Words with Suffixes -er and -est

What do you notice about the letter before the ‘-er’ and ‘-est’?

Can you sort the words according to whether they end ‘-er’ or ‘-est’?

Groups:

(a) -er

,

(b) -est

• funnier

• funniest

• tidier

• tidiest

• happiest

• angrier

• drier

• angriest

• happier

• driest

Can we think of our own examples?

Write the word ‘funniest’ in a sentence.

Write a sentence about the pictures below. Remember to include the word in your sentence.

angry

• angriest

• angryest

• angrest

• angreest

happy

• happer

• happyer

• happier

• hapier

Sad

• sadder

• sader

• saddier

• saddder

small

• smalest

• smallist

• smallest

• smalliest