Exercise 1

1. Afloat, afoot, afresh, alight, along, anew, awaken. – (In words derived from Old English, it commonly
represents Old English an "on, in, into" (see on (prep.)), as
in alive, above, asleep, aback, abroad, afoot, ashore, ahead, abed, aside, obsolete arank "in rank and
file," etc., forming adjectives and adverbs from nouns, with the notion "in, at; engaged in." In this use
it is identical to a (2).
It also can represent Middle English of (prep.) "off, from," as in anew, afresh, akin, abreast. Or it can
be a reduced form of the Old English past participle prefix ge-, as in aware.
Or it can be the Old English intensive a-, originally ar- (cognate with German er- and probably
implying originally "motion away from"), as in abide, arise, awake, ashamed, marking a verb as
momentary, a single event.
1. Amoral, anomalous, aseptic. -
2. Uncomfortable, unequal, unhappy, unreal, unsafe. - Negative prefix. With its help, negative adjectives
are formed.
3. Unarm, unbelt, unbind, uncap, undress, unmask, untie. - reversion
4. Disagree, disapprove, discomfort, disobey. – Latin origin, nagation,
5. Disappear, disarrange, disband, disconnect, disjoin. - reversion
Exercise 2. Form adjectives by adding the negative prefix in- or its allomorphs il-, im-, ir-.
in il im ir
Accurate Legal Moral Regular
Active Literate Movable Respective
Attentive Logical Possible Rational
Capable Probable
Comparable Proper
Convenient
Correct
Frequent
Human

Exercise 3. Arrange the following noun-forming suffixes into groups according to their origin and
productivity into: A: a) native, b) foreign; B: a) productive, b) non-productive.
A: B:
a) native b) foreign a) productive b) non-productive
су, -dom, -ee, -eer, -er, -ess,ade, -age, -an/-ian, -ance/-
-ful, -hood, -ier/-yer, -ing, -ie/-
ence, -ancy/-ency, -ant/-ent,
y, ry/-ery, -ship, -ster, -th, -ar, -ard/-art, -asm, -ast, -ate/-
-tion, -tude, -ty, -ure, -y. at,
-ic, -ice, -ics, -ine, -ion, -ism,
-ist, -ite, -let, -ling, -ment,
-mony, -ness, -oid, -or, -ory,
-our/-eur,
Exercise 4. Comment on the meaning of the diminutive suffixes -ette/-et, -let, -kin, -ling, -y/-ey. Form
diminutive nouns from the following nouns
-ette/-et: novel- novelette, cigar-cigarette, kitchen-kitchenette, room-roomette;
-let: book-booklet, circle-circlet, cloud-cloudlet, drop-droplet, king-kinglet, lake-lakelet, root-rootlet,
stream-streamlet, flat-flatlet, leaf-leaflet, eye-eyelet;
-kin: cat-catkin, lamb-lambkin, wolf-wolfkin, boy-boykin;
-ling: duck-duckling,
Exercise 5. Comment on the meaning of the suffix -en. Form verbs in -en from the following adjectives.
-en – word-forming element making verbs from adjectives or nouns, from Old English, from Proto-
Germanic
 Black-en, broad-en, damp-en, dark-en, deep-en, fat-en, flat-en, glad-en, hard-en, light-en, ripe-n,
rough-en, quiet-en, sad-en, sick-en, sharp-en, soft-en, stiff-en, straight-en, weak-en, white-n, wide-n.
Exercise 6. Comment on the meaning of the suffix -(i)fy. Form verbs in -(i)fy after the following models:
Model 1: n + -(i)fy → V: gas — gasify;
Model 2: adj + -(i)fy → V: simple — simplify.
-fy – word-forming element meaning “make, make into”, from French, from Latin /// Acid-ily, beaut-
ily, class-ily, dand-ily, dignit-ily, electric-ily, example-ily, false-ily, bit-ily, glor-ily, grateful-ily, happ-ily, humid-ily,
horrific-ily, intensive-ily, just-ily, mystic-ily, pacific-ily, prett-ily, pure-ily, qualit-ily, satisfaction-ily, terrific-ily,
typ-ily.

