Inflection and Est Er

21: root suffix whole word
a. govern speak contemplate (v)
(v)
(v)
－ ment
－ er
－ ion
 government
 speaker
 contemplation
(n)
(n)
(n)
b. fiction child color
(n )
(n)
(n)
－ al
－ ish
－ ful
Fictional
childish colorful (a)
(a)
(a)
c. happy rare creative
(a)
(a )
(a)
－ ness
－ ity
－ ity
 happiness
 rarity
 creativity
(n)
(n)
(n)
d. mess book mountain (n) (n)
(n)
－ y
－ ish
－ ous messy  bookish
 mountainous
(a)
(a)
(a)
e. clam lovely silly
(a)
(a)
(a)
－ est
－ er
－ er calmest lovelier sillier (a)
(a)
(a) 22: root affix whole word
a. spite health truth
(n)
(n)
(n)
－ ful
－ ful
－ ful spiteful healthful truthful (a)
(a)
(a)
d. stop fix laugh
(v)
(v)
(v)
－ able
－ able
－ able stoppable fixable laughable (a)
(a)
(a) affix root whole word
b. un－ un－ un－ sure true happy (a)
(a)
(a) unsure untrue unhappy (a)
(a)
(a)
c. re－ re－ re－ take view live
(v)
(v)
(v)
retake review relive
(v)
(v)
(v)

Answer: c. Because the lexical category of the root and the lexical category of the whole word belong to verbs.

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25 root suffix whole word

root suffix whole word teach －er
 teacher

staple
－r
 stapler bake －r
 baker

juice
－r
 juicer sing －er
 singer

cop
－ier
 copier write －r
