A selection of words to use with your class for practising adding the suffix -er.
Basic Words (just add -er)
bright
cold
dark
fast
high
light
long
loud
low
old
quiet
rough
sharp
short
smart
smooth
strong
sweet
thick
tight
weak
young
Words Ending in ‘e’ (drop the ‘e’ and add -er)
brave
crude
cute
fine
huge
large
late
nice
rude
safe
simple
wide
Words Ending in Single Vowel + Consonant (Except ‘y’) (double the final consonant and add -er)
big
dim
fat
fit
glum
grim
hot
mad
red
sad
thin
wet
Words Ending in Consonant + ‘y’ (drop the ‘y’ and add -ier)
crazy
early
easy
fluffy
friendly
furry
happy
heavy
jolly
lazy
lucky
nasty
noisy
pretty
scary
silly
tiny
windy
Words for Adding Suffixes -er and -est Word Cards (SB9725)
Printable word cards featuring words for adding the suffixes -er and -est. Includes regular words as well as words ending in ‘e’, words with a short vowel and words ending in ‘y’ for children to practise adding -er/-est to words with differing endings.
-er Suffix Loop Cards (SB3616)
A set of printable loop cards featuring words with -er suffixes.
-er Suffix Matching Cards (SB3595)
Printable cards where children match the root card to the correct spelling when the suffix -er is added.
