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suffix -er, -or, -r, -ist

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does he do?

a)

he's a cycling

b)

he's a cyclist

c)

he's a cycler

d)

he's a cyclician

2.

What does she do?

a)

Receptionist

b)

Receptionisitian

c)

Receptioneer

d)

Reception

3.

What does she do?

a)

psychologitian

b)

psychologist

c)

psycholog

d)

psychologic

4.
a person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc. or who tells people the news on radio or tv.
a)
reporter
b)
writer
c)
cameraman 
d)
teacher
5.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

pianist

b)

panist

c)

pianoist

d)

painist

6.

A person who acts in plays or films.

(a)  

7.

A machine or thing that calculates numbers.

(a)  

8.

A person who creates something that has never before been created.

(a)  

9.

A machine or thing that prints hard copies on paper.

(a)  

10.

A person who is of the highest grade in a university or college.

(a)  

11.

a person who works in a library

a)

librarist

b)

library guy

c)

librarian

d)

librarier

12.

a person who changes one language into another; a person who“cuts across”the language barrier

a)

translater

b)

translator

c)

translation

d)

translateer

13.

people who come to your home to see you

a)

painters

b)

players

c)

visitors

d)

actors

14.

people who carve objects out of clay

a)

sculptors

b)

statuers

c)

sculpters

d)

statue makers

15.

Some __________ at the market sell fruit, while others sell vegetables.

a)

venders

b)

vendors

c)

venderists

d)

selling

16.

Select the suffix that best suits the root or base word.

activ___

a)

-eer

b)

-ian

c)

-ist

17.

Select the suffix that best suits the root or base word.

motor___

a)

-eer

b)

-ian

c)

-ist

18.

Select the suffix that best suits the root or base word.

comed___

a)

-eer

b)

-ian

c)

-ist

19.

He's the .... in the band.

a)

player bass

b)

bassist

c)

basser

d)

bassician

20.

What noun suffix would you add to the verb "direct" to make it a noun for a person who directs?

a)

-or

b)

-er

c)

-ian

d)

-ist