L 10: Suffixes -er, -est

A mouse is smaller than a cat.

What does smaller mean?

• more small

• most small

____________ is a word part that is added to the end of a base word.

• prefix

• suffix

What does suffix -ER mean?

• more

• most

What does suffix -EST mean?

• more

• most

A baby bird's wings are weaker than the wings of a full -grown bird.

• more weak

• most weak

Who is the smartest student in the class?

What does smartest mean?

• more smart

• most smart

Whales are the loudest creatures in the ocean.

How many nouns are compared in the sentence ?

• more than two nouns.

• two nouns

That side of the pool is shallower than this side.

How many nouns are compared in the sentence ?

• more than two nouns.

• two nouns

Suffix -ER is used to compare __________ nouns.

• two

• more than two

Suffix -EST is used to compare __________ nouns.

• two

• more than two