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Which of the following is an inflectional morpheme?

A-er (as in teacher)

B-ed (as in played)

Cre- (as in rewrite)

Dun- (as in unhappy)

Answer:

B. -ed (as in played)

Read Explanation:

Inflectional morphemes are suffixes that change the grammatical use of a word, but not its meaning. For example, adding "-s" to "book" makes it plural, but it doesn't change the word's meaning. 

Examples of inflectional morphemes: 

  • -s: Used to make nouns plural, as in "dogs"

  • -ed: Used to make verbs past tense, as in "waited"

  • -ing: Used to make verbs present participle, as in "eating"

  • -en: Used to make verbs past participle, as in "eaten"

  • -er: Used to make adjectives comparative, as in "teacher"

  • -est: Used to make adjectives superlative, as in "smallest"

  • -'s: Used to make nouns possessive, as in "dog's"


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