Adding er and est

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quick quicker Adding ‘er’ + er great + er greater full

quick

quicker

Adding ‘er’

+ er

great

+ er

greater

full

+ er

fuller

Look how easy it is to

add ‘er’ to most words.

bright

+ er

brighter

tall

+ er

taller

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Adding ‘est’ It is just as easy to add 'est' to

Adding ‘est’

It is just as easy to add 'est' to most

words.

cold

colder

coldest

short

shorter

shortest

slow

slower

slowest

high

higher

highest

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Adding ‘er’ and ‘est to adjectives that end in an e Let's move on...

Adding ‘er’ and ‘est to adjectives that end in an e

Let's

move on...
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Words ending in e are a bit more tricky ! late

Words ending in e are a bit more tricky !

late

+ er

lat

e

fine

+

er

fin

e

er

er

Can you see what is happening ?

If a word ends in an e you must drop the e before adding ‘er’.

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cute cuter large larger nice nicer Adding ‘est’ cutest largest It

cute

cuter

large

larger

nice

nicer

Adding ‘est’

cutest

largest

It is just as easy to add ‘est’ to words

ending in e.

nicest

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Adding ‘er’ and ‘est to adjectives that end in a y Let's move on...

Adding ‘er’ and ‘est to adjectives that end in a y

Let's

move on...
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Words ending in y are also tricky ! lonely + er

Words ending in y are also tricky !

lonely

+ er

lonel

y

noisy

+ er

nois

y

er

er

Can you

see what is happening ?

If a word ends in a y you must change the y into an i before adding ‘er’.

i

i

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happy happier silly sillier easy easier Adding ‘est’ happiest silliest It

happy

happier

silly

sillier

easy

easier

Adding ‘est’

happiest

silliest

It is just as easy to add ‘est’ to words

ending in y.

easiest

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Adding ‘er’ and ‘est’ to adjectives that have a short vowel

Adding ‘er’ and ‘est’ to adjectives that have a short vowel

sound and end with one consonant.

Let's move on...

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Some adjectives need to add an extra letter when adding ‘er’

Some adjectives need to add an extra letter when adding ‘er’

slim

+

er

slim

flat

+ er

flat

er

er

Can you see what is happening ?

If a word has a short vowel sound and ends in one consonant, you must double the consonant before adding ‘er’.

m

t

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fat fatter hot hotter thin thinner Adding ‘est’ fattest hottest It

fat

fatter

hot

hotter

thin

thinner

Adding ‘est’

fattest

hottest

It is just as easy to add ‘est' where there

is a short vowel sound and one consonant.

thinnest