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Exercises

70.1 These pictures show objects ending in -er/-or. Can you name them?

1 stapler 2 3 4 5

70.2 Do these words mean a thing or a person, or can they mean both? Use a dictionary if necessary.

1 acooker thing 3 aticketholder 5 acleaner 7 adrinker
2 agrater 4 anMP3player 6 asmoker 8 anadvisor

70.3 Use the -er/-or, -ee and -ist suffixes to make the names of the following. If you need to use
a dictionary, try looking up the words in bold.

1 Apersonwhoplaysjazzonthepiano.ajazzpianist 6 Apersontowhomasumofmoneyispaid.
2 Athingthatwipesrainoffyourcarwindscreen. 7 Amachineforwashingdishes.
3 Apersonwhoplaysclassicalviolin. 8 Apersonwhodonatestheirorgans
4 Apersonwhotakesprofessionalphotographs. upontheirdeath.
5 Apersonwhoactsinamateurtheatre. 9 Apersontowhomaletterisaddressed.

70.4 Rewrite the underlined parts of the sentences using a suffix from the opposite page and
making any spelling changes needed.

1 Mostofhiscrimescanbeforgiven.Mostofhiscrimesare forgivable .
2 TheClubrefusestoadmitanyonenotwearingshoes.TheClubrefuses toanyonenot
wearingshoes.
3 Heronlyfaultisthatsheislazy.Heronlyfaultis .
4 Thisfirmhasproducedalotrecently.Thisfirmhasbeenvery recently.
5 Ifoundthebookveryeasyandpleasanttoread.Ifoundthebookvery .
6 IhavelovelymemoriesofwhenIwasachild.Ihavelovelymemoriesofmy .
7 Youcan’twashthatjacket.Thatjacketisn’t .

8 Themostimportantthinginlifeishavingfriends.Themostimportantthingin
lifeis .

70.5 Complete the table with the different parts of speech. Do not fill the shaded boxes.

noun verb adjective
eat edible

fury

beautiful
scarce
refuse

modern
forget
act

70.6 Over to you

List six jobs you would like to have. How many different suffixes are there in your list? Do any of
the job names not have a suffix (e.g. pilot, film star)?

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