er and est (teach with superlatives and comparatives) double the consonant a short vowel (bigger, fittest) on words that end with e, remove the e before adding the suffix (nicer, largest) words that end with y, change the y to i before adding suffix (happiest, angrier) harder - hardest fitter - fittest angrier - angriest smaller - smallest - nicest easier - easiest longer - longest softer - softest happier - happiest fuller - fullest larger - largest noisier - noisiest louder - loudest floppier - floppiest nosier - nosiest bigger- biggest sincerer - sincerest cosier - cosiest homophones court - caught bored board groan grown – – night knight wail wood would – – their there they’re ate eight aloud allowed – – – – your you’re wait weight disgust discussed – – – you - ewe waist waste lessen - lesson – suffixes tion, ful, sive, less, ous, tive, ate nation relate interpretation ration relation respectful bashful successful imperative
er and est (teach with superlatives and comparatives) double the consonant a short vowel (bigger, fittest) on words that end with e, remove the e before adding the suffix (nicer, largest) words that end with y, change the y to i before adding suffix (happiest, angrier) harder - hardest fitter - fittest angrier - angriest smaller - smallest - nicest easier - easiest longer - longest softer - softest happier - happiest fuller - fullest larger - largest noisier - noisiest louder - loudest floppier - floppiest nosier - nosiest bigger- biggest sincerer - sincerest cosier - cosiest homophones court - caught bored – board groan – grown night – knight wail wood – would their – there – they’re ate – eight aloud – allowed your – you’re wait – weight disgust – discussed you - ewe waist – waste lessen - lesson suffixes tion, ful, sive, less, ous, tive, ate nation relate interpretation ration relation respectful bashful successful imperative
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