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Page 1: Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est Spelling Workout€“ed... · 2020. 11. 25. · Adding –ed, –ing, –er, –est and -y Tips We are going to add the suffixes -ed, -ing,

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:

Page 2: Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est Spelling Workout€“ed... · 2020. 11. 25. · Adding –ed, –ing, –er, –est and -y Tips We are going to add the suffixes -ed, -ing,

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.