Doubling the consonant with suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y | English

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Select the suffixes.
- -ed ✓
- un-
- -er ✓
- pre-
- -est ✓
Match the words to the rule that applies when the suffix -est is added.
- fast - fastest
  
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  Just add -est. ✓
- funny - funniest
  
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  Remove the ‘y’ and add -iest. ✓
- wise - wisest
  
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  Remove the ‘e’ and add -est. ✓
- hot - hottest
  
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  Double the consonant and add -est. ✓
Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- say
  
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  2 ✓
- stop
  
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  4 ✓
- playing
  
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  5 ✓
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. It was the funyest joke she had ever heard.
- funyest
- funnyist
- funniest ✓
- funiest
- funnyest
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. She was the bravist after her friend arrived.
- bravist
- bravest ✓
- brayvst
- braveest
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. It was the hotist day ever recorded in England.
- hotest
- hottest ✓
- hottist
- hotist