Inflection and Est Er
21: root suffix whole word
a. govern speak contemplate (v)
(v)
(v)
－ ment
－ er
－ ion
government
speaker
contemplation
(n)
(n)
(n)
b. fiction child color
(n )
(n)
(n)
－ al
－ ish
－ ful
Fictional
childish colorful (a)
(a)
(a)
c. happy rare creative
(a)
(a )
(a)
－ ness
－ ity
－ ity
happiness
rarity
creativity
(n)
(n)
(n)
d. mess book mountain (n) (n)
(n)
－ y
－ ish
－ ous messy bookish
mountainous
(a)
(a)
(a)
e. clam lovely silly
(a)
(a)
(a)
－ est
－ er
－ er calmest lovelier sillier (a)
(a)
(a) 22: root affix whole word
a. spite health truth
(n)
(n)
(n)
－ ful
－ ful
－ ful spiteful healthful truthful (a)
(a)
(a)
d. stop fix laugh
(v)
(v)
(v)
－ able
－ able
－ able stoppable fixable laughable (a)
(a)
(a) affix root whole word
b. un－ un－ un－ sure true happy (a)
(a)
(a) unsure untrue unhappy (a)
(a)
(a)
c. re－ re－ re－ take view live
(v)
(v)
(v)
retake review relive
(v)
(v)
(v)
Answer: c. Because the lexical category of the root and the lexical category of the whole word belong to verbs.
24. a
b c
d e
f
g
h
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m n
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p
q
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aa
25 root suffix whole word
root suffix whole word teach －er
teacher
staple
－r
stapler bake －r
baker
juice
－r
juicer sing －er
singer
cop
－ier
copier write －r
a. govern speak contemplate (v)
(v)
(v)
－ ment
－ er
－ ion
government
speaker
contemplation
(n)
(n)
(n)
b. fiction child color
(n )
(n)
(n)
－ al
－ ish
－ ful
Fictional
childish colorful (a)
(a)
(a)
c. happy rare creative
(a)
(a )
(a)
－ ness
－ ity
－ ity
happiness
rarity
creativity
(n)
(n)
(n)
d. mess book mountain (n) (n)
(n)
－ y
－ ish
－ ous messy bookish
mountainous
(a)
(a)
(a)
e. clam lovely silly
(a)
(a)
(a)
－ est
－ er
－ er calmest lovelier sillier (a)
(a)
(a) 22: root affix whole word
a. spite health truth
(n)
(n)
(n)
－ ful
－ ful
－ ful spiteful healthful truthful (a)
(a)
(a)
d. stop fix laugh
(v)
(v)
(v)
－ able
－ able
－ able stoppable fixable laughable (a)
(a)
(a) affix root whole word
b. un－ un－ un－ sure true happy (a)
(a)
(a) unsure untrue unhappy (a)
(a)
(a)
c. re－ re－ re－ take view live
(v)
(v)
(v)
retake review relive
(v)
(v)
(v)
Answer: c. Because the lexical category of the root and the lexical category of the whole word belong to verbs.
24. a
b c
d e
f
g
h
i j
k
l
m n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
aa
25 root suffix whole word
root suffix whole word teach －er
teacher
staple
－r
stapler bake －r
baker
juice
－r
juicer sing －er
singer
cop
－ier
copier write －r