Exercise 7. Arrange the following compounds according to the type of composition and the linking
elements into: a) those formed by juxtaposition; b) those with a vowel or a consonant as a linking element; c)
those with linking elements represented by conjunctions and prepositions.
officer-in-charge, workday, Anglo-American, speedometer, midday, hide-and-seek, frying-pan, sick-
leave, handicraft, salesman, electroplate, queen-bee, fine-looking, washing-machine, high-heeled, touch-me-
not, cherry-orchard, servant-of-all-work, saleslady, Turco-Russian, note-book, give-and-take, well-to-live,
mother-in-law, gas-mask, fountain-pen, sunburnt, inlet, black-eyed, bloodtest, night-flight, oil-rich, factory-
packed, waste-paper-basket, once-a-year, do-it-yourself, difficult-to-leam, nearby, deep-cut, far-gone, hard-
working, peace-loving.
a) undertaker, looking-grass, red-hot, butter-fingers, lady-bird, workday, Anglo-American, midday,
frying-pan, sick-leave, queen-bee, fine-looking, washing-machine, high-heeled, cherry-orchard, note-book,
salesday, gas-mask, fountain-pen, sunburnt, inlet, black-eyed, bloodtest, night-flight, oil-rich, factory-packed,
nearby, deep-cut, far-gone, hard-working, peace-loving.
b) speedometer, electroplate, Turco-Russian, handicraft, salesman.
c) man-of-war, editor-in-chef, get-at-able, stay-at-home, up-to-date, officer-in-charge, hide-and-seek,
touch-me-not, servant-of-all-work, give-and-take, well-to-live, mother-in-law, waste-paper-basket, once-a-
year, do-it-yourself, difficult-to-learn.
Exercise 8. Arrange the following compound adjectives into groups according to the patterns after
which they were formed.
A + Ned Adj + N N+A N + Ved
Blue-eyed first-rate iron-rich war-damaged
fair-haired second-class frost-resistant
rough-skinned five-year waterproof
first-rate two-day knee-deep
far-gone duty-bound
well-bred world-known
ill-bred world-old
ill-mannered life-long
wide-spread
one-sided
old-fashioned
cruel-hearted
snow-covered
Anglo-American
hard-won
deaf-mute

A+A N/A/Adv/Pron +NV+ Conj +N

clean-shaven breath-taking no-longer-young
deep-cut young-looking no-longer
metal-cutting wide-spreading true-to-life
bare-headed all-embracing rough-and-ready
light-grey water-beaten devil-may-care
dark-blue nice-looking
peace-loving
tired-looking
ill-fitting
fast-tiring
hard-working
life-giving
freedom-loving
indoor
never-ending
go-slow - V + N,
Exercise 10
a) those formed by apocope; b) those formed by aphaeresis; c) those formed by syncope.

Pub Chap comfy

Fridge Doc fancy
Photo Bus ma’am
Bike Van phone
Specs Peal mend
Pop Chute fend
Flu Cycle ne'er
Prep Story
Exam Plane
Cause Drome
Tween Gent
Ad Sis
Taxi
Fan
Cap
Imposs
Math
Gym
Lab
Vets
Auto
Mag
Zoo
Exercise 11. Translate the following sentences. Pick оut telescoped words. Arrange them into three
groups as to the type of contraction.
1. It's neither breakfast nor lunch. It’s a kind of brunch ((breakfast + lunch)), I should say. 2. You might
have sent them a cablegram (telegraph cable). 3. He was electrocuted, as far as I remember. 4. He was
glazing at her for some minutes as if he were trying to recall where he had seen her before. 5. Could you tell
me where the nearest laundromat laundry + autimat) is? 6. Can you explain what a seadrome (sea+airdrome)
is? 7. The smaze(smoke+haze.) is too thick, one can hardly see anything. 8. Smog (smoke+fog) is said to be a
characteristic feature of Great Britain’s weather. 9. At the door he was met by a swellegant (stylish+elegant)
girl. 10. London is a city of smaze(smoke+haze)