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Build Vocabulary with Suffixes

I’ve posted before about how learning word families can increase your vocabulary, and one of the easiest ways to learn word families is to look at suffixes, or word endings. The word endings give you an idea about the type of word you are looking at. Here are some examples for some of the most … [Read more…]

Comparing things

When you compare things there are three ways to do it: Use an Adjectival Comparative to Compare the Things ‘-er’ Comparatives Adjectival comparatives come in the ‘-er/est’ form for short adjectives, ‘more/most ____’ form for long adjectives and for negative comparisons ‘not as ___’ and for equal comparisons ‘as ____’. The one that causes the … [Read more…]