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The image displays a chart titled "The eight English inflectional morphemes." It is organized into a grid with four main columns and several rows grouped by part of speech. The first column on the far left categorizes the rows into three bolded sections: NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, and VERBS. The next three columns are labeled MORPHEME, GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION, and EXAMPLES.

Under the category NOUNS, there are two morphemes listed:
1.  **Plural**: Its grammatical function is to mark as more than one. The examples column splits this into regular forms (dogs, cats, horses) and irregular forms (sheep, cacti, phenomena, children).
2.  **Possessive**: Its function marks for ownership. The examples given are Bart's, Homer's, Marge's.

Under the category ADJECTIVES, there are two morphemes:
1.  **Comparative**: This marks for comparison and is noted as usually accompanied by the word "than." Examples include closer, whiter, quicker.
2.  **Superlative**: This marks as superlative and is sometimes accompanied by the word "of." Examples include closest, whitest, quickest.

Under the category VERBS, there are four morphemes listed:
1.  **3rd-singular Present Agreement**: This marks to agree with singular third person (his, her, it) in the present tense. Examples are runs, waits, pushes.
2.  **Past Tense**: This marks roughly for past action. The examples are split into regular forms (dragged, backed, baited) and irregular forms (hit, ran, swam).
3.  **Past Participle**: This marks the past participle which follows "be or have." An example sentence provided is "Bart was chosen" or "I have chosen Bart." The examples column lists "regular" forms as chosen, proven, woken and "irregular" forms as drunk, hung; waited (noted as same as past tense).
4.  **Present Participle**: This marks the present participle which follows "be," with an example sentence "Bart was walking." Examples include walking, jumping, swinging.

Throughout the text, words like regular, irregular, than, of, be or have are italicized. The names Bart, Homer, and Marge appear in the examples for possessive nouns and past participles.
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