Plural Form (es or s)
Add the suffix -s to the word "bay"
Bays
Which is the best spelling of the busy + est
Busyest or Busiest
Busiest
Happily or. Happyly
Happily
Which is the correct spelling for hurry + ed
Hurryed or hurried
Hurried
When adding a suffix to a word that ends in "y" we sometimes change the "y" to _________
Add the suffix -es to the word "sky"
Skies
Which is the correct spelling of funny + est
Funniest or. Funnyest
Funniest
Which is the correct spelling of stay + ing
Staiing or. staying
Staying
Which is the correct spelling of stay + ed
Stayed or staied
Stayed
True or False: when adding a suffix to a word that ends in a consonant + y, change the y to e and add the ending.
False; change the y to i and then add the suffix
Add the suffix -es or -s to the word "family"
Families
Add the suffix -est to the word "silly"
Silliest
Add the suffix -ing to the word "try"
Trying
Studied
True or False: When adding the suffix "ing" to a word that ends in "y" you change the y to an i.
False; anytime you are adding the suffix "ing" to you KEEP the y instead of changing it to i
When making a noun plural that ends in consonant + y, change the y to I and add ______.
-es
Add the suffix -est to the word "gray"
Grayest
Add the suffix -ly to the word "sneaky"
Sneakily
Add the suffix -ed to the word "worry".
FILL IN THE BLANKS: When there is a ___________ before the y you change it to i. When there is a __________ before the y you DO NOT change the y to i.
consonant; vowel
What is the plural form of the word "leaf"
Add the suffix -est to the word "early"
Earliest
Add the suffix -ly to the word "angry"
Angrily
Add the suffix -ed to the word "cry"
Cried
List the three checkpoints of the "changing y to i" rule.
1) the word ends in y
2) there is a consonant before the y
3) the suffix does NOT begin with an i