Latihan Soal Suffix Bahasa Inggris Part 3 : Pembentukan Agent Nouns dari Bentuk Verbs

Halo sahabat Ahzaa, pada bagian ketiga pembelajaran tentang suffix, kita akan membahas tentang agent nouns. Agen dalam grammar bahasa Inggris selalu merujuk pada kata benda. Hal ini dikarenakan pelaku melakukan suatu tindakan, yang biasanya menjadikannya sebagai subjek. Dalam kalimat, agent nouns biasanya memiliki suffix atau akhiran "-er" atau "or". Akhiran tersebut ini, bila ditambahkan ke dalam kata kerja, berarti seseorang yang melakukan sesuatu.

Nah, apa saja sih yang termasuk agent nouns yang dibentuk dari kata kerja, berikut beberapa aturan pembentukan dan contohnya,

1. -er, -or

(a) Kata benda (nouns) yang berakhir dengan -or

Verb	Noun
administrate	administrator
contribute	contributor
counsel	counselor
create	creator
edit	editor
execute	executor
generate	generator
illustrate	illustrator
inherit	inheritor
instruct	instructor
invest	investor
liberate	liberator
operate	operator
project	projector
protect	protector
survey	surveyor
survive	survivor
violate	violator

(b) agent nouns dengan dengan akhiran -er

Verb	Noun
bank	administrator
begin	beginner
build	builder
command	commander
consume	consumer
convert	converter
deal	dealer
entertain	entertainer
explore	explorer
flatter	flatterer
interview	interviewer
invade	invader
keep	keeper
labor	laborer
lodge	lodger
make	maker
observe	observer
offend	offender
pitch	pitcher
plot	plotter
plunge	plunger
point	pointer
produce	producer
provide	provider
quit	quitter
rattle	rattler
reform	reformer
restore	restorer
retain	retainer
skate	skater
sketch	sketcher
slay	slayer
spray	sprayer
sprinkle	sprinkler
sting	stinger
weep	weeper

2. -ant dan -ent

Beberapa agent nouns memiliki sufffix -ant, dan -ent

Verb	Noun
assist	assistant
attend	attendant
consult	consultant
inhabit	inhabitant
occupy	occupant
preside	president
reside	resident

Nah, untuk melengkapi pembahasan agent nouns pada materi diatas berikut ini saya sajikan soal latihan untuk memperdalam lagi materi suffix dalam pembentukan noun agents dari bentuk verbs. Pada soal terdapat pernyataan yang menyatakan tentang pekerjaan, profesi seseorang, dan pilih opsi jawaban yang tepat sesuai dengan keterangan tersebut. Soal latihan dapat dikerjakan secara online dengan perhitungan skor di bawahnya.

Selamat Berlatih.

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1. A person who sets someone free.
flatterer
liberator

2. A person that allocates capital with the expectation of a future financial return or to gain an advantage.
instructor
investor

3. An artist who draws the pictures in a book.
illustrator
painter

4. Person that is engaged in buying and selling a used-car.
buyer
dealer

5. A person who helps someone is ....
assistant
invader

6. A person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
helper
counselor

7. a person whose job is to entertain audiences, for example by telling jokes, singing, or dancing.
entertainer
violator

8. A person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
administrator
contributor

9. A person who buys things or uses services.
distributor
consumer

10. A person who is asking someone questions at an interview
interviewer
interviewee

11. A person that sells and sends goods to another country.
invader
exporter

12. Someone who travels to places about which very little is known, in order to discover what is there
explorer
plunger

13. A young person who typically wears baggy clothes and spends a lot of time skateboarding
skater
slayer

14. A person whose job is to produce plays, films, programmes, or CDs.
provider
producer

15. Someone who works in banking at a senior level
banker
teller


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