Lesson 1

1. the suffix -ling may add a pejorative ……..
3. The phrase …….. car contains an example of an attributive plural noun.
4. The …….. -ity is often used to create nouns derived from adjectives.
7. The word …….. could be used in the sentences “An …….. actor from Venice” and “An …….. from Venice visited us last week”.
9. Compounding is the most ……… process of word-formation in English.
11. …….. is a word-formation process which consists in the addition of an affix to an already existing word.
13. The word kiddie suggests ……..
14. Blackbird is a …….. formed by an adjective and a noun.
15. The noun corresponding to the adjective Swedish is ……..

2. The word metal in the expression metal box is acting as an ……… noun or noun premodifier.
5. The sentence “it was an incredible win” exemplifies the word-formation process known as …….. shift.
6. The suffix -let in anklet does not denote ……..
8. The noun advertisement often appears as the clipped word ……..
10. The ……… suffix -y is often added to nouns, as in sonny.
12. The adverb …….. postmodifies the noun sky in the phrase the sky above.