Unit 6 Lesson 3 Word Analysis Test

Unit 6 Lesson 3 Word Analysis Test

Inflectional Endings -ing and -ed, and Comparitves and Superlatives

Directions

• Reach each sentence.

• Choose the word that best completes each sentence and is spelled correctly.

Comparatives and Superlatives

• Add -er to the end of a word to compare two things.

• Example: I am taller than you.

• Add -est to the end of a word to compare more than two things.

• Example: I am the tallest in the class.

Multiple Choice

Dad was _______ what you want for lunch.

• wondered

• wonderful

• wondering

Multiple Choice

The plane should be __________ in a few minutes.

• arrival

• arrived

• arriving

Multiple Choice

The hill is ______ than the one beside the lake.

• steep

• steeper

• steepest

Multiple Choice

The ___________ fruit is picked from a tree.

• freshest

• fresher

• freshly

Multiple Choice

That is the __________ fish I have ever seen.

• strange

• strangest

• strangely

Irregular Comparatives

• To compare two things, you still add -er to the end of the word.

• You will need to change the way base word is spelled.

• Example: funny-->funnier (change the y to i and add -er

Irregular Superlative Comparisons

• To compare more than two things, add -st.

• Sometimes, the word changes completely.

• bad --> worse --> worst

Directions

• Read each sentence.

• Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

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Multiple Choice

It is _____ now that it was this morning.

• sunny

• sunnier

• sunniest

Multiple Choice

This is the ___ we have ever spent on vacation.

• least

• less

• lesser

Words With The Same Base

• A base word is a part of the word that doesn't have a prefix or suffix.

• For example, in unhappy and happiest, happy is the base word. Both words have the word happy in them.

Directions

• Read each word.

• Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Which word has the same base word as understanding?

• unreasonable

• understandable

• expanding

Multiple Choice

Which word has the same base word as exhausted?

• explanation

• astronaut

• exhaustion

Multiple Choice

Which word has the same base word as progression?

• progressive

• congressional

• prohibited