Alfanuari
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Basic Morsyin week 3
Exercise 1
The left-hand column contains ten words. The right-hand column contains thirteen derivational
suffixes used to make nouns and having the general meanings of “state, condition, quality, or act
of”. By combining these suffixes with the words listed, make as many nouns as you can.
Noun-Forming
Words Derivational Suffixes
1. happy 1. –hood 11. -ance
2. friend 2. –acy 12. -th
3. girl 3. –ism 13. -ure
4. compose 4. -ness
5. shrink 5. -ment
6. active 6. -age
7. supreme 7. -y
8. true 8. -ation
9. pagan 9. -ship
10. discover 10. –ity
Nouns
1. Happiness
2. Friendship
3. Girlhood
4. Composity
5. Shrinkage
6. Shrinkment
7. Activition
8. Supremacy
9. Truth
10. Pagnism
11. Discovery
12. Girly
13. Activness
14. Composer
EXERCISE 2
The words in the second column are formed by the addition of a derivational suffix to those in
the first column. After every word in both columns indicate its parts of speech classification by
N (noun), V (verb), or A (adjective).
1. break N, V breakage N
2. desire N, V desirable A
3. conspire V conspiracy N
4. rehearse V rehearsal A
5. ideal A, N idealize V
6. false A falsify V
7. plenty N plenteous A
8. doubt N, V doubtful A
9.mouth N, V mouthful A
10. sing V singer N
11. familiarize V familiarizationN
12. passion N, V passionate A
13. host N, V hostess N
14. gloom N, V gloomy A
15. martyr N, V martyrdom N
16. novel N, A novelist N
17. day N daily A, N
18. prohibit V prohibitory A
19. excel V excellent A
20. create V creative A
21. vision N, V visionary A, N
22. cube N, V cubic A, N
23. ripe A, V ripen V
24. real A realism N
25. accept N acceptance N
EXERCISE 1
Write the morphemic symbol and the name for each inflectional affix you find in the following
sentences.
1. The flagpole stood in front of Main Hall. ............... .....................(-D pp) past participle
2. Four pledges were initiated. ................ ......................(-s pl) noun plural
3. Shirley pledges to do her best. ................ ...................... (-s 3d) prsent third person singular
4. The pled’s shirt was torn ................ ......................(-s sg ps) noun singular possessive
5. The pledges’ shirts were torn. ................ ..................... (-s pl ps) noun plural possessive
6. We were discussing the editorial. ................ ...................... (-ING vb) present participle
7. The novel was shorter than I had expected. ................ ...................... (-ER cp) comparative
8. They waited at the dock. ................ ......................(-D pt) past tense
9. Which is the longest route? ................. ......................(-EST sp) superlative
10. Have you taken calculus yet? ................. ......................(-D pp) past participle
11. Jim played skillfully in the second set. ................ ......................(-D pt) past tense
12. The dealer weighed the poultry. ................. ......................(-D pt) past tense
13. Would you mind repeating the question? ................. ......................(-ING vb) present
participle
14. The sheets were soon ironed. ................. ......................(-s pl) noun plural
15. She never locks the door. ................. ....................(-s 3d) present third person singular
EXERCISE 2
In the blanks place a V to identify the italicized verbal {-ing1} morpheme and an A to identify
the italicized adjectival {-ing3} morpheme.
1. It was a charming spot. .....................A
2. It was located by a sweetly babbling brook. .....................V
3. It was exciting to watch the flight. .....................A
4. From the bridge we watched the running water. .....................A
5. That barking dog keeps everyone awake. ..................... V
6. He told a convincing tale. ..................... A
7. The shining sun gilded the forest floor. ..................... A
8. A refreshing shower poured down. ..................... A
9. The attorney made a moving appeal. ..................... V
10. What an obliging fellow he is! .....................A
EXERCISE 3
Add an inflectional suffix, one of those listed on page 23, to each of these words, which end in
derivational suffixes. In the third column put any words you can think of that are formed by a
suffix following the inflectional suffix you added in the second column.
1. Kindness (est) kindest, longest, fastest
2. Beautify (er) beautyer, lower, harder
3. Quarterly (-S2) quarterlies, chairs, pencils
4. Popularize (-ing) popularizing, singing, developing
5. Depth (-est) depthest, lowest, deepest
6. Pressure (-d1) preassured, showed, tried
7. Extemporaneous (-ly) extemporaneously, friendly, slowly
8. Orientate (-ing) orientating, voting, developing
9. Friendly (s) friends, brothers, sisters
10. Loud (er) louder, slower, noiser
EXERCISE 4
This is an exercise reviewing the inflectional and derivational suffixes. Label the italicized
suffixes as DS (derivational suffix), IS (inflectional suffix), or Amb (ambiguous).
1. princes ..................... IS 11. quickly ......................IS
2. princess .....................DS 12. rectify ......................IS
3. findings ..................... DS 13. brotherly ......................IS
4. friendliers..................... DS 14. respectable ......................DS
5. shows ..................... AMB 15. younger ......................IS
6. weaver .....................DS 16. cleanly ...................... IS
7. leaner ..................... DS 17. glimmer ......................IS
8. satirize .....................AMB 18. grievance .......................IS
9. sputter .....................DS 19. droppings ....................... DS
10. brighten ..................... DS 20. sunny .......................IS
EXERCISE 1
This exercise concerns the plural morpheme {-S2}, which (we’ll say for the moment) has three
allomorphs. Write out each plural word in phonemic script. Then, using these as evidence, list
the allomorphs of {-S2} and describe their complementary distribution.
1. sons /sʌns/ 9. hoes /həʊs/
2. naps /nᴂps/ 10. staffs /stɑ:f/
3. passes /pɑ:s/ 11. churches /ʧɜ:rʧ/
4. hogs /hɒgs/ 12. gorges /gͻ:rʤ/
5. sacks /sᴂks/ 13. sums /sʌms/
6. fizzes /fiʒ/ 14. heats /hi:t/
7. dishes /’dɪʃɪʃ/ 15. gongs /gɒɳs/
8. garages /gə’räʤ/
Allomorphs and CD
-s, -es, -iz, -es, -z
EXERCISE 2
Write allomorphic formula for each of the following past tense forms. Examples: spin, spun
/spen/ = /spin/ + /i > e/
1. see, saw /seen/ = /sin/ + /e > i/
2. 2. begin, began /begun/ = /bi’gən/ + /e > i + u > ə /
3. 3. bite, bit /bitten/ = /’bɪtən/ + / i > I + e > ə/
4. give, gave /given/ = /’gɪvən/ + /i > ɪ + e > ə//
5. grow, grew /grown/ = /grəʊn/ + /ow > əʊ/
6. 6. ride, rode /ridden/ = /’rɪdən/ + /i > ɪ + e > ə/
7. 7. grind, ground /ground/ = /graʊnd/ + / ou > aʊ/
8. take, took /taken/ = /’teɪkən/ + /a > eɪ + e > ə/
9. 9. tear, tore /torn/ = /tôrn/ + /o > ô/
10. speak, spoke /spoken/ = /’spəʊkən/ + /o > əʊ + e > ə/
