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- Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example: quick, quicker, quickest great, greater, greatest full, fuller, fullest
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The suffixes “-er,” “-or,” and “-ar” are all used to create nouns of agency (indicating “a person or thing that performs an action”) from verbs. Of the three, “-er” is by far the most common, while “-or” is much more common than “-ar.”
You can add -or or -er to the end of many verbs to make nouns. • The nouns you make are the names of the people (or objects) that carry out the verb. E.g. bake – baker, destroy – destroyer, visit – visitor, rob – robber. • Both these word endings (suffixes) sound like ‘er’ so be careful with spelling. A. Adding –er to verbs
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The -er- has the hyphen (-) around it to show the break in the speaker's words. They stop saying anything that has meaning for a moment, but they are thinking about what they will say to continue the thought.
Complete the 16 sentences by using the suffix '-er' (or '-r') with the words in the box; with ANSWER KEY and percentage conversion chart. Intermediate to Advanced Level.
Suffix spelling rules. Rule 1: For words ending in two consonants, just add the suffix to the root word. For example: smart + er = smart er. Rule 2: For words that end in a short vowel...
Adjectives that have two syllables and end in ‘- er, - y, - ow ’, or ‘- le ’ are also suffixed with ‘- er ’ or ‘- est ’, or they are extended to them accordingly: clever → cleverer → cleverest. Merely ‘- er ’ and ‘- est ’ are appended. funny → funnier → funniest.
Use -er with one-syllable adjectives/adverbs (Example 1), with two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, -ple, -ble (Example 2), and occasionally with -tle and -dle (Example 3). Note that the base form of the word may change. Either -er or more can be used with two syllable adjectives containing weakly stressed endings, as seen below: