Matching Pairs Morphology Matching GameOnline version Practice and reinforce understanding of morphological concepts such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes by bon bon 1 Derivation 2 Suffix 3 Inflection 4 Compound 5 Affix 6 Prefix 7 Root Word 8 Morpheme The smallest grammatical unit in a language The process of creating a new word by adding a prefix or suffix to a base word A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning A morpheme added to the end of a word to change its form or meaning The modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case The base form of a word that can stand alone or have prefixes and suffixes added to it A general term for prefixes and suffixes A word made up of two or more root words combined