  You remember in the formation of plurals, we learned that words ending in y change y to i when es is added; as, lady, ladies; baby, babies; dry, dries, etc. There are several rules concerning words ending in y, knowledge of which will aid us greatly in spelling. 1. Words ending in ie change the ie to y before ing to prevent a confusing number of vowels. For example, die, dying; lie, lying; tie, tying. 2. Words of more than one syllable ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y into i before all suffixes except those beginning with i. For example:
This exception is made for suffixes beginning with i, the most common of which is ing, to avoid having a confusing number of i's. 3. Most words ending in y preceded by a vowel retain the y before a suffix. For example:
The following words are exception to this rule:
Make as many words as you can out of the words given in this week's spelling lesson by adding one or more of the following suffixes: er, est, ed, es, ing, ly, ness, ful, ment, al. Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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