copied copiied copyed
criing cryiing crying
nicsest niceest nicest
humed hummed
boxed boxxed
shiney shiny
Adding –ed, –ing, –er, –est and -y
We are going to add the suffixes -ed, -ing, -er, -est and -yTips
Circle the words which are spelt correctly.Check
Complete the words with parts missing.
Jim practised drawing by cop other pictures.
Peter drop his toast onto the floor.
“Are you com to my party?” Brian asked.
Add suffixes to the blue words to complete the sentences. make lazy mix
Terry never does anything. He is the person I know.
Bina the blue and yellow paint together.
John was a model airplane.
If your word ends in ‘y’ with a consonant before it...
change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’.
dried drier driest
Do not change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ before adding ‘ing’. This would give you an ‘ii’ in the middle of your word.
drying
There are only two ordinary words with ‘ii’ in them.
If your word ends in ‘e’ with a consonant in front.
before you add ‘-ed’, ‘-er’ or ‘-est’...drop the ‘e’
hikednicer
If your word ends in 1 consonant with a vowel in front of it.
before you add ‘-ing’, ‘-er’ or ‘-est’… Double the last letter. Unless it is an ‘x’
sadderhottestmixed
skiing taxiing
Spelling Workouts: Spelling Workouts:
pat dry
Below each picture is a word. Add a suffix to it. Use your new word in a sentence about the picture.Use
Read each sentence and change the underlined word or phrase for a new word. Your new word should have the same meaning and contain ‘-ed’, ‘-ing’ , ‘-er’ or ‘est’.
Change
The kitten was the smallest cat I had ever seen.
On sports day our team kept on doing best at all of the races.
I like the smell of the curry but I have not tasted it yet.
During the earthquake, the ground was moving up and down under our feet.
I lifted the shopping bags into the house.
Apply
Change
clap
cry
dig
hope
hurry
spy
tiny
Write a short story about this image. How many of these blue words can you include in your writing if you add a suffix to them first?
Extra challenge: Can you include
adjectives?