To practise and apply knowledge of suffixes: -er and -est comparative and superlative, including test

Key Stage 2

English

Sherlock Holmes - Mixed outcomes

English spelling

Suffixes: -er and -est comparative and superlative

﻿Hello, I'm Mr. Marsh. And welcome to this spelling lesson. Now this lesson is lesson seven of 10 in outcome three. If you didn't watch lesson two of 10 in outcome three, I want you to pause this video and go back and watch that video for me now, because everything we're going to talk about in this lesson, is applying and practising all the knowledge that we gained in lesson two of 10. So, if you didn't watch that lesson, pause the video for me now, but if you did watch that lesson then fantastic. We're going to use all of that knowledge that we gained through our investigation about the suffixes,

er and -est in the lesson today. So when you're ready, let's begin today's lesson. Now, before we begin the lesson, I just want to have a quick look at the agenda of everything we're going to cover in the lesson. So we're going to start off by looking at some key vocabulary. These going to remind us of all the learning we did in lesson two of 10, but it's also going to help us reaffirm and make us make sure we understand the learning that we do again in this lesson. Then we're going to recap some of the rules that we looked at in the previous lesson and we're going to recap the spelling words that we set in that lesson. We're going to look at some of the exceptions to the rules because, we have lots of rules and it's great to have rules and spelling, 'cause that can help us know how to spell certain words. But sometimes, and this is what makes the English language a bit tricky. There are exceptions to those rules, and we're going to look at a few of those in this lesson. Then we're going to learn a spelling practise strategy. And then finally, in this lesson, we're going to finish off with a test of the words that we set in the previous lesson. Okay. For this lesson, you're going to need something to write on. So make sure you've got an exercise book and a pad or a pad. Make sure you get something to write with a pen or a pencil. And then that brain of yours needs to be ready and raring to go. So make sure you've got it in and it's switched on and you're feeling focused. If you need to go and get any of those things, pause the video for me now. Okay. First thing we're going to do, we're going to do a quick recap of some of the key vocabulary from the last lesson. So I'm sure you're really familiar that an adjective is a describing word. But let's recap, recall what a suffix is. Remember when I do this, it's my turn. When I point at you, it's your turn. So Suffix. A Suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that change its meaning. And the suffixes we're looking at in this lesson, and we looked at in the last lesson are the -er and -est suffix. Now we looked at different types of adjectives. Remember an adjective is describing word. Now, a comparative adjective, compares two things. A superlative adjective, compares three or more things. And in this lesson, we're going to look at how the suffixes, -er, for comparative adjectives and -est for superlative adjectives, change words. So here we have some examples. The girl was quick. 'quick' is my adjective, describes how the girl is. A comparative adjective. The girl was quicker than her friend. So now we're comparing the girl to her friend, and a superlative adjective, quickest. The girl is the quickest in her class. So we're comparing the girl to all of the other people. So, three or more people in her class. Now we're going to do-- now, what we've looked at key vocabulary. We're going to recap some of the rules that we looked at and discovered through our investigation in the last lesson. And then we're going to recap some of the spelling ones. Okay. This was the first rule that we looked at. So we've got the adjective quick to make it a comparative adjective, it became quicker and to make it a superlative adjective, we made it quickest. So what happened to the adjective quick to make it a comparative adjective and make it superlative adjective. Pause the video, have a thing. Can you remember the first rule that we looked at last time? How did you go on? Did you remember that sometimes and in the majority of cases, to change an adjective to a comparative adjective, we add the -er suffix? and to make an adjective into the superlative adjective, we just add the -est suffix. Can you complete this sentence with me. For most adjectives, to change an adjective to a comparative adjective add the? Let's see, let's try again. For most adjectives, to change an adjective to a comparative adjective add the -er suffix, good. And to change an adjective to the supportive adjective add the? What did you think add the -est