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WorksheetsInflectional Suffixes
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Most nouns take the inflectional suffix _____ to make a plural noun.
-x
-ish
-ize
-s
Which is NOT true about inflectional morphemes?
have only grammatical function
always come before any derivational morphemes
never change the part of speech of the root
always suffixes in English
Inflectional morphemes do not change the words' meaning or class, they just add more ______________.
Grammatical information to the word.
Strategical information to the word.
Information to the word.
different meaning to words
Bound Moprhemes are divided in.....
free - bound
inflectional - derivational
derivational - bound
Change the words in the brackets into people by adding suffixes
She has been a stamp (COLLECT) _______for ages.
ER
OR
IAN
IST
Change the words in the brackets into people by adding suffixes
The (MANAGE)_______ of the football club resigned because it was the fourth defeat in a row.
ER
OR
IAN
IST
Change the words in the brackets into people by adding suffixes
He was the only (SURVIVE)_____ in a plane crash that killed 8 people.
ER
OR
IAN
IST
Change the words in the brackets into people by adding suffixes
The film (DIRECT)_____ gave the whole crew the afternoon off. Shooting would start again at 9 the following morning.
ER
OR
IAN
IST
Change the words in the brackets into people by adding suffixes
He always wanted to be a (WRITE)______, so we weren't surprised when his first novel came out.
ER
OR
IAN
IST
Describe the underlined affix:
oxen
inflectional prefix
inflectional suffix
derivational prefix
derivational suffix
In the English language inflectional morphemes can be...
Prefixes, Suffixes and Infixes
Prefixes, Suffixes
Suffixes only
Infixes only
Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called ____________ morphemes.
inflectional
free
bound
derivational
The meaning carried by the inflectional morpheme is _______.
lexical
morphemic
grammatical
semantic
Which of the following is an example of an inflectional suffix in English?
-ness
-ed
-ful
-ment
What is the primary function of inflectional suffixes in English?
To change the meaning of a word
To indicate grammatical relationships
To create new words
To form compound words
Which inflectional suffix is used to form the past tense of regular verbs in English?
-ing
-ed
-s
-er
Identify the inflectional suffix in the word 'happiest'.
-est
-er
-ing
-s
Which of the following words contains an inflectional suffix?
Happiness
Running
Cats
Quickly
How many inflectional suffixes are there in English?
4
6
8
10
Which inflectional suffix is used to form the plural of most nouns in English?
-es
-s
-ies
-en
In the sentence 'She walks to school every day', what is the inflectional suffix in the verb?
-s
-ed
-ing
-er
What is the role of the inflectional suffix '-ing' in the word 'running'?
To form a noun
To indicate past tense
To form a present participle
To create an adjective
Which of the following is NOT an inflectional suffix in English?
-s
-ed
-ing
-ful
What is the inflectional suffix in the word 'children'?
-en
-s
-ed
-ing
Which inflectional suffix is used to indicate the comparative form of adjectives?
-er
-est
-ing
-ed
