Question

What are the functional morphemes in the following sentence?

"The old man sat on a chair and told them tales of woe".

• A. the, on, a, and, them, of
• B. old, man, chair, tales, woe
• C. sat, told
• D. old man, them

Answer 1

Answer:

A. the, on, a, and, them, of

• Functional morphemes are grammatical words that serve a structural purpose rather than carrying meaning on their own.

• These include articles (the, a), prepositions (on, of), conjunctions (and), and pronouns (them).