suffix. Great. That was our first rule. Let's recap the second rule that we looked at and here are two adjectives and maybe to jorge your brains, jorge your memories. I've highlighted the letter at the end of each of these adjectives. So, nice and close. Nice becomes nicer and nicest. Close becomes closer and closest. Can you change these adjectives into comparative adjective and superlative adjectives? Can you change? I've done it for you, but can you think about the rule of adding those suffixes and how the adjectives have changed? You need to pause the video to have a longer thing. Then do that for me now. Okay. Well, the rule was well, let's see, actually, let's see if we can complete the sentence. I nearly gave it away, but hold on. Can you complete the sentence with me? To change most adjectives that end in e. Like here, we've got nice and close, to a comparative adjective. You remove the and add the "murmurs" suffix. Let's see if we can do that sentence fast together. Let's try. I want you to shout out the answers when I pause for the gap. To change most adjectives that end in e to a comparative adjective, remove the e, good, and add the -er, suffix. Excellent. Lets see if we can complete the second half for our second rule. To change most adjectives that end in 'e' to a superlative adjective, remove the e again, good. And add the, -est suffix. Okay, great. So that was our second rule. If our adjective ends in e we remove the e and then add either the -er, suffix for a comparative adjective or -est suffix for the superlative adjective. The two rules that we've looked at so far, you can, and it's the most common, just add the suffixes -er, and -est. Or, if your adjective ends in e generally the rule is that you remove the e and then add the suffix -er, or -est. Okay. That's two of the four rules that we looked at last time. Let's look at the other two. So here, we've got two more adjectives, happy and funny. To make them comparative adjectives, we make them happier and funnier to make them superlative adjectives, we make them happiest and funniest. What do you notice? Do you remember what our third rule was? I want you pause the video, study these words and think. "Can you remember what our third rule was?" Great, off you go. Okay. I gave you a bit of a clue because I highlighted the y in our adjective. Now, what's happened to the y and then what's happened, to make it a comparative adjective and a superlative adjective? Now, maybe that's giving you a clue. There's all suffixes, -er, and -est, but there's a letter for, them both, letter 'i' Let's shout out for me, adding what needs to go in the gaps in these sentences to change most adjectives that end in y to a comparative adjective, remove the y, good, and add i excellent, and then add the -er, Suffix, good. 'Cause that's comparative adjective. Let's see if we can complete it for the supportive adjectives. To change most adjectives that end in y to a supperlative adjective, remove the y, good. Add i, excellent. And add the -est suffix. Fantastic. Okay. That's our third rule, and our third rule was, if our adjective generally ends in y, remove the y add an i and then add our suffix, -er or -est. Here was our final rule that we looked at. We had big, bigger and biggest, hot, hotter, and hottest. I've highlighted some of the letters, which gives you a bit of a clue, of what you need to do. This rule has something to do with sounds and vowel sounds. I want you to say the adjectives to yourself and think about the vowels in those words. When you say them, how do they sound? They sound short or do they sound long stretched sounds? Say the two adjectives to yourself, and then see if you can remember the rule. Pause the video for me now. Okay. How did you get on? We had big and hot. So, big we've got the 'i' sound, 'i' Is that a short sound? A short, snappy click sound? Or is that a long stretch sound, 'i' sounds pretty short to me. Isn't it? What about in hot, we've got the 'o' sound. Is that a short or is that a really long sound? What do you think? Well, in this rule, if our vowel sound before our final consonant is a short sound like we've got in big and hot, for example, then we double the consonunt. So, big becomes bigger. We double the g then add our suffix, -er. Or, we double the consonant and add our suffix -est for superlative adjective. The second two rules that we studied, we've had look at just add the suffix, which is the most common. We've had if our adjective ends in e removed the e and then add the suffix is either -er or -est. If our adjective ends in y then we remove the y add and i, and then add the suffix -er, or -est. And then the final rule that we've just looked at, is if there's that short vowel sounds of a, e, i, a before our consonant, at the end of the word, we double that consonant and then add our suffixes either

