Suffixes (-er, -or, -ess, -ist)

Which word fits in the blank? A person who wants to teach becomes a __________.

• teacher

• teachor

• teachist

• teachess

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which word fits in the blank? When Jason goes to visit his grandmother, he is her _________.

• visitor

• visiter

• advisor

• visor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Which word fits in the blank? The female lion is called a ______.

• liness

• lioness

• liner

• lionist

Which word fits in the blank? When I tour another city, I pretend not to be a ___________.

• touress

• touror

• tourer

• tourist

Which word fits in the blank? To conduct an orchestra, a _____ uses his or her arms.

• conductor

• conducter

• conductist

• convict

Which word fits in the blank? A person who wants to work on teeth becomes a ______.

• dentist

• dentor

• denter

• dentess

Which word fits in the blank? A female host is called a _____.

• hostess

• hoster

• hostor

• hostist

Which word fits in the blank? A person who wants to swim is a ________.

• swimmer

• swimmor

• swimer

• swimmist

Which word fits in the blank? A person who plays the organ is called an __________.

• organist

• organor

• organer

• organess

Which word fits in the blank? A female actor is called an _______.

• actress

• actrist

• actor

• acter