EXERCISES

PART I. MORPHOLOGY

Exercise 1. Identify the base and the derivational or inflectional suffixes for
the following words. (Nguyen Thuy Nga, 2019) and (To Minh Thanh, 2019)
No. WORDS ROOT AFFIXES
Derivational Inflectional
1 intervene
2 revise
3 dreamed
4 undone
5 lighten
6 pre-war
7 organists
8 personalities
9 atomizers
10 contradictorily
11 trusteeship
12 greasier
13 friendliest
14 responsibilities
15 disagreeable
16 superabundant
17 undress
18 inspirational
19 subway
20 obstructive
40 circumference

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Exercise 2. Diagram the following words to show their layers or structure.
(To Minh Thanh, 2003) and Nguyen Thuy Nga, 2019)
1. arrival 2. wallflowers 3. hopefully 4. lifelessness
5. ungracious 6. untruly 7. unlawful 8. uninspired
9. unemployment 10. unverbalized 11. falsify 12. visibly
13. impenetrability 14. irrecoverable 15. fatalistic 16. boring
17. reinterpreting 18. reimbursements 19. re-fertilized
20. prehistoric 21. preclusion 22. disenthrone
23. anticlerical 24. anti-provincialisms 25. counter-declaration
26. reactionary 27. contradictionary 28. misjudgement
29. malconstruction 30. embodiment
Exercise 3. Determine the origin words from these clipped words. (Le Van
Su, 2000)
1. exam 2. plane 3. prof. 4. ad
5. gas 6. frat. 7. photo 8. gin
9. memo 10. lab 11. maths 12. Mike
13. coke 14. vet. 15. hankie 16. taxi
17. curio 18. brandy 19. cello 20. Tom
Exercise 4. Determine the origin words from these blended words . (Le Van
Su, 2000)
1. telecast 2. electrocute 3. Amerindian 4. newsboy
5. medicare 6. splatter 7. autobus 8. escalator
9. blurt 10. squawk 11. morphophonetics
12. Eurasian 13. happenstances 14. slanguage 15. cassette corder
Exercise 5. Give the original words for the following acronyms. (Nguyen
Thi Hong, Nguyen Thi Anh Dao, 2000)
1. UN 2. AirBnb 3. HoSE 4. EVN
5. EVIPA 6. NA 7. VIP 8. FIFA
9. EVFTA 10. NATO 11. SOEs 12. SMEs

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 13. IUU 14. ASEM 15. GDP
Exercise 6. Identify the type of words for the followings. Write S: simple
word; Complex: complex word and Comp.: compound word or GS:
grammatical structure. (To Minh Thanh, 2019)
No. Type of words WORDS
1 knave
2 telegraph
3 strong ˊhold
4 ˊblack market
5 chronometer
6 porter
7 predict
8 false
9 engine
10 father-in-law
11 ˊhot dog
12 jack-in-the-box
13 doubt
14 ˊsharpshooter
15 solve
16 solvent
17 disapproval
18 apparatus
19 current
20 bull’s ˊeye

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Exercise 7. Write the originals of the following back-formed words. (Le
Van Su, 2000)
1. bootleg 2. vaccinate 3. shoplift 4. proofread
5. brain-drain 6. custom-make 7. benefact 8. bartend
9. reminisce 10. orate 11. donate 12. televise
13. escalate 14. separate 15. emote

PART II. SYNTAX

Exercise 1. Indicate the form and function of the underlined parts in the
sentences. (Nguyen Thuy Nga, 2019)
1. She played him a trick.
2. You threw us a curve.
3. The student body selected Arabella their representative.
4. The faculty chose Steverson the head counselor.
5. We found her a sandwich.
6. The dealer sold me air mattress.
7. She fed him the baby food.
8. The city selected Mounchy mayor.
9. He named his new boat Belie.
10. Your recital was wonderful.
11. Mabel was here a moment ago.
12. The rancher told his guests a tall tale.
13. The archers were not successful hunters.
14. The frogs croaked in the marsh.
15. My uncle remains the worst bridge player in town.
Exercise 2. State the form and function of the subordinate clauses in the
following sentences. (Nguyen Thuy Nga, 2019)
1. Neither Sally can drive you home nor I can drive you home.

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2. Whenever the man says ‘to tell the truth’, I suspect that he is about to tell a
lie.
3. His belief that coffee grows in Brazil is right.
4. She is so emotional that every little thing upsets her.
5. It is a pity that she is so narrow-minded.
6. The fact that the company is almost bankrupt is not generally known.
7. I consider what you said is a good advice.
8. Do you remember the picture which I took?
9. Wherever there is poverty, there they said of misery and hunger.
10. The language is what it is, and not what you want it to be.
11. Don’t handle those cups as if they were made of iron.
12. The house, which has been empty for sometime, has now been sold.
13. The Chief Education Officer explained that providing schools and technical
colleges, paying teachers and supporting the large numbers of students now at
universities would be too much for a small town.
14. The idea that frogs eat spaghetti is preposterous.
15. That Tina wants to build a better mousetrap is clear.
Exercise 3. Here are some ambiguous sentences. For each one, paraphrase
it in two different ways to bring out the two meanings, and then draw the
tree diagram (one for each meaning). (To Minh Thanh, 2019)
1. The policeman killed the woman with a gun.
2. You can call her Mary.
3. He is a dirty street fighter.
4. George likes amusing girls.
5. The car coasted into the garage with lights on.
6. He greeted the girl with a smile.
7. She decided on the train.
8. He gave her dog meat.
9. My fiancée is reserved.

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10. They are moving sidewalks.