er, or -est. Brilliant. I know that that might seem really hard, but you've done such great investigation in the last two lessons that I'm sure that now we know those rules, we can apply them to our spelling. So, if I see an adjective that ends in y, well I can think " I want to compare to something else." So, I need to remove the y add an i then add either -er or

est. Okay. So let's do a quick recap of our words in the last lesson. When I do my turn, your turn. Simpler, simplest. I might do two at a time actually. Curlier, curliest, hungrier, hungriest, wetter, wettest, sillier, silliest Okay. I think you're probably quite familiar with what all of those words mean because we looked at them in the last lesson and we've looked at three rules that we've just done in those words. Now, like I said, at the starting, sometimes, and this is what makes the English language a little bit tricky is that there are some exceptions to the rules. So we're going to look at a few of the exceptions. There are many more, we're just going to explore a few. So here, we've got an adjective, a comparative adjective and a superlative adjective, but I've jumbled them up. So we've got bad, worst and worst. I want you to try and put these adjectives in a sentence. Which one is just describing something? Which one is comparing something to something else? And which one is comparing something to many other things? Pause the video for me now and then see if you can tell me, which one, is a comparative adjective or superlative adjective. Okay, do that for me now Okay. Should we see how you got on. Well, bad, is an adjective. Today was a bad day. I'm describing today. A comparative adjective is today is worse than yesterday. So I'm comparing today to yesterday. A superlative adjective, today is the worst day I've had in a long time. So that's comparing today's day many other days, not just one other day. So this adjective 'bad' doesn't follow our rules. We don't just add the suffixes, -er, and -est to make them comparative or superlative adjectives. So the adjective bad is an exception to our rule. And there are many other exceptions. Allow me to try and go, to think back. Maybe this is just a bit of revision for you. We've got the other adjectives, good and little. Can you think what the comparative adjective would be? You might need to put them in a sentence, that might help. And what the superlative adjective might be for good and little. Remember, it's not likely to use our suffixes, -er, and -est because we know that these are exceptions to those rules. Okay. Pause the video, write them down. See if you can maybe put them in a sentence, that might be really beneficial. Great, off you go. Okay. Well, good becomes better if I'm comparing it. So his work today was good. His work was better than his friend's work. Little becomes less. We have good becomes best and we have little becomes least. So let's try this one. His work was good. His work was better than his friend's. His work was the best in class. So again, we wil expect that to have it following our rules, but in good, better and best. Well, we do have that, -er, an -est, but remember our adjective started off as good. So therefore it doesn't follow our rules and little becomes less and least. So there are many adjectives that don't follow our rules, but the reason why it's great to have a lot of our rules because they apply to so many. So these ones, we just have to learn. The other ones, we can try and apply some of our rules, if we're struggling to know whether it has the -er and -est suffix and how it is spelled. Okay. Before we do our spelling test, I want us to look another spelling practise strategy. And a strategy that might help you when you're practising your spelling. It's great to have strategies because if we do strategies, it can make us become more effective learners and it can help us recall spellings when we need to. So let's have a look at this spelling practise strategy. This one is called Spot the syllable. So in spot the syllable, we might say, first of all, each word in full 'simpler' , 'simpler' And then we say the word in syllables, clapping at the same time. Simp/ler Do with me, simp/ler So we have two syllables and it's split into 'Simpler', simp/ler Okay. So we got simp/ler our two syllables. Now, why is this a useful strategy? Well, I think it's good because we can have fun, we can say the words out loud. If you're feeling really clever, you could put this into some sort of song or rap if you want to, but we interact with the word and we do it slowly. You heard the way I said, simp/ler, simp/ler and clapping along. It really helps us remember the different syllables in these words. So what I want you to do now, using this strategy, I want you to have a go at simp/lest, wett/er and silli/er, you might need to slow it down a bit than I have done and have a go at spot, the syllable clapping along. And if you want to, you can do that for all the words we did for our own learning. It might be a really good idea to pause the video and spend half an hour doing that for me now. Okay. Pause the video. Do a little bit of spelling, practise strategy for me. Off you go. Okay. Now it's time for us spelling test. You need to make sure you've got a pen and paper. And, if at any point during the test, you think "Mr. Marsh you are going too fast." And, don't panic, you can pause the video any point. Or what you could do is just wait until the end of the test and go back and listen to it again. You can listen to it twice, if you want to, just to make sure that you've heard the spellings correctly. And if you just want to check your answers before we mark them. So, I want you to write the numbers, one to 10 on your paper. If you need to pause the video to do that then do that for me now. Okay. So I'm going to say the word twice. And again, I repeat. If you think I'm going too fast, then don't panic. You can always pause the video and then start again. Or, you can go back and listen to the words again, at any point. Okay, let's begin. Spelling one, is simpler. It was a simpler task. Simpler. Spelling two, is simplest. It was the simplest thing they've done all week. Simplest. Spelling three is curlier. Her hair was curlier than her friend's. Curlier. Spelling four is, curliest. He had the curliest hair in class. Curliest. Spelling five, is hungrier. He was hungrier now than he was this morning. Hungrier. Spelling Six, is hungriest. This is the hungriest he'd ever been. Hungriest. Spelling Seven is wetter. Today is wetter than yesterday. Wetter. Spelling eight is wettest. This is the wettest day of the week. Wettest. Spelling nine is sillier. You are being sillier than your friend. Sillier. Finally spelling 10 is silliest. This is the silliest class I've ever taught. Silliest. Okay. If you want, you could pause the video, take a look back and listen to the spellings again. If you just want to double check before we go through the answers. So if you want to do that, or if you missed any, pause the video now and go away and do that. Okay off you go. Right, we're going to go through the answers for our spelling test. And I want you to carefully check how you got on. So we had, simpler, S- I -M -P- L -E- R, S- I- M- P -L- E -S- T, C- U- R- L- I- E- R, C -U -R -L- I- E -S -T, H -U -N -G -R- I- E -R, H -U -N- G -R- I -E- S- T, W- E -T- T - E- R. Make sure you've got the double T that's the tricky bit there. W - E- T- T again E -S- T, S- I- L- L -I -E- R. Make sure you've got the double L and S- I- L- L- I -E- S- T. Now, what I would like you to do now, I would like you to make sure if you've got any of them wrong, and that's absolutely fine. And we all make spelling mistakes, So perfectly understandable. But what you could do now, is write down the correct spelling, and then take that away and then just go and practise it a little bit again. Maybe get someone to test you again. And let's see if you've learned that spelling. In may be a few days time. Fantastic. Before we wrap up our lesson, I just want us to recap what we've done today. We had a quick recap of some key vocabulary that helped us with our understanding, then we moved on to the next section, where we recaped the rules for our suffixes, -er, and -est, and we recaped the spelling words from the last lesson. We looked at some of the exceptions to the rules. So remember, that when we are making adjectives, comparative, and superlative, adjectives, sometimes they don't follow the four rules that we've looked at. Then we learned the spelling practise strategy, looking at spotting the syllable. And finally, we just did our spelling test. So, well done. You've completed the lesson and you've worked really hard today. I am really impressed. I hope you enjoyed that lesson, and I'll see you again soon. Bye bye.

To practise and apply knowledge of suffixes: -er and -est comparative and superlative, including test

To practise and apply knowledge of suffixes: -er and -est comparative and superlative, including test

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