Suffixes

Suffixes - Year 1 Year 1 English programme of study - Writing - transcription Pupils should be taught to: add suffixes: using -ing, -ed, -er and -est where no change is needed in the spelling of roots words. In this year 1 English teaching resource, pupils are taught to add the suffixes -ing, -ed, -er and -est to root words as per the year 1 curriculum objective listed above.