Word List:
Words for Adding
-est Suffix

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Basic Words (just add -est)

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 -est)

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 -est)

big

dim

fat

fit

glum

grim

hot

mad

red

sad

thin

wet


Words Ending in Consonant + ‘y’ (drop the ‘y’ and add -iest)

crazy

early

easy

fluffy

friendly

furry

happy

heavy

jolly

lazy

lucky

nasty

noisy

pretty

scary

silly

tiny

windy


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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.

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-est Suffix Loop Cards (SB4917)

A set of printable loop cards featuring words with -est suffixes.

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-est Suffix Matching Cards (SB3596)

Printable cards where children match the root card to the correct spelling when the suffix -est is added.

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Prefixes and Suffixes Resources
Prefixes and Suffixes Resources

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