Use the article “Gardens: do plants think?” by James Wong to answer the question. How does the morpheme -ate change the part of speech of stimulus?

Question

A) It changes it from a noun to an adjective.
B) It changes it from an adjective to a verb.
C) It changes it from a noun to a verb.
D) It changes it from a verb to a noun.

Answer 1

The morpheme -ate typically changes a noun into a verb. Therefore, the correct answer is:

C) It changes it from a noun to a verb.