The Suffixes '-er' and 'est' - PowerPoint

An educational resource aimed at Year 2 students provides an engaging lesson on understanding and using the suffixes '-er' and '-est'. The objective is to teach children what these suffixes are used for and how to spell words that include them. The lesson begins by explaining that these suffixes are added to adjectives when comparing things. For example, 'chunky' is an adjective, 'chunkier' is a comparative used to compare one thing with another, and 'chunkiest' indicates the most or the superlative degree. The children are shown how to form comparatives and superlatives from adjectives like 'big', which becomes 'bigger' and 'biggest' by doubling the consonant before adding the suffix.

Furthermore, the lesson highlights specific spelling rules for these suffixes. One rule is that for adjectives ending in 'y', such as 'happy', the 'y' is changed to 'i' before adding '-er' or '-est' to form 'happier' and 'happiest'. Another rule applies to adjectives ending in a vowel followed by a consonant; the consonant is doubled before adding the suffixes, as seen in 'big' becoming 'bigger' and 'biggest'. Students get to practice these rules through worksheets where they create comparative and superlative forms of various adjectives. The lesson also encourages students to write sentences using the words they have learned, reinforcing their understanding of the concepts. The resource concludes with a light-hearted 'Joke Corner' to end the lesson on a fun note.