"Allomorph" Example Sentences
1. The plural "cats" has an allomorph that is different from the allomorph of the plural "dogs."
2. The allomorph of "reheat" is "re-" when used in "reheat" and "reheatable."
3. There is an allomorph change in the word "goose" when it becomes plural as "geese."
4. The suffix "-s" is an allomorph that changes the number of words like "strategy" and "strategies."
5. The prefix "-in" has an allomorph "-im" when added to words like "possible" to create "impossible."
6. The "-ing" suffix has an allomorph "-ed" when creating past tense, as in "going" to "went."
7. The word "inaccessible" has an allomorph "in-" in it for negation.
8. The allomorph "-en" is used as a past participle in words like "broken" and "frozen."
9. The allomorph "-s" is used in the third person singular verb, as in "he runs."
10. The word "better" has an allomorph "best" when used in the superlative form.
11. The allomorph "-ly" changes an adjective into an adverb, as in "slow" and "slowly."
12. The allomorph "un-" negates words, such as "happy" becoming "unhappy."
13. The verb "to be" has several allomorphs depending on the tense.
14. The allomorph "-er" is used to indicate comparative, as in "bigger" or "faster."
15. The allomorph "-ed" provides the second and third form of a verb, as in "laugh" and "laughed."
16. The word "child" has an allomorph "children" for its plural form.
17. The prefix "-dis" has an allomorph "-di" in words like "disappear."
18. An allomorph "-s" is needed in the noun "cat" to create its possessive form.
19. The allomorph "-ful" changes a noun into an adjective, such as "beauty" and "beautiful."
20. The word "ox" has an allomorph "oxen" for its plural form.
21. The allomorph "-tion" changes a verb into a noun, such as "create" and "creation."
22. The word "tooth" has an allomorph "teeth" for its plural form.
23. The allomorph "-" is used to create compound words like "lampshade" or "fishbowl."
24. The allomorph "-y" changes a noun into an adjective, as in "cloud" and "cloudy."
25. The prefix "-ex" has an allomorph "-ec" in words like "exclude."
26. The allomorph "-ism" changes a word into a belief system, such as "racism" or "sexism."
27. The allomorph "-ous" changes a noun into an adjective, like "poison" to "poisonous."
28. The word "sheep" does not have an allomorph change when becoming plural.
29. The allomorph "-ous" and "-ly" combine to create adjectives like "seriously" or "dangerously."
30. The word "deer" does not have an allomorph change when becoming plural.
Common Phases
1. The verb "to be" has multiple
allomorphs, including "am," "is," and "are";
2. The plural morpheme also has multiple
allomorphs, including "s," "es," and "ies";
3. The past tense morpheme has
allomorphs such as "-ed," "-d," and "-t";
4. The "ing" morpheme has
allomorphs such as "-ing" and "-ein";
5. The negation morpheme has
allomorphs such as "un-" and "in-";
6. The article "a" has an
allomorph "an," which is used before vowel sounds.