Suffixes for Describing People- Subject Questions Quiz

Suffixes for describing people subject questions quiz

Work together to answer these questions, using the big list below to help if you need to.

• What kind of cook cooks bread?
• Which sportsman plays soccer?
• Who comes to an event such as a presentation?
• Who helps someone such as a manager or shopper?
• Whose job is hitting drums etc in a classical orchestra?
• Who do you call if your lights and power aren’t working?

Match the questions to the answers under the fold.

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• An assistant does.
• An attendee does.
• A baker does.
• An electrician.
• A footballer does.
• A percussionist’s is.

Together analyse the structure of the questions and answers above.

How are the other questions and answers different from “Who do you call if your lights and power aren’t working?”

In which kind of question is the question word/ Wh word the subject of the question?

Make similar questions to test your partner on other words from below, giving them different options to choose from if they aren’t sure.

Ask about any words which you don’t understand, working together to make similar questions to get that word each time.

• abductee
• actor
• addressee
• adoptee
• appointee
• assistant
• attendant/ attendee
• awardee
• baker
• banker
• builder
• care worker
• civilian
• defendant
• deportee
• detainee
• director
• electrician
• employee/ employer
• exhibitor
• farmer
• footballer
• gardener
• grandee
• guardian
• guitarist
• honouree
• interpreter
• interviewee/ interviewer
• Londoner
• magician
• musician
• New Yorker
• novelist
• nutritionist
• payee
• percussionist
• photographer
• presenter
• receptionist
• researcher
• returnee
• sailor
• Tokyoite
• tourist
• trustee
• violinist

Nouns for describing people word formation

Add suffixes to the words below to make nouns for people. You don’t need to change the root words there. Then check above.

• act
• address
• appoint
• assist
• attend x 2
• award
• bank
• build
• care work
• civil
• defend
• deport
• detain
• direct
• electric
• employ x 2
• exhibit
• farm
• football
• garden
• grand
• guard
• guitar
• honour
• interpret
• interview x 2
• London
• magic
• music
• New York
• novel
• nutrition
• pay
• percussion
• photograph
• present
• reception
• research
• return
• sail
• Tokyo
• tour
• trust
• violin