Year 1 · Adding Endings · Summary
Year 1 English Adding Endings: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 English adding endings chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Plurals | Add -s to most words: cat → cats. Add -es after s, x, sh or ch: box → boxes. |
| -ing, -ed, -er | Keep the root word the same: help, helping, helped, helper. |
| -er and -est | Use -er for two things (taller), -est for three or more (tallest). |
| un- | Add un- to the front to mean not or the opposite: happy → unhappy. |
| Contractions | Join two words and put an apostrophe where letters are left out: do not → don’t. |
| Days of the week | Monday to Sunday, always with a capital letter. Wednesday: W-E-D-N-E-S-D-A-Y. |
Can you…?
- I can add -s or -es to make a plural word
- I can add -ing, -ed and -er to a root word that does not change
- I can use -er to compare two things and -est to compare three or more
- I can add un- to the front of a word to make its opposite
- I can read and write contractions such as I’m and don’t
- I can spell the days of the week and start each one with a capital letter
Key terms
- plural
- a word that means more than one, like cats
- root word
- the main word before any ending is added, like help
- ending
- letters added to the end of a word, like -ing or -ed
- prefix
- letters added to the front of a word, like un- in unhappy
- contraction
- two words joined into one short word, like can’t
- apostrophe
- the small mark (’) that shows where letters are left out
- capital letter
- a big letter, used at the start of names and days of the week