WORD FORMATION PROCESS

EXERCISE 1: Give the original words from which these clipped words were formed.
Complete the table given below:

1 ad 13 memo

2 gas 14 cello

3 taxi 15 bus

4 cab 16 coon

5 frat 17 Phil

6 photo 18 Joe

7 gin 19 Tom

8 curio 20 Al

9 wig 21 Fred

10 bra 22 Bert

11 brandy 23 Gene

12 pike (road) 24 Beth

EXERCISE 2: Give the original of each of the following blends. Complete the table given
below:
1 smog
2 telecast
3 electrocute
4 splatter
5 Amerindian
6 Eurasian
7 newsboy
8 medicare
EXERCISE 3: Give the blends that result from fusing these words. Complete the table
given below:

1 happening + circumstances

2 automobile + omnibus

3 escalade + elevator

4 blare or blow + spurt

5 squall+ squeak

EXERCISE 4: Pronounce these acronyms and give their originals. Complete the table
given below:

1 UN
2 MC
3 BBC

4 AD

5 BC

6 TESL

7 EFL
8 VIP

9 FIFA
10 NAM

EXERCISE 8: These verbs are back-formations. Write the words from which they are
formed. Complete the table given below:
1 bootleg
2 typewrite
3 coronate
4 resurrect
5 baby-sit
6 advance-register
7 laze
8 jell
9 escalate
10 reminisce
11 orate oration
12 donate donation
13 televise television

EXERCISE 9: Indicate the meaning relation between the parts of the following English
compound words. Complete the table given below:

1 chessboard
2 flycatcher
3 sunlight
4 daybreak
5 frostbite
6 driftwood
7 popcorn
8 handshake
9 brainwashing (fig)
10 match maker
11 mince-meat
12 drinking-water
13 typing-paper
14 sleepwalking
15 sunbather
16 homework
17 workbench
18 motorcycle
19 silkworm
20 sawdust
21 doorknob
22 tape-measure
23 soap-flake
24 cowshed
25 butterfingers