1. Consider the following words: tax, taxation, taxable and taxability, and walk, walks, walked and walking. What is the difference between the two groups of words?
2. On the basis of the examples above, do you know the difference between derivational or inflectional affixes?
3. My English- Spanish dictionary does not mention all English adverbs in –ly. However, it does mention the adverb hardly. Why do you think this exception is made?
4. Blending is quite popular as a means of creating new English words. Try to come up with some meaning for the following recent blends: framily, defriend and togethering.
5. “The meaning of a sentence is simply the combination of the lexical meaning of its words”. Do you agree with this?
6. Considering the sentence He very rarely works at home these days, can you identify how many word classes (or parts of speech) there are? Can you say why? Do you know how many word classes there are in English?
7. Complete with the correct form of the word cook:
I dinner every Sunday.I dinner last Sunday.
I am dinner today.My son dinner every Sunday.8. Complete the sentences with the word in brackets in the correct place.
She very pale. (look)
She's very proud of her. (look)
He drives a car. (fast)
He drives very on the motorway. (fast)
Turn on the. (light)
I'm trying to the fire (light)
I usually have a lunch (light)
