Task 2
Affixation. Conversion
1. Structural types of words
2. Morphemes and their types
3. Word-building patterns
4. Affixation
5. Conversion
Exercise 1. Analyze the morphological structure of underlined words: identify the
number of morphemes and their types according to the semantic and the structural
classifications of morphemes.
1. calculable
2. fruitfulness
3. geography
4. half-cooked
5. ill-fixed
6. inartistic
7. northeasterly
8. psychologist
9. receive
10. self-centeredness
11. semi-smiling
12. sleepier
13. two-sevens
14. uncharacteristically
15. Waterproof
Exercise 2. Form words with the following productive affixes. State to what part of
speech they belong to. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.
a) -er(-or), -ist, -eer(-ier), -ian(-an,-n), -ant(-ent), -ness, -ism, -dom, -hood, -ship, -
(i)ty, -ment, -ance(-ence), -ion(-tion), -age, -ing, -al, -ie(-y), -ful, -less, -able (-ible), -
y, -ish, -ly, -ary(-ory), -ic(-ical), -ive, -ous(-eous), -ious), -ward, -ed, -ize, -ate, -(i)fy,
-en;
b) un-, de-, anti-, non-, in-(il-,im-,ir-), dis-, out-, over-, under-, re-, co-, ex-, pre-,
post-, sub-, super-, extra-, ultra-, inter-, trans-, mis-, be-, en-(em-).
Exercise 3. Fill in the blank with the negative prefixes (im-, in-, il-, un-, dis-) which
correspond to the words given in brackets.
1. The children’s room is usually very…………………. (tidy).
2. I don’t think so: I……………….. with you (agree).
3. I usually ………………the suitcases as soon as we arrive home from the
airport (pack).
4. We couldn’t go on holidays last year because I was ………………… for ten
months (employed).
5. He never says anything when he comes into the room. He is very …... (polite).
6. I never watch plays because I…………………….. going to the theatre (like).
7. Their dog …………………. while they were walking in the park (appeared).
8. Making several copies of a CD and selling them is …………………. (legal).
9. He said it is…………………. to solve the problem and I agree with him: I
can’t find a solution (possible).
Exercise 4. Read the following sentences. Define what part of speech the words in
bold type are and what parts of speech they are derived from.
1. "Everybody has colds," said aunt Kate readily. 2. A butterfly winged its way
into the air. 3. Her heart hungered for action. 4. The place was crowded with doctors
and their wives. 5. The pages had yellowed with age. 6. And Mrs. Bendall, threading
her needle, pursed her lips. 6. His face cleared. 7. A tall man elbowed into the
crowd. 8. It is a matter of daily wrapping ourselves up more and more in ideas and
feelings, likes and dislikes that gradually draw us apart. 9. The hows and whys
escaped me, but the psychological pattern was clear. 10. In spite of all your talk about
facts you blind yourself to the greatest facts of all. 11. She is an awful tease. 12. He
was certainly on the move. 13. Soldiers in red coats passed in twos and threes. 14.
We are all equals. 15. She busied herself with the papers. 16. Mr. Watkins was a
nobody.
Exercise 5. In the given conversion pairs state the semantic relations between the
words
1) crowd, n – to crowd
2) eye, n – to eye
3) fool, n – to fool
4) leather, n – to leather
5) to cheat – cheat, n
6) to forge –forge, n
7) to knock – knock, n
8) to tear – tear, n
