1. -est
-er
Inflected Endings
and
Comparative Endings
-ed
-es
-ing

2. sit sitting sit Short vowel & 1 consonant! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
See a short vowel and a consonant too,
here’s the only thing to do:
DOUBLE the consonant, add –ing.
sitting

3. bake baked bake Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
baked

4. rake raked rake Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
raked

5. hug hugged hug Short vowel & 1 consonant! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
See a short vowel and a consonant too,
here’s the only thing to do:
DOUBLE the consonant, add –ed.
hugged

6. hurry hurried hurry Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Change the Y to an I and add –ed!
hurried

7. sad sadder sad Short vowel & 1 consonant! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
See a short vowel and a consonant too,
here’s the only thing to do:
DOUBLE the consonant, add –er.
sadder

8. tall tallest tall Vowel & 2 consonants! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Just add –est.
tallest

9. fry frying fry Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Just add –ing!
frying

10. cry cries cry Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Change the Y to an I and add –es!
cries

11. dance danced dance Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
danced

12. skip skipping skip Short vowel & 1 consonant! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
See a short vowel and a consonant too,
here’s the only thing to do:
DOUBLE the consonant, add –ing.
skipping

13. dry dried dry Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Change the Y to an I and add –ed!
dried

14. try tries try Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Change the Y to an I and add –es!
tries

15. reply replying reply Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Just add –ing!
replying

16. race racing race Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
racing

17. silly silliest silly Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Change the Y to an I and add –est!
silliest

18. study studied study Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Change the Y to an I and add –ed!
studied

19. funny funnier funny Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Change the Y to an I and add –er!
funnier

20. shop shopped shop Short vowel & 1 consonant! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
See a short vowel and a consonant too,
here’s the only thing to do:
DOUBLE the consonant, add –ed.
shopped

21. carry carries carry Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Change the Y to an I and add –es!
carries

22. small smallest small Vowel & 2 consonants! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Just add –est.
smallest

23. stay stayed stay Vowel & Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Just add –ed.
stayed

24. say saying say Vowel & Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Just add –ing!
saying

25. smile smiling smile Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
smiling

26. play played play Vowel & Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Just add –ed!
played

27. marry marrying marry Consonant – Y! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Just add –ing!
marrying

28. fat fatter fat Short vowel & 1 consonant! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
See a short vowel and a consonant too,
here’s the only thing to do:
DOUBLE the consonant, add –er.
fatter

29. Inflected and Comparative Endings
If the word has a short vowel and one consonant, double the consonant. Then add the ending. Shop = shopped
If the word has a short vowel with two consonants, just add the ending. Small = smallest
If the word has a vowel, consonant and silent e, drop the silent e. Then add the ending. Smile = smiling
To add –ed, -er, -es, or –est to words that end with a consonant and a Y, change the Y to an i. Then add the ending. Funny = funnier
To add –ing to a word that ends with a Y, just add the ending. marry = marrying
If the word ends with a vowel and a Y, just add the ending. Play = played
The End