Fossils!
Inflection or Derivation?
(One Family)
Inflection or Derivation?
(Multiple Families)
Wild Card!
100

mulberry

<mul>

100

run

ran

inflection

100

quickly, plainly, madly

derivation

100

Bound Base word sum: corruption

cor + rupt + ion

200

cobweb

<cob>

200

child

childhood

derivation

200

eats, shoots, leaves

inflection

200

Inflection or Derivation? (One Family)

courage, courageous

derivation

300

knowledge

<ledge>

300

awful

awfully

derivation

300

sandy, filthy, runny

derivation

300

Fossils!  Feckless

<feck>

400

lukewarm

<luke>

400

go

went

inflection

400

broken, written, driven

inflection

400

Fossils!

inept

<ept>

500

unkempt

<kempt>

500

Can you walk a mile in those shoes?

Let's go for a walk.


derivation

(zero derivation)

500

Tom's, Grandma and Grandpa's, everyone's

inflection

500

Bound Base word sums:


commentary

com + ment + ar + y