The majority of back-formed words are
A: [A] nouns.
B: adjectives.
C: verbs.
D: adverbs.
A: [A] nouns.
B: adjectives.
C: verbs.
D: adverbs.
举一反三
- Which are the three main types of conversion mentioned in this unit? ? Conversion into nouns, verbs, and adverbs.|Conversion into verbs, adjectives, and prepositions.|Conversion into nouns, verbs, and adjectives.|Conversion into adjectives, adverbs and nouns.;
- What type of words is the suffix “-en” generally added to?( ) A: Adjectives. B: Nouns. C: Both “adjectives” and “nouns”. D: Verbs.
- Of the many newly created back-formed verbs most are from _____. A: nouns B: adjectives C: verbs D: adverbs
- Adverbs describle or modify _________. A: nouns B: verbs C: adjectives D: other adverbs and whole groups of words
- Adverbs describe or modify _________.( ) A: verbs, adjectives, other adverbs and whole groups of words B: verbs C: verbs, adjectives and other adverbs D: verbs and adjectives