Definition: Love is a deep feeling of affection or passion for someone or something.

Part of Speech: Verb – used to express care and affection.

Example Sentence: She loves her family deeply.

Word Formation:

• Base Word: Love – the root holding the meaning.

• Inflectional Forms: loves, loved, loving (change tense or usage).

• Derivational Forms: lovely, lovable (create new meanings).

• Suffixes:

  • s (She loves her family.)

  • ed (They were loved by their friends.)

  • ing (They are loving every moment.)

  • ly (He smiled lovingly.)

  • able (Her kind heart made her lovable.)

Morpheme Explanation:

• "Love" is a free morpheme (it stands alone).

• "ed" or "ing" are bound morphemes (they modify the base).

• Example:

  • Loved = love (free) + ed (bound, past tense).

  • Lovely = love (free) + ly (bound, descriptive).

To impart knowledge or skills to someone, guiding them in learning or understanding a subject or concept.

Part of Speech:

 It’s a verb that forms several different words. For example, "teaches" and "teaching.

Example Sentence:

"The teacher taught the students effectively."

The coach teaches players how to improve their skills.

Base word: Teach

The base word teach is a free morpheme. Adding the suffix -er creates the word teacher, a derivational morpheme that changes the word's class from a verb to a noun.

• Inflectional Forms: teaches, teaching, taught

• Derivational Forms: teacher, teaching

• Prefixes and Suffixes:

  • Suffixes: -es, -ing, -ed, -er

Morpheme

The base word teach is a free morpheme, meaning it can stand alone as a word.

Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.

Part of Speech:

The word “happy” is considered an adjective.Therefore, this belongs to the part of speech that describes the noun of the sentence.

Example sentences:

He feels happy after winning the game. This sentence shows the satisfaction he feels after having achieved a dream.

Base Word: Happy

Happy is a free morpheme. Adding the prefix un- creates unhappy, a derivational morpheme that changes the meaning to the opposite. The suffix -ness changes it into a noun, happiness.

Inflectional forms: Happier and happiest

Derivational Forms: Unhappy and happiness.

Prefixes and suffixes:

Suffixes: er- es and ness.

Morpheme:

Happy is a free morpheme.

Part of Speech: Verb

Example Sentence: They walk to school every day.

Word Formation:

• Base Word: Walk

• Inflectional Forms: walks, walked, walking

• Derivational Forms: walker, walkable

• Prefixes and Suffixes:

  • Suffixes: s, ed, ing, er, able

Morpheme Explanation:

"Walk" is a free morpheme, meaning it can stand alone as a word. When "er" is added, it forms "walker," a derivational morpheme indicating a person who walks. The suffix "able" changes it to "walkable," an adjective meaning "able to be walked on."

Word Formation:

• Base Word: Organize

• Inflectional Forms: organizes, organizing, organized

• Derivational Forms: organization, organizational

• Prefixes and Suffixes:

  • Prefixes: re- (reorganize)

  • Suffixes: -s, -ing, -ed, -ation, -al

Morpheme Explanation: Organize is a free morpheme. Adding the prefix re- forms reorganize, a derivational morpheme that modifies the meaning to "organize again."

Visual: Display "organize" with arrows showing connections to "organized" (past tense), "organizing" (present participle), and "organization" (noun). Use office file icons or organizational charts.