It's Easy to Spell -er and -est Words!
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Words ending in –er and -est
We often add –er or –est to adjectives and adverbs.
My brother is taller than I am.
The safest driver I know is Jan.
Spelling is easier than I thought!
The Rules
It’s easy to add –er and –est to adjectives and adverbs. You can learn to do it in just a few minutes! There are only 4 simple rules:
1. + er/est2. + r/st3. y i + er/est4. x2 + er/est
+ er/est
For most one-syllable adjectives and adverbs, just add
–er or -est.
long longer longest
fast faster fastest
tall taller tallest
+ r/st
-One-syllable adjectives and adverbs that end with -e -Two-syllable adjectives that end with -le
Just add –r or -st
wide wider widest
simple simpler simplest
safe safer safest
y i + er/estFor two-syllable adjectives that end
with a consonant + y, change they to i and add –er or -est.
easy easier easiest
busy busier busiest
early earlier earliest
x2 + er/est
For one-syllable adjectives and adverbs that end with consonant-vowel-consonant,
double the final consonant and add –er or -est.
hot hotter hottest
big bigger biggest
thin thinner thinnest