Ex.

1 Consider the following words in column 1 and column 2

1.derivational morphology
2.Blending
3.Back derivation
4.Conversion
5.Clipping
6.Stress shift
7.compound
8. Acronymy
9.Clipping
10.derivational morphology
Ex.2. Consider the following words in column 1
1. Fridge
2. Edit
3. Calm
4. Daydream
5. Usefulness
6. HIV
7. bit
8. Intercom system
9. CD-ROM
10. encouragement

3. Make an analysis of the following noun phrases in items of the word

classes that they comprise.
1. That attractive young woman in the blue dress
Det. adj head postmodifier
2. Jim's fatal mistakes
Det. adj head
3. All our many grievous sins
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 postmodifier
6. Her blue silk umbrella
Det. adj noun modifier head
7. Our relations' dirty screaming offspring
Det. adj head

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

1. Some nice fresh brown bread .

2. A small green leather handbag.

3. All those old Chinese designs.

4. A few old friends of mine.

5. That brilliant first-year student.

6. Morgan’s steam revolution

7. An ancient grey tower.

8. Almost all the first foreign tourists.

9. His heavy new responsibilities.

10. these highly educated young people.

5. Find out noun phrases in the following sentences, analyze their

constituents and functions:
1. The woman wearing a plastic nose is our history professor.

Det. head non-finite clause det. Noun modifier head

 The woman wearing a plastic nose : S

 Our history professor : postmodifier
 Function : Cs

2. Opinions expressed here are not those of the editors.

Head postmodifier ( non-finite) head

 Opinions expressed here : S

 those of the editors : postmodifier
 Function: Cs

3. This is an experience you'll always remember.

Head det. Head postmodifier

 This : S
 Function: Cs

4. She loves any dish involving cheese.

Head det. Head postmodifier (non-finite)

 She : S
 Function: Od

5.Any article left by students in the office will be taken to the lost property office.

Det. head postmodifier (non-finite) the prepositional phrase

  Any article left by students in the office : S

6.The bad weather compelled us to stay indoors.

Det. adj head head -> Function: Od

 The bad weather : S

7. The man behind the door is my old teacher.

Det. head postmodifier det. Adj head

 The man behind the door: S
 My old teacher : postmodifier -> function : Cs
8. The man to feed the kangaroo is my uncle.
Det. head postmodifier det. Head
 The man to feed the kangaroo : S
 My uncle -> function : Cs

9. His decision to use all female cast surprised all of us.

Det. head postmodifier head -> Function: Od

 His decision to use all female cast : S

10.The next plane to arrive is from Bangkok.

Det. adj head postmodifier (non-finite)

 The next plane to arrive : S

11. The poor little girl who seems to be lost is my friend's daughter.

Det. adj head det. Head

 The poor little girl who seems to be lost : S

 who seems to be lost : postmodifier ( relative clause)
 my friend's daughter -> function : Cs

12.The clearest instructions that anybody could have been given were already
made.
 Det. adj head postmodifier ( relative clause)
 The clearest instructions that anybody could have been given : S

13. The fourth place behind Jim was reserved for Peter.

Det. head postmodifier

-The fourth place behind Jim :S
14. Several irate gentleman farmers waiting for the prime minister came
from the south.

Det. adj noun modifier head postmodifier (non-finite)

 Several irate gentleman farmers waiting for the prime minister : S

 15.This sudden disaster approaching us made us very

worried
 Det. adj head postmodifier (non-finite) head->
Function: Od
 -This sudden disaster approaching us : S

6. What part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb….) might be put in

the blanks?
1.The: article
2.small: adj
3.favorite: adj
4. Man : noun , my :possessive determiner
5.Those girls : demonstrative determiner
6. Decision: noun
7.plane: noun
8.injured: adj
 7. State whether the bold prepositional phrase(s) in each
sentence is/are used as an adverbial or a postmodifier to nouns.
1. Postmodifier 8.Adverbial
2.Adverbial 9.Postmodifier
3. Adverbial 10.Adverbial
4.Postmodifier 11.Adverbial
5.Adverbial 12.Adverbial
6.Postmodifier 13.Postmodifier
7.Postmodifier , Adverbial 14.Postmodifier
8. Find out adjective phrases and adverb phrases in the following sentences and
analyse their constituents :

1. a bit premature

Premodifier head

2.rather tight.

Premodifier head

3.quite keen

Premodifier head

4. so wild

Premodifier head

5.vegetarian.

head

6.much difficult

Premodifier head

7.uncertain -head

8.very earnest
Premodifier head

9. very interested

Premodifier head

10. Very busy

Premodifier head

11.quite ridiculously- worded

Premodifier head

12.certain-head

13.quite sure

Premodifier head

14.rather concerned

Premodifier head

15. Very fast

Premodifier head

16.surprisingly high

Premodifier head