This week we are going to look at words with the ee sound spelt -ey. Let’s look at the ee sound box.
e |
ee |
e-e |
ea |
e |
y |
ey |
Now let’s play My turn/Your turn to say all of the words with ee spelt
-ey. Repeat them after me.
After three: one, two, three... Go!
key money
donkey journey
chimney turkey
honey trolley
monkey alley
It is easy to make words ending in -ey into plurals. Just add the
suffix -s.
root word | root word + suffix -s |
key | keys |
monkey | monkeys |
trolley | trolleys |
Did you notice that I added the suffixes -e-r, er, and -e-s-t, est, to compare things again? My adjective was sad and then I changed it to sadder and then I changed it again to saddest.
I’m sure you have remembered that when we add -er or -est, we might need to change the root word.
Let’s say our suffix rhyme together:
Is there a letter I need to swap?
Is there a letter to double or drop?
Let’s find out.
If a word ends in a short vowel + a consonant, double the consonant before adding -er or -est.
Turn to your partner and say:
Double the consonant before adding -er or -est.
Go!
Let’s watch what happens to our adjectives when we follow the rule:
hot
hotter
hottest
big
bigger
biggest
fat
fatter
fattest
Here are some more words ending in a short vowel + a consonant.
Let’s double the consonant before adding -er or -est.
root word | double the consonant before adding |
thin | thinner thinnest |
sad | sadder saddest |
fit | fitter fittest |
slim | slimmer slimmest |
Hello everyone.
Did you notice that I added -e-r, er, and -e-s-t, est, to the adjective ‘early’?
When we compare two things we can add -er to adjectives:
I am tall, but you are taller.
You are quick, but he is quicker.
When we compare more than two things, we can add -est to adjectives:
I am tall, he is taller, but she is the tallest.
You are quick, she is quicker, but he is the quickest.
Of course you know that when we add -er or -est, we might need to change the root word.
Let’s say our suffix rhyme together:
Is there a letter I need to swap?
Is there a letter to double or drop?
Let's find out. For some adjectives we need to swap a letter before we add -er or -est.
This is what I mean:
If a word ends in y, swap the y for an i before adding -er or -est.
Turn to your partner and say:
Swap the y for an i before adding -er or -est.
Go!
Let’s watch what happens to our adjectives when we follow the rule:
jolly
jollier
jolliest
tricky
trickier
trickiest
silly
sillier
silliest
lucky
luckier
luckiest
Here are some more words ending in y.
Let’s swap the y for an i before adding -er or -est.
root word | swap y to i before adding -er or -est |
chilly | chillier chilliest |
tidy | tidier tidiest |
funny | funnier funniest |
scary | scarier scariest |
I hope that helps. Until next time – keep spelling!
Crackling craters! I am very busy today. Mind you, Mr Edwards is even busier and Mrs Brown is the busiest of us all!
Did you notice that I added -e-r, er, and -e-s-t, est, to the word ‘busy’?
When we compare two things we can add -er to adjectives:
I am cold but she is colder.
She is slow but he is slower.
When we compare more than two things, we can add -est to adjectives:
I am cold, he is colder, but she is the coldest.
She is slow, he is slower, but I am the slowest.
There are lots of root words that do not have to be changed before we add -er and -est:
tall hard
taller harder
tallest hardest
fast warm
faster warmer
fastest warmest
Sometimes when we add -er or -est, we might need to change the root word.
Let’s say our suffix rhyme together:
Is there a letter I need to swap?
Is there a letter to double or drop?
Let’s find out…
If a word ends in e we must drop the e before adding -er or -est.
Turn to your partner and say:
Drop the e before adding -er or -est.
Go!
Let’s watch what happens to our words when we follow the rule:
nice
nicer
nicest
fine
finer
finest
close
closer
closest
large
larger
largest
wise
wiser
wisest
Say the sounds in the r sound box.
r |
r |
rr |
wr |
Now say these words to your adult with r spelt wr. Let your adult day them say them first, then you say them.
wrap wrong
wreck wrist
wriggle wrote
wrinkle wrestle
write
Well done!
Do you know, some people pronounce the w and the r in these words! This is how the words would have been spoken hundreds of years ago:
wrap wrong wreck
wrist wriggle wrote
wrinkle wrestle
Ah, a homophone alert!
Remember that words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings are called homophones.
Homophone alert!
wrap/rap write/right
I have made up a sentence using the first pair of homophones. Here it is:
Wrap your coat around you and rap at the window
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