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Let’s Write

Read up about Noble Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore from the Internet and write a short
biography on him.

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Vocabulary

Suffix ‘er/or’

He was a conductor.

My father was a teacher.

Here conductor (noun) refers to person who directs the performance of an orchestra or a choir of
singers. The word conductor is formed by adding suffix ‘or’ to conduct (verb).
Such nouns can also be formed by using ‘er’ to a verb, e.g. teach + er = teacher.

Now add ‘er’ or ‘or’ to make a noun from the following verbs.
1. work ______________ 2. speak ______________

3. act ______________ 4. direct ______________
5. perform ______________ 6. publish ______________

7. protect ______________ 8. instruct ______________
9. visit ______________ 10. report ______________

11. play ______________ 12. err ______________
13. write ______________ 14. edit ______________

Let’s Learn Grammar

I. Prepositions

There is a goat in the field.

She is fond of reading books.

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