Practice

I. Describe the italic underlined affixes, whether they are derivational or

inflectional. Justify your answer:

a. Supremacy
b. Latest
c. Aphasia
d. Defies
e. Fanciful
f. Agriculture
g. Tougher
h. Sharpen
i. Economics
j. moneyed

II. Segment the following words and classify the morphemes associated with
them as requested below:

Derivational Morphemes Inflectional

Words Roots
Class-maintaining Class-changing Morphemes

nationalisations .......... .......... .......... ..........

uncharacteristically .......... .......... .......... ..........

reimbursment .......... .......... .......... ..........

unverbalized .......... .......... .......... ..........

autobiography .......... .......... .......... ..........

destigmatized .......... .......... .......... ..........

III. Complete the process and identify the type of word formation in English:

Influenza flu Clipping

Teleprinter, exchanger telex ..............

Megabyte meg ..............

Random access memory RAM ..............

A progress To progress ..............

Black,board Blackboard ..............

United States of America USA ..............

Compact disc CD ..............

Act action ..............

IV. For each word below, draw a word tree:

1. ambidextrous
2. characterized
3. insufferably
4. contradictory
5. underpinned
6. Dangerously
7. demagnetizability
1. rider.
2. Reader
3. Colder
4. Redder
5. Silver
6. Radish
7. Lens
8. Redness
9. Legs
10. rotation