Understanding Suffixes and Comparatives

The video tutorial introduces suffixes, focusing on 'er' and 'ist'. It explains their meanings and provides examples like 'bigger', 'highest', and 'fastest'. The tutorial includes practice exercises for adding these suffixes to words and completing words with the correct suffixes.

What is a suffix?

• A group of letters added to the end of a word

• A group of letters added to the beginning of a word

• A group of letters that replace a word

• A group of letters in the middle of a word

Which suffix is used to compare two things?

• ly

• er

• est

• ing

What is the meaning of the suffix 'er'?

• To describe an action

• To compare

• To indicate the least

• To indicate the most

Which suffix would you add to 'small' to compare it with another object?

• est

• ly

• er

• ing

What does the suffix 'ist' indicate?

• The least of something

• The most of something

• An action

• A place

What is the meaning of the suffix 'ist'?

• To indicate the most

• To compare

• To describe an action

• To indicate the least

What word is formed by adding 'er' to 'fast'?

• Fastly

• Faster

• Fastest

• Fasten

What word is formed by adding 'er' to 'big'?

• Bigly

• Bigger

• Biggestly

• Biggest

Which of the following words uses the suffix 'er' correctly?

• Biggest

• Big

• Bigger

• Bigly

What word is formed by adding 'ist' to 'high'?

• Highly

• Highest

• Highness

• Higher