Suffixes Er and Or

Suffixes
-er & -or

Language Objective

By using a digital interactive
notebook, students will be able to
identify, form, and use nouns with
the suffixes -er and -or to describe
people or things that perform
actions

When to use -er / -or

Generally, -er and -or

both indicate
a _______

or ______ that

_______ an action.

Introduction to Suffixes

teacher

actor

person

thing

performs

What is the name of the person performing

these actions?

painter
inspector
deliverer
builder
conductor
baker
director
singer

Adding -er and -or to form new words

Use -er for Most Verbs:
Teach =
Speak =
Run =

Use -or for Certain
Latin-Based Verbs

Act=
Invent=
Direct =

Add -er to the following words

Root word

-er

Translation

read

write

sing

take

speak

dancer

observe

Root word
Latin

-or

Translation

act

sculpt

investigate

visit

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the

word in parenthesis

1.

The __________ is called Tom Holland. (act)

2.

My brother wants to be a __________ after High School. (sculpt)

3.

The student will be an __________ in science class. (investigate)

4.

As a good __________, she has much money. (work)

5.

The __________ explains the grammar. (teach)

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