REVIEW EXERCISES
a. Form Classes
1. English: ADJECTIVE--It passes the adjective tests: more/most English, very English, The English
patient was very English. Also occurs as a noun designating a nationality group and fits into the
noun frame sentence: The English seem all right.
2. memorize: VERB--Contains a verb-making morpheme {-ize} and accepts verb inflectional
morphemes: memorizes, memorized, memorizing; can be made into a command; can be made
negative; fits the frame sentence.
3. expanding: VERB--Contains the verb present participle inflection, and no other part of speech fits
in the slot where it occurs.
4. peripheral: ADJECTIVE--has adjective-making morpheme {-al}; can be compared with more, most;
intensifies: very peripheral; for some speakers it fits both slots in the frame sentence: ?His peripheral
vision is very peripheral).
5. specific: ADJECTIVE--can be compared: more/most specific; intensifies with very; fits the frame
sentence: His specific answer was very specific.
6. decoding: VERB (gerund)--Contains the verb present participle inflection and occurs in a noun slot
as the object of a preposition: for decoding the structure.
EX ERCISE ANSWER KEY EX–17
7. features: NOUN. Prototypical noun: can occur with plural and possessive inflections (features,
feature’s); fits the frame sentence (Her features seem all right).
8. reflect: VERB. Contains a verb-making morpheme {re-}; accepts verb inflections: reflects, reflected,
reflecting; fits the frame sentence: That mirror must reflect something.
Form Classes
1. file (a) noun: Lisa opened a new computer file.
(b) verb: She filed her nails while she waited.
2. crimson (a) adjective: That’s a very crimson sunset.
(b) noun: The sky is an unusual shade of crimson.
(c) verb: The shy young man crimsoned at her approach.
3. sorry (a) adjective: The bedraggled dog was a sorry sight.
4. house (a) noun: Our house is near the corner.
(b) verb: Where did they house the tornado victims?
[Do you consider (b) to be the same word as (a)?]
5. forward (a) adjective: That’s a very forward child you have.
(b) verb: Forward this letter to everyone on the list.
(c) adverb: The players took one step forward.
(d) noun: Their forward looks eight feet tall.
6. eagerly (a) adverb: The crowd waited eagerly for Graceland’s gates to open.
7. fast (a) adverb: My new electric car doesn’t go very fast.
(b) adjective: This year’s marathon race was not a fast one.
[There is a verb fast: Some people fast in order to lose weight. Do you consider it to be the
same word as (a) and (b)?]
8. beige (a) noun: This beige goes well with navy blue.
(b) adjective: The new beige rug matches the drapes.
a. Form Classes
1. English: ADJECTIVE--It passes the adjective tests: more/most English, very English, The English
patient was very English. Also occurs as a noun designating a nationality group and fits into the
noun frame sentence: The English seem all right.
2. memorize: VERB--Contains a verb-making morpheme {-ize} and accepts verb inflectional
morphemes: memorizes, memorized, memorizing; can be made into a command; can be made
negative; fits the frame sentence.
3. expanding: VERB--Contains the verb present participle inflection, and no other part of speech fits
in the slot where it occurs.
4. peripheral: ADJECTIVE--has adjective-making morpheme {-al}; can be compared with more, most;
intensifies: very peripheral; for some speakers it fits both slots in the frame sentence: ?His peripheral
vision is very peripheral).
5. specific: ADJECTIVE--can be compared: more/most specific; intensifies with very; fits the frame
sentence: His specific answer was very specific.
6. decoding: VERB (gerund)--Contains the verb present participle inflection and occurs in a noun slot
as the object of a preposition: for decoding the structure.
EX ERCISE ANSWER KEY EX–17
7. features: NOUN. Prototypical noun: can occur with plural and possessive inflections (features,
feature’s); fits the frame sentence (Her features seem all right).
8. reflect: VERB. Contains a verb-making morpheme {re-}; accepts verb inflections: reflects, reflected,
reflecting; fits the frame sentence: That mirror must reflect something.
Form Classes
1. file (a) noun: Lisa opened a new computer file.
(b) verb: She filed her nails while she waited.
2. crimson (a) adjective: That’s a very crimson sunset.
(b) noun: The sky is an unusual shade of crimson.
(c) verb: The shy young man crimsoned at her approach.
3. sorry (a) adjective: The bedraggled dog was a sorry sight.
4. house (a) noun: Our house is near the corner.
(b) verb: Where did they house the tornado victims?
[Do you consider (b) to be the same word as (a)?]
5. forward (a) adjective: That’s a very forward child you have.
(b) verb: Forward this letter to everyone on the list.
(c) adverb: The players took one step forward.
(d) noun: Their forward looks eight feet tall.
6. eagerly (a) adverb: The crowd waited eagerly for Graceland’s gates to open.
7. fast (a) adverb: My new electric car doesn’t go very fast.
(b) adjective: This year’s marathon race was not a fast one.
[There is a verb fast: Some people fast in order to lose weight. Do you consider it to be the
same word as (a) and (b)?]
8. beige (a) noun: This beige goes well with navy blue.
(b) adjective: The new beige rug matches the drapes.
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