Reading Words with -er and -est
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Grade 1 Language · Inflectional Endings
Reading Words with -er and -est
Reading words with -er and -est: write the base word of taller, quickest, and darker, choose -er to compare two things or -est to compare three or more, and add -est to soft. With an answer key.
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Endings -er and -estA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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Find the base word in a word with an ending (hopping is hop + ing), hear the three sounds of -ed, and read regular and irregular plurals.
Reviewed by Ms. Emily Bennett, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Have the child cover the ending or the prefix with a finger, read the base word, then read the whole word.
- Ask what the ending or the prefix adds to the meaning: -ed means it already happened, un- means not.
- For -ed, have the child say the word aloud and listen for which of its three sounds it makes.
Common mistakes
- Reading -ed as a separate syllable every time, so "jumped" becomes "jump-ed". It often says /t/.
- Not finding the base word when its spelling changed, such as "hopping" from hop or "making" from make.
- Seeing a prefix in a word that does not have one, such as "un" in "uncle".
