Spelling Verb Endings
Spell words with common suffixes (-s/-es for plurals and third person verbs, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) where no change to the root word is needed
What a learner can do afterwards
- Add -s or -es correctly to make plurals (e.g. 'cats', 'boxes')
- Spell words with -ing and -ed endings (e.g. 'jumping', 'helped')
- Add -er and -est to adjectives (e.g. 'quicker', 'quickest')
The lesson
Some words grow a new ending. The word does not change. You just add letters, like -s or -ing. Endings can mean more than one, or happening now.
Try it together
Add -er to show more of something: quick becomes quicker. Add -est to show the most of all: quick becomes quickest.
Good to know
The root word stays the same. You just add the ending to the end. Use -es after s or x, like box becomes boxes.
Just add the ending; the root word never changes.
Watch it
Where it sits
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Then practise
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.