Exercise THE FORMATION OF WORDS

Exercise

Explain the formation of the following compound words:-

Newspaper, football, moonstruck, turncoat, brand-new, jet-black, onlooker, soothsayer,

stronghold, ice-cold, worldly-wise, tempest-tossed, race-horse, ear-ring, cooking-stove,

over-dose, fire-proof, top-heavy, heaven-born, skin-deep, widespread, snake-charmer,

lifelong, upland.

238.(II) PRIMARY DERIVATIVES

(1) Formation of Nouns from Verbs and Adjectives.

Verbs	Nouns	Verbs	Nouns	Verbs	Nouns
Advise	advice	Chop	chip	Grieve	grief
Bear	bier	Deal	dole	Live	life
Bind	bond	Deem	doom	Lose	loss
Bless	bliss	Dig	ditch, dike	Prove	proof
Break	breach	Float	fleet	Sing	song
Burn -	brand	Gape	gap	Sit	seat
Choose	choice	Grid	girth	Speak	Speech
Strike	stroke	Strive	strife	Wake	Watch
Weave	web, woof

Adjectives – Nouns

Adjectives	Nouns	Adjectives	Nouns	Adjectives	Nouns
Dull	dolt	Hot	heat	Proude	pride

 (2) Formation of Adjectives from Verbs and Nouns

Verbs	Adjectives	Verbs	Adjectives
Float	fleet	Lie	low

Nouns – Adjectives

Verbs	Adjectives	Verbs	Adjectives
Milk	Milch	Wit	wise

 (3) Formation of Verbs from Nouns and Adjectives

Nouns – Verbs

Nouns	Verbs	Nouns	Verbs	Nouns	Verbs
Bath	bathe	Glass	glaze	Knot	knit
Belief	Believe	Food	feed	Price	prize
Blood	Weed	Cool	chill	Sale	sell
Breath	breathe	Hale	heal	Sooth	soothe
Brood	breed	Gold	gild	Tale	tell
Cloth	clothe	Grass	graze	Thief	thieve
Drop	drip	Half	halve	Wreath	wreathe