WORD CLASSES AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS by ODALYS SOLANGE BURGOS LAVAYEN

EXERCISE 45

oburgosl — 2020-12-18 22:40:53 UTC

Write the paradigm forms of these nouns. For some slots you may have two forms or nouns.

1. CLOUDS

Plural: Clouds

possessive: Cloud's

2. SCISSORS

Plural: Scissores

possessive: Scissors'

3. CATTLE

Plural: Cattle
(Cattle can only be used in the plural and not in the singular)

possessive: Cattle's

EXERCISE 46

oburgosl — 2020-12-18 22:51:47 UTC

In the blanks of the first column write a word that you would substitute for the underlined word – he/him, she/her, it , this, that, they/them, those. In the blanks of the second column write S (singular) or P (plural) to show the number of the underlined noun.

1.  The firm transported the goods to Asia.

2. She became fond of mathematics.

3.  Why doesn’t she call the police?

EXERCISE 47

oburgosl — 2020-12-18 22:52:13 UTC

Encircle the noun modifier or pronoun reference that reveals the number of the underlined nouns.

1. The hunting party saw few deer this season.

2. That news delighted her.

3. He studied poetics in all its complications.

EXERCISE 48

oburgosl — 2020-12-18 22:52:33 UTC

Encircle the verb that reveals the number of the underlined noun.

1. The Chinese was preparing the dinner.

2. The Chinese were preparing the dinner.