In these exercises, we focus on -er added to verbs to form derivative nouns like “farmer”, “builder” and “painter”. -er words like these are called “derivative nouns” because the -er noun derives (or comes from) the verb to which -er is added.

With 80 example sentences, these no-prep exercises are designed to provide students with lots of practice reading and writing derivative nouns in a short period of time while also working on a variety of sentence structures. To extend students, we also include 80 additional questions related to the derivative nouns that require verbal reasoning skills.