Lesson Twenty-two
Another Suffix Spelled <er>
1. In words like blacker and greener the suffix -er adds the meaning “more.” But another suffix that is also spelled <er> adds a different meaning to words.
Divide each of the following words into a free base and this new suffix spelled <er>:
| Word | = Free Base | + Suffix |
| player | = | + |
| opener | = | + |
| thinker | = | + |
| scratcher | = | + |
| kicker | = | + |
| viewer | = | + |
| worker | = | + |
| starter | = | + |
| follower | = | + |
| traveler | = | + |
| teacher | = | + |
| backer | = | + |
A player is a person who plays a game, and an opener is something that opens something. So we can say that this suffix -er adds the meaning “one that does” whatever the base means.
2. Add the suffix -er to each of the following free bases to make words with the meaning “one that does”:
| Free Base | + Suffix | = Word |
| think | + er | = |
| call | + er | = |
| publish | + er | = |
| wreck | + er | = |
| back | + er | = |
| own | + er | = |
| rent | + er | = |
| catch | + er | = |
| open | + er | = |
| follow | + er | = |
| travel | + er | = |
| view | + er | = |
3. we have two suffixes spelled <er>. One adds the meaning _________________ and the other adds the meaning _________________.
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