1. It occurs after:
The Verb Paradigm
To
Auxiliaries such as Can and Will
In the Present tense (except for the third – person singular)
He can dance It will snow tomorrow
1. The Stem (base form)

2. It’s used with
The Verb Paradigm
Singular Nouns
He, She , It (or words which these pronouns will susbstitute)
2. The Present Third-person Singular { -s 3 d }

3. It’s used with
The Verb Paradigm
Singular Nouns
He, She , It (or words which these pronouns will susbstitute)
Water freezes at zero degrees.
Noun
2. The Present Third-person Singular { -s 3 d }

4. It’s used with
The Verb Paradigm
Singular Nouns
He, She, It (or words which these pronouns will susbstitute)
Water freezes at zero degrees.
Noun
The Earth revolves around the Sun
Noun
2. The Present Third-person Singular { -s 3 d }

5. It’s used with
The Verb Paradigm
Singular Nouns
He, She, It (or words which these pronouns will susbstitute)
Present tense
I Cry/love
You
He/she/it Cries
Loves
We
Cry/loveYou
They
2. The Present Third-person Singular { -s 3 d }

6. It’s used with
The Verb Paradigm
2. The Present Third-person Singular { -s 3 d }
Singular Nouns
He, She , It (or words which these pronouns will susbstitute)
Present tense
I Cry/love
You
He/she/it Cries
Loves
We
Cry/loveYou
They
The old man cries a lot.
He cries a lot.
Noun
She loves the Spice Girls
My sister loves the Spice Girls
Noun

7. The Verb Paradigm
3. The Present Participle {-ING vb}
Combines with 7 of the 8 forms of verb ‘to be’ ( am, is, are,
was, were, be, been) indicating progressive aspect.

8. Can be used as subjecteless verbal:
o Not knowing what to say, Mary kept silent.
o Owning a cabin in the north woods, Jake was very popular during
the summer vacation.
Not used with verbs indicating mental activities:
o *Jake is owing a cabin in the north woods.
o * She was not knowing what to say.
The Verb Paradigm
3. The Present Participle {-ING vb}

9. Two Homophones
INFLEXIONAL SUFFIX
Don’t confuse: {-ING vb} ≠ {-ING nm} ≠ {-ING
aj}
-ING vb {-ING nm}{-ING aj}
DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXDERIVATIONAL SUFFIX
1. Jim lost both fillings from his tooth
2. A moving elephant is a picture of grace
3. The attorney made a moving appeal
4. Old sayings are often half-true
5. From the bridge we watched the running
water
6. That was a touching scene

10. Two Homophones
INFLEXIONAL SUFFIX
Don’t confuse: {-ING vb} ≠ {-ING nm} ≠ {-ING
aj}
Change the position
of the verb:
I saw a
burning house
I saw a
house burning
-ING vb {-ING nm}{-ING aj}
DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXDERIVATIONAL SUFFIX

11. Two Homophones
INFLEXIONAL SUFFIX
Don’t confuse: {-ING vb} ≠ {-ING nm} ≠ {-ING
aj}
Change the position
of the verb:
I saw a
burning house
I saw a
house burning
-ING vb {-ING nm}{-ING aj}
DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXDERIVATIONAL SUFFIX
The Adjectival can be
preceded by a
qualifier like Very,
Rather or Quite.
A very charming
woman

12. Two Homophones
INFLEXIONAL SUFFIX
Don’t confuse: {-ING vb} ≠ {-ING nm} ≠ {-ING
aj}
Change the position
of the verb:
I saw a
burning house
I saw a
house burning
-ING vb {-ING nm}{-ING aj}
DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXDERIVATIONAL SUFFIX
The Adjectival can be
preceded by a
qualifier like Very,
Rather or Quite.
A very charming
woman
{-s pl}
Meetings
Weddings
Readings

13. It has Regular
and Irregular
forms indicating
Simple Past Tense:
The Verb Paradigm
4. The Past Tense {-D pt}

14. It has regular and irregular forms.
It is used with verb ‘to have’ (have, has, had, having) to form verbal
phrases indicating PERFECTIVE ASPECT.
The Verb Paradigm
5. The Past Participle {-D pp}

15. It has regular and irregular forms.
It is used with verb ‘to have’ (have, has, had, having) to form verbal
phrases indicating PERFECTIVE ASPECT.
The Verb Paradigm
5. The Past Participle {-D pp}
[Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]
It can be used with verb ‘to be’ to form the passive form
indicating PASSIVE VOICE.

