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A. Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B with the help
of a dic onary.

Column A Column B

1. stroll a. walk with slow, heavy steps

2. plod b. walk with steady steps like a soldier

3. strut c. walk in a relaxed manner

4. tiptoe d. walk quietly on the toes

5. march e. walk proudly

Suffi x

Read the following sentence.

Johnny Appleseed was a farmer.

Suffixes are letters added at the end of a word to make a new word. For example, when we
add the suffix -er to the word farm, we get the new word farmer.

For words ending in -e, we just add -r to make the names of that profession.

dance – dancer write – writer

Look at the following examples of forming the names of professions from verbs.

teach – teacher design – designer
bake – baker labour – labourer

B. Think of more professions that have the suffi xes -er or -r and write them in
your notebook. Write fi ve for each suffi x.

Grammar

Punctua on

We use punctuation marks while writing to make the meaning of a sentence clear.

• Use a full stop (.) at the end of a telling sentence or statement.

Johnny was a poor farmer.

• Use a question mark (?) at the end of an asking sentence or question.

What could he do?

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