words that have different sounds and opposite meaning. _____