16. Don’t confuse: {-D pp} ≠ {-D aj}
DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXINFLEXIONAL SUFFIX
{-D aj}
One
Homophone
{-D pp}
1. You should read the printed statement.
2. A celebrated painter visited the campus.
3. His chosen bride had lived in India.
4. The invited guests all came.
5. Merle was a neglected child.

17. Don’t confuse: {-D pp} ≠ {-D aj}
DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXINFLEXIONAL SUFFIX
{-D aj}
One
Homophone
{-D pp}
The adjectival can be
preceded by a qualifier
live very, rather or quite.
A very charming woman

18. Suppletion
A total chance in the paradigm .
The term "suppletion" implies that a gap in the paradigm was filled by
a form "supplied" by a different paradigm.
Suppletion is the replacement of one stem with another, resulting in an
allomorph of a morpheme which has no phonological similarity to the
other allomorphs.
SUPPLETION

19. Suppletion
A total chance in the paradigm .
The term "suppletion" implies that a gap in the paradigm was filled by
a form "supplied" by a different paradigm.
Suppletion is the replacement of one stem with another, resulting in an
allomorph of a morpheme which has no phonological similarity to the
other allomorphs.
SUPPLETION

20. Suppletion
A total chance in the paradigm .
The term "suppletion" implies that a gap in the paradigm was filled by
a form "supplied" by a different paradigm.
Suppletion is the replacement of one stem with another, resulting in an
allomorph of a morpheme which has no phonological similarity to the
other allomorphs.
SUPPLETION

21. Exercise
“Send my love to your new lover, treat her better”
Send
Treat Treats Treating Treated Treated
Sends Sending SentSent

22. Exercise
“I think I wanna marry you”
Thought
Marry Marries Marrying Married
Thinks Thinking ThoughtThink
Married

23. v
Stem
Comparative
{-ER cp}
Superlative
{-EST sp}
Comparable Paradigm

24. One-syllables adjectives use
–ER comparative and –EST
superlative
Two-syllable adjectives and a
few adverbials of one or two
syllables ending with –ly and –y
use –IER and -IEST
tall taller tallest
angry angrier angriest
The second Naruto is taller than the first.
The third is the tallest of the Narutos.
Mr. Walker is angrier than Alladin.
The Anger is the angriest of the
characters.
Comparable Paradigm
includes...

25. Irregular form
Adjectives and adverbs with
two or more syllables use
more for comparative and
most for superlative
little less least
Expensive
More
expensive
Most
expensive
The car is more expensive than the
phone.
The piano is the most expensive object.
Alice is less tall than the table.
Alice is the least girl in Wonderland.

26. Exercise
o Fill with the correct form of the words (comparative or superlative):
February is the month of the
year. (short)
Mabel is than Dipper.
(happy)
Listening to music is the thing
in the world. (good)
Reading a book is than watching TV.
(interesting)
more
interesting
shortest
happier
best

27. The Pronoun Paradigm differs from the other three in that it is not a
stem-and-affix group but a small and closed set of words of fixed
form or also called a structure class.
Noun Paradigm
Verb Paradigm
Comparable Paradigm Pronoun
Paradigm

28. v
Subject Object Prenominal
Possessive
Substitutional
Possessive
1st I Me My Mine
2nd You You Your Yours
3rd M He Him His His
F She Her Her Hers
N It It Its Its

29. v
Subject Object Prenominal
Possessive
Substitutional
Possessive
1st We Us Our Ours
2nd You You Your Yours
3rd They Them Their Theirs
Interrogative
&
Relative
Who Whom Whose Whose
PLURAL

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