Primary Longman Elect

5A Chapter 7
Suffixes
Suffixes
We can form some job names by adding a
suffix to a noun or a verb. The noun or the
verb is usually related to the job nature.
-er

paint + er  a painter
Suffixes
We can form some job names by adding a
suffix to a noun or a verb. The noun or the
verb is usually related to the job nature.
-er

a painter = a person who paints

Suffixes
We can form some job names by adding a
suffix to a noun or a verb. The noun or the
verb is usually related to the job nature.
-or

animate + or  an animator
Suffixes
We can form some job names by adding a
suffix to a noun or a verb. The noun or the
verb is usually related to the job nature.
-or

an animator = a person who makes animated

films
Suffixes
We can form some job names by adding a
suffix to a noun or a verb. The noun or the
verb is usually related to the job nature.

-ian

music + ian  a musician

Suffixes
We can form some job names by adding a
suffix to a noun or a verb. The noun or the
verb is usually related to the job nature.

-ian

a musician = a person who plays music

Suffixes
We can form some job names by adding a
suffix to a noun or a verb. The noun or the
verb is usually related to the job nature.

-ist

science + ist  a scientist

Suffixes
We can form some job names by adding a
suffix to a noun or a verb. The noun or the
verb is usually related to the job nature.

-ist

a scientist = a person who works in science

Suffixes

-er

a painter a hurdler
a singer a dancer
a writer a teacher
a swimmer a driver
Suffixes

-or

an animator
a film director
an actor
a conductor
a sailor
Suffixes

-ist -ian

a scientist a musician
a pianist a magician
an artist a politician
Practice
What are these people’s jobs?

This person acts in plays. He is an actor

________ .
Practice
What are these people’s jobs?

This person does magic. He is __________

a magician .
Practice
What are these people’s jobs?

a singer .
This person sings. She is ________
Practice
What are these people’s jobs?

This person does a lot of work in art.

an artist .
He is ________
Practice
What are these people’s jobs?

This person teaches children. She is

a teacher .
________
Practice
What are these people’s jobs?

a writer .
This person writes books. She is ________
The End