Agent Suffixes

Words with agent suffixes like -er, -or, and -ist, like teacher, actor, and dentist.

How to teach this

Suffixes -er, -or, and -ist mean 'a person who does something.' Have your child find the action word hiding inside — teach in teacher.

🔭 4th Grade

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teacher
painter
writer
farmer
singer
actor
visitor
inventor
artist
dentist

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-tion / -sion

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