1/Identify the root in these words by underlining it and state which syntactic category it belongs

to:
Example: faster: adjective.

a. hushes: noun
b. kindness: adjective
c. fried: verb
d. gamers: noun
e. heavily: adjective

II/ Identify the suffixes by underlining them:

a. singing: inflectional
b. unhappy
c. mechanism: derivational
d. trousers: inflectional
e. brother
f. blackboard

III/ Identify the prefixes by underlining them:

a. rewarded
b. misfortune
c. establish
d. submit  (transmit)
e. strawberry
f. abnormal

IV/Identify the free morphemes in the following words by underlining them:

a. kissed
b. freedom
c. stronger
d. follow
e. awe
f. goodness
g. talkative
h. teacher
i. actor.
V/Compounds are often frequent in modern technical areas where new vocabulary is being
created. Find the compounds in the following passage:
Free Talker
Nokia 610 Car Kit
The cell phone stays by your side -- instead of your ear -- with Nokia's hands-free Bluetooth system. An
unobtrusive dash-mounted screen provides the same information as your cell-phone display, and you
can effortlessly download contact info from your phone.
A small console-mounted control unit with three intuitive buttons and a dial is but one way to manage
calls and messages, which sound off through your car's speakers: Choose to use Nokia's decent voice-
recognition software and neither hand has to leave the wheel.
www.nokia.com

VI/Complete the process and identify the type of word formation in English:

Influenza flu Clipping

Teleprinter, exchanger telex Blending

Megabyte meg Clipping

Random access memory RAM Acronym

A progress To progress Conversion

Black,board Blackboard Compounding

United States of America USA Acronym

Compact disc CD Acronym

Act action Derivation

Act action Derivation

syntax
1. Make an analysis of the following noun phrases in items of the word classes that
they comprise.
e.g.: Those delicious ice-creams

det. adj. head

1. that attractive young woman in the blue dress
(det.) (adj.) (adj) (head) (post modifier)
 2. Jim's fatal mistakes
(det.) (adj.) (head)
3. all our many grievous sins
(det.) (det.) (det.) (adj.) (head)
4. an ugly large yellow submarine
(det.) (adj.) (head)
5. an eight-year-old boy who attempted to rob a sweet shop
(det.) (adj.) (head) (post modifier)
6. her blue collapsible silk umbrella
(det.) (adj.) (noun premodifier) (head)
7. our dirty offspring
(det.) (adj.) (head)

2. The following are NPs in which the order of premodifiers is scrambled:

1. some, fresh, bread, brown, nice
2. green, a, small, leather, handbag
3. designs, Chinese, old, those, all
4. old, a few, friends, of mine
5. brilliant, that, first-year, student
6. Morgan’s, steam, revolution
7. a/an, tower, grey, ancient
8. first, tourists, the, foreign, all, almost  almost all the first foreign tourists
9. responsibilities, new, his, heavy
10. people, these, young, highly, educated
 some nice fresh brown bread
 a small green leather handbag
 all those old Chinese designs
 a few old friends of mine
 that brilliant first-year student
 Morgan’s steam revolution
 an ancient grey tower
 his heavy new responsibilities
 these highly educated young people

3. Find out noun phrases in the following sentences, analyze their constituents and
functions:
1. The woman wearing a plastic nose is our history professor.
2. Opinions expressed here are not those of the editors.
3. This is an experience you'll always remember.
4. She loves any dish involving cheese.
5. Any article left by students in the office will be taken to the lost propertyoffice.
6. The bad weather compelled us to stay indoors.
7. The man behind the door is my old teacher.
8. The man to feed the kangaroo is my uncle.
9. His decision to use all female cast surprised all of us.
HOMEWORK:
10. The next (det.) plane (head) to arrive (post modifier) is from Bangkok.
- The next plane Subject
11. The (det.) poor little (adj.) boy (head) who seems to be lost (post modifier) is my
friend's (det.) son (head)
- The poor little boy Subject
- my friend's son Subject Complement
12. The (det.) clearest (adj.) instructions (head) that anybody could have been given
(post modifier) were already made.
- The clearest instructions  Subject
13. The fourth (det.) place (head) behind Jim (post modifier) was reserved for Peter.
- The fourth place behind Jim  Subject
14. Several (det.) irate (adj.) gentleman (noun modifier) farmers (head) waiting for the
prime minister (post modifier) came from the south.
- Several irate gentleman farmers  Subject
15. This (det.) sudden (adj.) disaster (head) approaching us (post modifier) made us
(head) very worried.
- This sudden disaster Subject
- us Direct Obj