Лексикология 3

Pick out the words with adjective forming suffixes: "Mabel has changed so suddenly into a lifeless, laughterless woman."

• suddenly; lifeless

• laughterless

• lifeless

• suddenly

• lifeless, laughterless

Pick out the words with diminutive suffixes: "He left the bathroom and went to his room. Larry and Rose were helping Celia bring up cookies."

• bathroom

• cookies

• room

• left; cookies

• Larry

Pick out the words with diminutive suffixes: "My ducky, it’s only just eleven now." Little Jon was silent, rubbing his nose on her neck. " Mum, is daddy in your room?"

• ducky, daddy

• nose

• neck

• room

• little Jon; dadd

Pick out the words with diminutive suffixes: "My old Auntie Katie upon me takes pity."

• my Auntie

• Auntie Katie

• pity

• Katie

• pity; Auntie Kati

Pick out the words with diminutive suffixes: "So I asked my daddy to buy sweets for Larry."

• Larry

• sweets

• daddy

• daddy, Larry

• sweets for Larry

Which way of formation is used in the word "gym"?

• conversion

• shortening

• abbreviation

• compounding

• affixation

Which way of formation is used in the word "dorm"?

• shortening

• conversion

• abbreviation

• compounding

• affixation

Which is the way of formation of the word "cat-bird"?

• affixation

• conversion

• shortening

• compounding

• abbreviatio

What is the way of formation of the word "try-out"?

• shortening

• conversion

• compounding

• affixation

What is the way of formation of the word "bull-frog"?

• shortening

• conversion

• compounding

• affixation

• abbreviation