Word inflections

Which is the root word for the word deepest?

• dee

• est

• deep

• deepe

If a word ends with y like cry and we want to add -es or -ed

What do we do?

• keep the y (cryes, cryed)

• drop the y (cres, cred)

• change the y into an i (cries, cried)

What statement is true about inflectional morpheme?

• Inflectional morphemes are bound morphemes which modify noun number or verb tenses without modifying the base of the word.

• There are 7 types of inflectional morphemes

• It must not appear in suffix in English

• The comparative –er is not an inflectional morpheme.

ing

• past tense in the past

• plural more than one

• bad, evil

• present tense in the present

-s

• plural noun or present tense verb

• qr_tuv

• snake

• in a ____ manner/way

's/es'

• fills

• adds

• stirs

• lets

What part of speech is the word "greatest"?

• Comparative Adjective

• Superlative Adjective

• Verb

• Noun

My favourite pastime is playing video games.

• present continuous 
• past participle 
• gerund
• present participle

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.

• hates

• sandwiches

• houses

• classes

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