1/Identify the root in these words by underlining it and state which syntactic category it
belongs to:
Example: faster: adjective.
a. Hushes: verb
b. kindness: adjective
c. fried: Verb
d. gamers: noun
e. heavily: adjective
II/ Identify the suffixes by underlining them:
a. singing
b. unhappy
c. mechanism
d. trousers
e. brother
f. blackboard
III/ Identify the prefixes by underlining them:
a. rewarded
b. misfortune
c. establish
d. submit
e. strawberry
f. abnormal
IV/Identify the free morphemes in the following words by underlining them:
a. kissed
b. freedom
c. stronger
d. follow
e. awe
f. goodness
g. talkative
h. teacher
i. actor.
V/Compounds are often frequent in modern technical areas where new vocabulary is being
created. Find the compounds in the following passage:
Free Talker
Nokia 610 Car Kit
The cell phone stays by your side -- instead of your ear -- with Nokia's hands-free Bluetooth
system. An unobtrusive dash-mounted screen provides the same information as your cell-phone
display, and you can effortlessly download contact info from your phone.
A small console-mounted control unit with three intuitive buttons and a dial is but one way to
manage calls and messages, which sound off through your car's speakers: Choose to use Nokia's
decent voice-recognition software and neither hand has to leave the wheel.
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VI/Complete the process and identify the type of word formation in English:
Influenza flu Clipping
Teleprinter, exchanger telex ..............clipping
Megabyte meg ...........clipping
Random access memory RAM ..............acronomy
.............conversion/zero
A progress To progress
derivation
Black,board Blackboard ..............compuonding
United States of America USA ..............Acronomy
Compact disc CD ..........…Acronomy.
Act action ..............derivation
Act action Derivation
syntax
1. Make an analysis of the following noun phrases in items of the word classes
that they comprise.
e.g.: Those delicious ice-creams
det. adj. head
1. that attractive young woman in the blue dress
2. Jim's fatal mistakes
3. all our many grievous sins
4. an ugly large yellow submarine
5. an eight-year-old boy who attempted to rob a sweet shop
6. her blue collapsible silk umbrella
7. our dirty offspring
Determiner Adj phrase Noun HEAD Post
s modifier modifiers
1 that attractive young women
the blue head
2 Jim’s fatal mistakes
3 All our grievous sins
money
4 an Ugly large submarine
yellow
5 An Eight-year- boy
old
a sweet shop
6 her blue umbrella
collapsible
silk
7 our dirty offspring
2. The following are NPs in which the order of premodifiers is scrambled:
OSASCOMP
1. some, fresh, bread, brown, nice - some nice fresh brown bread
2. green, a, small, leather, handbag - a small green leather handbag
3. designs, Chinese, old, those, all - all those old Chinese designs
4. old, a few, friends, of mine - a few old friends of mine
5. brilliant, that, first-year, student - that brilliant fisrt-year student
6. Morgan’s, steam, revolution - Morgan’s steam revolution
7. a/an, tower, grey, ancient - an ancient grey towel
8. first, tourists, the, foreign, all, almost - the fisrt tourists all almost foreign
9. responsibilities, new, his, heavy - his new heavy responsibilities
10. people, these, young, highly, educated - these highly educated young people
3. Find out noun phrases in the following sentences, analyze their constituents
and functions:
1. The woman wearing a plastic nose is our history professor.
Non- The Woman Wearing a
finite/S plastic nose
Cs Our history professor
det Nm H Pm
2. Opinions expressed here are not those of the editors.
S opinions Expressed
here
Cs those Of editor
H Pm
3. This is an experience you'll always remember.
S this
Cs an experience You’ll
always
remmeber
4. She loves any dish involving cheese.
S She
Od any dish Involving
cheese
5. Any article left by students in the office will be taken to the lost propertyoffice.
S any article Left by the students
in the office
6. The bad weather compelled us to stay indoors.
S the bad weather
Od us
7. The man behind the door is my old teacher.
S the man Behind the
door
Cs my old teacher
8. The man to feed the kangaroo is my uncle.
S the man To feed the
kangaroo
Cs my uncle
9. His decision to use all female cast surprised all of us.
S his decision To use all
female cast
Od all Of us
10. The next plane to arrive is from Bangkok.
S the next plane To arrive
11. The poor little boy who seems to be lost is my friend's daughter
S the Poor little boy Who seems
to be lost
Cs My friend’s daughter
12. The clearest instructions that anybody could have been given were already
made
S The cleanest unstrutions That any
body could
have been
given
13. The fourth place behind Jim was reserved for Peter.
S The Fouth place Behind Jim
14. Several irate gentleman farmers waiting for the prime minister came from the
south.
S several irate gentleman farmers Waiting foe
the prime
minister
15. This sudden disaster approaching us made us very worried.
S This sudden disaster Approaching
us
Od us Very
worried
