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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