Morphology Exercise (1): Nominal and Adverbial

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MORPHOLOGY EXERCISE (1): NOMINAL AND ADVERBIAL
A. NOUNS (and pronouns)
Give the plural of the following:
(1)
cap
cape
mat
dock
cuff
cloth
(2a)
cab
wabe
wad
cog
grove
(3)
car
lair
bore
bay
bow
(4)
match
watch
badge
church
speech
boss
bus
piece
cause
eyelash
entourage
hinge
box
(7)
photo
potato
tomato
torpedo
(8)
man
woman
postman
child
ox
mouse
louse
goose
tooth
foot
(2b)
arm
fen
wing
awl
table
(5)
city
buoy
journey
dye
Germany
(6a)
shelf
itself
myself
thief
wife
(6b)
moth
bath
path
mouth
house
(9a)
happiness
democracy
love
(10b)
beer
coffee
butter
(9b)
cod
salmon
sheep
(11)
a bird
(12)
Prime Minister
Governor-General
(9c)
fish
(10a)
coal
hair
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(14)
octopus
nucleus
radius
memorandum
stratum
analysis
basis
crisis
hypothesis
neurosis
vertebra
antenna
index
phenomenon
corpus
genus
seraph
cherub
précis
(13)
PM
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6
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A. NOUNS (and pronouns) [continued]
Give the singular of the following:
dice
lice
cattle
birds
some (/sm̩ /) frogs
some (/ˈsʌm/) frogs or other
clothes
scissors
clothes hangers
trouser pockets
dyes
lies
bases (/ˈbeɪsiːz/)
bases (/ˈbeɪsəz/)
equipment
furniture
strata
phenomena
media
Which is (grammatically) correct?:
the United States are planning to invade Cuba
the United States is planning to invade Cuba
the government are considering a new law
the government is considering a new law
Give the possessive form of the following:
Pat
John
Jenny
James
Karl Marx
Mr Jones
the boy
the girls
the women
the Joneses
Colin and Mary
Tom and I
his mother-in-law
the Secretary General
St James
Sir Edward St. John
goodness (in: for ......... sake)
Christ (in: for ......... sake)
Socrates
Jesus
Jesu
Give the feminine of the following:
actor
doctor
usher
hero
nephew
host
steward
chairman
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B: NUMERALS
Give the ordinal forms of the following cardinal numbers:
1
2
3
4
21
32
43
54
101
102
103
104
111
112
113
114
C: ADJECTIVES
Give the comparative and superlative of the following:
tall
big
broad
wide
dry
happy
clever
quiet
pleasant
common
simple
likely
careful
famous
ridiculous
curious
unhappy
unlikely
little
shy
good
bad
(he’s) ill
(he’s) well
well-paid
badly-planned
good-looking
D: ADVERBS
Form the adverb from the following adjectives:
sad
cheerful
private
surprising
suitable
easy
shy
dry
whole
dull
full
true
due
undue
eerie
contented
excited
alleged
assured
tragic
automatic
public
fast
Form the comparative and superlative of the following adverbs:
wickedly
(run) fast
(work) hard
(travel) far
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