This week’s spellings are adjectives with suffixes added to them. They still follow the rule of ‘drop the y for an i’. These spellings will be tested on Friday 3 December 2010.
Adjective |
Adjective (comparative) ‘er’ |
Adjective (superlative) ‘est’ |
Adverb ‘ly’ |
Noun (abstract noun) ‘ness’ |
tidy |
tidier |
tidiest |
tidily |
tidiness |
crazy |
crazier |
craziest |
crazily |
craziness |
happy |
happier |
happiest |
happily |
happiness |
sleepy |
sleepier |
sleepiest |
sleepily |
sleepiness |
lazy |
lazier |
laziest |
lazily |
laziness |
sneaky |
sneakier |
sneakiest |
sneakily |
sneakiness |
healthy |
healthier |
healthiest |
healthily |
health* |
angry |
angrier |
angriest |
angrily |
anger* |
*Not all words follow the pattern!