Exercises

1. Use the –er/-or, -ее and -ist suffixes to make the names of the following. If you need to use a dictionary, try looking up the words in bold.

Example: A person who plays jazz on the piano. a jazz pianist

1. The thing that wipes rain off your car windscreen.

2. A person who plays classical violin.

3. A person who takes professional photographs. (N.B. pronunciation)

4. A person who acts in amateur theatre.

5. The person to whom a cheque is paid.

6. A machine for washing dishes.

7. A person who donates their organs upon their death.

8. The person to whom a letter is addressed.

2. Each picture is of an object ending in -er. Can you name them?

2. List six jobs you would like to have in order of preference. How many different suffixes are there in your list? Do any of the job names not have a suffix? (e.G. Pilot, film star)

4. Do these words mean a thing, a person, or both?

1. a cooker 3 a ticket-holder 5 a cleaner 7 a drinker

2. a typewriter 4 a CD player 6 a smoker 8 a dresser

5. Compete each of the second sentences by changing the words underlined in the first sentences. Use a suffix from the previous page and make any spelling changes needed.

1. Most of his crimes can be forgiven. Most of his crimes are………….

2. The Club refuses to admit anyone not wearing shoes. The Club refuses………… to

anyone not wearing shoes.

3. Her only fault is that she is lazy. Her only fault is ……..

4. This firm has produced a lot in recent years. This firm has been very…………… in

recent years.

3. I found the book very easy and pleasant to read. I found the book very…………….

6. Which word is the odd one out in each group and why?

1. brotherhood neighbourhood manhood priesthood

2. tearful spiteful dreadful handful

3. appointment involvement compliment arrangement

4 worship kinship friendship partnership

V) Conversion

Exercises

1. Find cases of conversion in the following sentences.

1. The clerk was eyeing him expectantly. 2. Under the cover of that protective din he was able to toy with a steaming dish which his waiter had brought. 3. An aggressive man battled his way to Stout's side. 4. Just a few yards from the front door of the bar there was an elderly woman comfortably seated on a chair, holding a hose linked to a tap and watering the pavement. 5. — What are you doing here? — I'm tidying your room. 6. My seat was in the middle of a row. I could not leave without inconveniencing a great many people, so I remained. 7. How on earth do you remember to milk the cows and give pigs their dinner? 8. In a few minutes Papa stalked off, correctly booted and well mufflered. 9. "Then it's practically impossible to steal any diamonds?" asked Mrs Blair with as keen an air of disap-pointment as though she had been journeying there for the express purpose. 10. Ten minutes later I was speeding along in the direction of Cape Town. 11. Restaurants in all large cities have their ups and downs. 12. The upshot seemed to be that I was left to face life with the sum of £ 87 17s 4d. 13. "A man could be very happy in a house like this if he didn't have to poison his days with work,"said Jimmy. 14.I often heard that fellows after some great shock or loss have a habit, after they've been on the floor for a while won­dering what hit them, of picking themselves up and piecing themselves together.