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1. In each of the following groups of word forms, identify those that are (or can be, according to context) forms of
the same lexeme:
(a) woman, woman’s, women, womanly, girl1(a) Woman and women are forms of the same lexeme, representing the
singular of woman and the plural of woman respectively. Woman’s is not a form of the plural Woman’s
because-’s is not an inflectional affix, so woman’s is formed syntactically rather than morphologically.

(b) greenish, greener, green, greens

The word form green is ambiguous: it can be a form of the adjective GREEN denoting a colour, or of the noun
GREEN meaning ‘area covered in grass In neither sense is green in the same lexeme as greenish.

(c) written, wrote, writer, rewrites, writing.

Written and wrote are the perfect participle and the past tense forms of the verb lexeme WRITE. Writing may be the
progressive form of the same lexeme, or it may be the singular form of the noun WRITING. Writer is the singular

m
form of the noun WRITER, and rewrites is the third person singular present form of the verb REWRITE.

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2. What word form represents each of the following grammatical words?

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(a) the plural of the noun NOOSE- nooses

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(b) the plural of the noun GOOSE- geese rs e
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(c) the plural of the noun MOOSE-moose

(d) the past tense of the verb PLAY-played

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(e) the past tense of the verb LAY-laid

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(f) the past tense of the verb LIE ‘rest horizontally’-lay

(g) the past tense of the verb LIE ‘tell untruths’-lied

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(h) the third person singular past of the verb BE-was

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(i) the perfect participle of the verb DIVE-dove

(j) the perfect participle of the verb STRIVE-strived

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(k) the perfect participle of the verb GLIDE-glided

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(l) the perfect participle of the verb RIDE-ridden

(m) the perfect participle of the verb STRIDE-strided
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(n) the accusative of the pronoun YOU-you

(o) the accusative of the pronoun WE-us

3. Which of the forms in question 2 are irregular? Are any of them suppletive?
geese; (f ) lay; (h) was; (i) dove; (j) striven; (l) ridden; (m) us are irregular (or, at least, do not follow the majority
pattern). Of these, was and us are suppletive.

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 5. In the chapter, it was said that, broadly speaking, the superlative suffix -est is limited to single-syllable adjectives.
Some of the following adjectives show that this is an oversimplification. Which ones? (Do not be surprised if
different speakers disagree!)
GENTLE COMMON PRECISE REMOTE

The word forms gentlest, commonest and remotest are in general use.
(Remotest appears in the cliché I haven’t the remotest idea.) On the other
hand, most precise sounds better than precisest.

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 6. From the following list of words, select five words with inflectional morphology.
elements gain and unkind as some case example feature great have linked Indo-European speech egg
off ordering one morphology Persians killed such cram tend the these thought within

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within

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8. Identify the nouns in the following text:

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Define the problem(s) to be tackled

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Problems can be divided into those requiring a choice between alternatives (e.g. shall I take this job; shall I leave my
rs e
spouse?) and those requiring the attainment of specific goals (e.g. how can I do my job better; how can I improve
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the relationship with my spouse?). Sometimes this stage is straightforward because the problems are obvious (e.g.
inability to pay a debt; a specific sexual dysfunction). Very often it demands considerable time and careful
exploration to help the patient decide precisely what his problems are. This is more likely when, for example, the
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difficulties concern the general aspects of a relationship, or non-specific dissatisfaction a person may experience
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with his current lifestyle.

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9. Could (if any at all) the following words accommodate inflectional suffixes?
Fast quite river might backwards cook attractive among imagine
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Backwards
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attractive
10. Identify the inflectional morphemes in the following words:
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Is-was Crops-crop Grew-grow Bigger-

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big
Smallest-small Vegetables- Were-was Records-
vegetable record
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state’s-state Have-has Had-have Holds-

hold
Growing-grow Lacked-lack Been-be Has-have
Is-be Faster-fast Chilled-chill Produced
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Keeping-keep Days-day Exploded-explode Was-is
Becoming-become Fruits-fruit Rose-rose Largest-
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 Gardeners-garden Reported-report Said-say Weighed-
weigh
it’s-it is Cabbages-cabbage Was-is Grown-
grow

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