This week, we’ve been practising adding er or est to the end of words to change their tense. Because the English language is really tricky, there’s lots of ways to do this. Complete the table that shows you some different ways to do this (one has been done for you. Then, use some of our ‘super spelling strategies’ form this week’s post (go to the St James’ website, learn more, spelling, Year 3 & 4). There’s more than usual but when you can spell the root word you just need to apply the rule to spell it correctly.
| rule | root word | -er | -est |
| Just add er / est | brave | braver | bravest |
| nice | |||
| later | |||
| Double up and add er / est | hotter | ||
| tall | |||
| smallest | |||
| Drop the y for an i and add er / est | happy | ||
| loneliest | |||
| funny |
Children should practise in preparation for a test on Thursday 17 December 2020.