Saturday, March 8, 2014

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

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