Starter quiz
- Identify the adjectives in this sentence: The bright, white moon shone in the sky.
- bright ✓
- white ✓
- moon
- shone
- sky
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- How many syllables are in the following words: colder, fresher, faster.
- 1
- 2 ✓
- 3
- 4
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- The suffixes -er and -est help us to ...
- change the tense of a word.
- create a plural noun.
- compare things. ✓
- create an adjective.
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- What happens when the suffix -est is added to a word such as 'old' or ‘new’?
- Just add -est. ✓
- Remove the 'y' and add -iest.
- Remove the 'e' and add -est.
- Double the consonant and add -est.
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- What happens when the suffix -er is added to a root word ending in 'e', such as 'cute' or 'safe'?
- Just add -er.
- Remove the 'y' and add -ier.
- Remove the 'e' and add -er. ✓
- Double the consonant and add -er.
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: He knew the quickist way home.
- 'quickest' ✓
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