Grammar Tips:
A suffix is added onto a word and changes the meaning of the word or the part of speech.
In this activity you have words that end with -er/-or like agent nouns, but you will see that these endings are not suffixes that create agent nouns.
The word with the -er/-or ending does not reflect the action of the noun.
Agent Nouns 3:
Contrasting -er/-or Endings and Suffixes
Please read Grammar Tips to the right of this page. These sentences have words that are nouns that end in –er or –or. However, these endings are not suffixes. They are inseparable from the original word.
Look at the following sentences and choose an appropriate definition for the following words. Answers may vary.
- A baby sitter does not sit. A baby sitter
- A doctor does not doct. A doctor
- A hammer does not ham. A hammer
- A waiter does not wait. A waiter
- A teller does not tell. A teller
- A police officer does not office. A police officer
- A tiger does not tig. A tiger
- A bouncer does not bounce. A bouncer
- A drawer does not draw. A drawer
- A flower does not flow. A flower