Person Nouns Exercises

Person nouns are words for people connected with an action, job, role, or activity. Common endings include -er, -or, -ist, -ian, -ant, -ent, and -ee. For example, a person who teaches is a teacher, a person who acts is an actor, and a person who studies science may be a scientist. Modern English often uses the same person noun for all genders.

The sentence usually tells you that a person is needed. Look for clues such as a job, a role in an activity, or a person receiving an action. Some endings are very common, but they are not interchangeable. We say artist, not arter, and assistant, not assister in most contexts. These B1-B2 questions help you recognise natural person nouns and avoid inventing forms that follow a pattern but do not sound like real English. The job description after the gap often confirms which person noun is needed. That context matters more than the most common suffix.