Word Study 1.1 4th Grade

Mount Everest is the ________ mountain.

• talled

• tallest

• talling

• talls

Traveling by car is much ___________ than walking.

• fastest

• fasting

• faster

• fasted

We chose the _______ puppy at the pet store.

• cutest

• cuteing

• cutes

• cuted

Nora is _______ than her big sister.

• shortest

• shorts

• shorter

• shorting

The streets are ________ than the highways.

• narrower

• narrowing

• narrowest

• narrowed

Which suffix compares two people or things?

• -ed

• -er

• -est

• -ing

Which suffix compares three or more things?

• -er

• -ed

• -s

• -est

Which suffix shows an action that happened in the past?

• -ed

• -est

• -s

• -ing

Which suffix shows that an action is happening now?

• -ed

• -ing

• -est

• -er

Yesterday, I _______ to get to school on time.

• tried

• trying

• tries

• trier