Teach, teacher: -er words and bored or boring
We can add -er to a verb to name the person who does it: teach, teacher; sing, singer; farm, farmer; climb, climber. With a verb that already ends in e, we add only -r: dance, dancer; bake, baker. Some verbs also make two adjectives, one with -ed and one with -ing. The -ed word tells how a person feels: I am bored. The -ing word tells what a thing is like: The film is boring. When a verb ends in e, we drop that e before adding the ending: excite, excited, exciting; tire, tired, tiring. Read the tables.
| Verb | Person (-er) | Feeling (-ed) | Thing (-ing) |
|---|---|---|---|
| teach | teacher | ||
| sing | singer | ||
| climb | climber | ||
| bake | baker | ||
| bore | bored | boring | |
| excite | excited | exciting | |
| tire | tired | tiring |
Did you like the film, Omar?
No. It was boring, and I was bored.
I was excited. The film was exciting for me!
The singer in the film was good, I think.
Salma has a busy family. Her mother is a teacher. Her uncle is a farmer, and he grows tomatoes and onions. Her cousin is a good climber and goes up high rocks with a rope and a grown-up. Yesterday Salma was tired after a long walk. The walk was tiring, but it was interesting. She was happy to sit down and eat.
Feeling or thing? The grown-up says a sentence with a gap: The match was ___ . (excited or exciting) The child answers with the right word and says if it is a feeling or a thing. Then the child makes three -er words from verbs the grown-up says: farm, teach, sing.