Exercise 8-11

Words Derived Words

happy happiness

friend friendship

girl girlhood

compose composure, composition

shrink shrinkage

discover discovery

supreme supremeness, supremacy

true truth, truism

pagan paganism

active activeness, activity, activation, activism

Morphemic symbol Name of inflectional suffix

remained Past tense
pledges Noun plural
pledges Present third-person singular
Pledge’s Noun singular possessive
Pledges’ Noun plural possessive
discussing Present participle
shorter comparative

Exercise 8-12

Exercise 8-13

Break V Breakage N
Desire N, V Desirable A
Conspire V Conspiracy N
Rehearse V Rehearsal N
 Ideal N, A Idealize V
False A Falsify V
Sweet N, A Sweetly Av
Doubt N, V Doubtful A
Mouth N, V Mouthful A
Sing N, V sìnger N
Familiarize V familiarization N
Passion N passionate A
Host N, V Hostess N
Gloom N Gloomy A
Martyr N, V Martyrdom N
Novel N, A Novelist N
Day N Daily N, Av
Prohibit V Prohibitory A
Excel V Excellent A
Create V Creative A
Vision N Visionary A
Cube N, V Cubic A
Ripe A Ripen V
Real A,Av realism N
accept V Acceptance N

Exercise 8-14
1. reasonable + -ness = reasonableness
2. formal + -ly = formally
Formal + -ity = formality
3. organize + -ation = organization
4. purify + -er = purifier
5. realis + -ism = realism

Exercise 8-15
1. Kindness + -es = kindnesses
2. Beautify + -es = beautifies
3. Quarterly + -es = quarterlies
4. Popularize + -ing = popularizing
5. Depth + -s = depths
6. Pressure + -s = pressures
7. Arrival + -s = arrivals
8. Orientate + -es = orientates
9. Friendly + -er = friendlier
10. Funny + -er = funnier

Exercise 8-16
1. Sin: sinful, sinfulness, sinless, sinlessness, sinner
2. Kind: kindly, kindliness, kindless, kindlessness, kindness
3. Live: lively, liveliness, livelihood, liven, enliven, alive, aliveness, unlive, unlively, unliveliness
4. Transport: transportable, transportability, transporter, transportation, transportational
5. Audible: audience, audibly, audition, audial, auditory, auditorium