Lesson 5
Adding -er and -est
Spelling Focus: Here are four things to remember when adding -er and -est:
- Some base words are not changed: small, smaller, smallest
- In words that end with consonant-e, the e is dropped: large, larger, largest
- In words that end in y, the y is changed to i: happy, happier, happiest
- In one-syllable words that end with consonant-vowel-consonant, the final consonant is doubled: hot, hotter, hottest
- smaller
- smallest
- larger
- largest
- happier
- happiest
- hotter
- hottest
- sadder
- saddest
- deeper
- deepest
- closer
- closest
- scarier
- scariest
- funnier
- funniest
- fatter
- fattest
*indicates words that are most commonly misspelled by fourth graders in their writing.