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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Changing the ending to est (Questions)

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This 'Changing the ending to est' spelling quiz tests elementary school children on words that end with those three letters.

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1. He is the ____ cat in the world because he has his own iPad.
[ ] happyest
[ ] hapyest
[ ] happiest
[ ] hapiest
2. Snow White is the ____ princess of them all.
[ ] nicest
[ ] nicsest
[ ] nicst
[ ] niceest
3. I have the ____ shoes in town!
[ ] shineest
[ ] sninyest
[ ] shiniest
[ ] shinniest
4. The ____ country in the world is Chile.
[ ] drryest
[ ] dryest
[ ] driyest
[ ] driest
5. I am the ____ tortoise!
[ ] sadest
[ ] saddest
[ ] sadbest
[ ] saddist
6. This is the ____ toilet I've ever seen.
[ ] cleanest
[ ] cleannest
[ ] cleenest
[ ] cleennest
7. He has the ____ eyes I've ever seen!
[ ] crasiest
[ ] craziest
[ ] crazziest
[ ] crazyest
8. You really are my ____ friend.
[ ] deerest
[ ] deerrest
[ ] dearest
[ ] dearrest
9. That is the ____ animal I've ever seen.
[ ] ugglyest
[ ] uggliest
[ ] uglest
[ ] ugliest
10. Tigers are the ____ animals in the world.
[ ] fearseste
[ ] fearcestest
[ ] fiersist
[ ] fiercest
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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Changing the ending to est (Answers)
1. He is the ____ cat in the world because he has his own iPad.
[ ] happyest
[ ] hapyest
[x] happiest
[ ] hapiest
The most famous miserable cat in the world is Garfield - have you read any of the comics?
2. Snow White is the ____ princess of them all.
[x] nicest
[ ] nicsest
[ ] nicst
[ ] niceest
She is called Snow White because her skin is as pale as snow.
3. I have the ____ shoes in town!
[ ] shineest
[ ] sninyest
[x] shiniest
[ ] shinniest
You could write the word 'shiny' then take away the 'y' and replace it with 'i' then add 'est'. It's a bit like a math sum!
4. The ____ country in the world is Chile.
[ ] drryest
[ ] dryest
[ ] driyest
[x] driest
This fact is based on how much rainfall there is each year.
5. I am the ____ tortoise!
[ ] sadest
[x] saddest
[ ] sadbest
[ ] saddist
Maybe he is sad because he has just found out all tortoises have no teeth.
6. This is the ____ toilet I've ever seen.
[x] cleanest
[ ] cleannest
[ ] cleenest
[ ] cleennest
If you bite your fingernails, you are putting more germs in your mouth than if you licked the toilet seat! Yucky!
7. He has the ____ eyes I've ever seen!
[ ] crasiest
[x] craziest
[ ] crazziest
[ ] crazyest
This big-eyed friend is called a tarsier.
8. You really are my ____ friend.
[ ] deerest
[ ] deerrest
[x] dearest
[ ] dearrest
There is no such word as bestest, instead we would just say best.
9. That is the ____ animal I've ever seen.
[ ] ugglyest
[ ] uggliest
[ ] uglest
[x] ugliest
This is a camel. We would write the word ugly and change the 'y' for an 'i' and add 'est'.
10. Tigers are the ____ animals in the world.
[ ] fearseste
[ ] fearcestest
[ ] fiersist
[x] fiercest
This is a tough spelling but a good one to know. The word fierce means savage or wild and because the word ends with an 'e', all we need to do is add 'st'.