American spelling exercises:
"y" with suffixes
| When "y" is the last letter in a word and the "y" is preceded by a consonant, change the "y" to "i" before adding any suffix except those beginning with "i" Examples: beauty--beautiful; fry--fries; hurry--hurried; lady--ladies Try spelling these: | |||
| 1. | carry + ed = | ||
| 2. | fancy + ful = | ||
| 3. | pry + ed = | ||
| When a word ends with a "y" and is preceded by a vowel, to form the plural of its noun, or to form the third person singular (he, she, it) of its verb, add "s" Examples: toy--toys; play--plays; monkey--monkeys | |||
| 4. | deploy + s = | ||
| 5. | tray + s = | ||
| 6. | bey + s = | ||
Write "i" before "e" except after "c," or when sounding like "a" as in "neighbor" and "weigh." When the "ie/ei" combination is not pronounced "ee," it is usually spelled "ei."
Examples: fiery, friend, mischief, view, believe
Examples: reign, foreign, weigh, neighbor, weird, receive
Choosing between <-el> <-le> <-ile> <-al> <-il>
Options must be memorized, and no rules apply:
<-le> is more frequent than <-el>:
axle, battle, bottle, tackle, tickle, single, double, triple...
angel, bushel, parcel...
<-al> is common for adjectives and nounsbiblical, burial, genial, habitual...
<-il> is rare: civil
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