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Match suffix class: 1. Infl: p. Same class 2. Deriv: q. New class 3. Fade: r. Root stem

A1-p, 2-q, 3-r
B1-p, 2-r, 3-q
C1-q, 2-p, 3-r
D1-r, 2-p, 3-q
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. 1-p, 2-q, 3-r
Inflectional suffixes maintain the syntactic category, while derivational suffixes often shift to a new class.
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