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Ex.6.

Create a word for each of these definitions using the word formation process
suggested. Fill in the blanks with your new words.
1. Use derivation …. to mean having this property
Martin was very _________ of what he had done. SHAME
2. Use derivation …to mean the result or an act of X’ing
The museum does not charge for__________on Sundays. ADMIT
3. Use derivation …to mean the result or an act of X’ing
The secretary was very busy all day dealing with______________. ENQUIRE
4. Use derivation …to mean the result or an act of X’ing
The teacher stressed the need for regular_______________ . ATTEND
5. Use derivation …to mean member of an occupation
There were over fifty_____________in the orchestra. MUSIC
6. Use derivation … to mean able to be X’ed
Jim always does what he says; he’s very______________. RELY
7. Use derivation … to mean make sth become X
They have agreed to __________ the road because of the heavy traffic WIDE
8. Use derivation …to mean one who X
We have decided to interview only the best six _________for the job. APPLY
9. Use derivation …to mean not having this property
That large dog is perfectly ___________and has never been known to attack
anyone. HARM
10.Use derivation …to mean make sth become X
They are going on to _______________ the bridge. STRONG
11. Use derivation …to mean give this property
My teacher_______________ me to take this examination. COURAGE
12. Use derivation …to mean the result or an act of X’ing
The crowd showed its ____________ by shouting insults. APPROVE
13. Use derivation ….to mean one who receive this action
The company will not take any new ____________ this year. EMPLOY
14. Use derivation …to mean one practises X
Carl is studying to become a ___________. LAW
15. Use derivation …. to mean one who X
Dozens of________ are injured on the city’s roads each year. CYCLE

Ex.7.
Use Inflection for marking the category of each of the following words:
1. lovely + [comp]
2. teach + [present]
3. cry + [past]
4. go + [past part]
5. write + [pres part]
6. happy + [sup]
7. boss + [poss]
8. watch + [plu]
Ex.8.
Consider the following words in column 1 and column 2
Column 1 Column 2 Morphological process
State the morphological process that is responsible for the creation of the new
words in column 2
Back derivation
E.g. air-conditioner air-condition
1) cook cooker ....................................
2) breakfast and lunch brunch ....................................
3) house-keeping house-keep ....................................
4) water (N) water (V) ....................................
5) memorandum memo ....................................
6) 'subject sub’ject ....................................
7) scape, land landscape ....................................
8) Palestine Liberation Organization PLO ....................................
9) advertisement ad ....................................
10) lose loser ....................................
Ex.9. Consider the following words in column 1
From each of the words in column 1, create new words and write them in
column 2 as suggested in the morphological process.
Column 1 Column 2 Morphological process
re’cord
E.g. ‘record stress shift
1) refrigerator ......................... initial-medial clipping
2) editor ......................... back-formation
3) calm ......................... conversion
4) day, dream ......................... compounding
5) useful ......................... derivation
6) human immunodeficiency virus ......................... acronymy
7) binary, digit ......................... blending
8) intercommunication system ......................... clipping
9) compact disk, read-only-memory ......................... acronymy
10) courage ......................... derivation

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