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66. Spelling with ‘y’ before Vowel Suffixes

New Concept Words

Add -er to these words:

nasty angry
dry funny
happy fancy

Add -est to these words:

nasty angry
dry funny
happy fancy

Add -ful to these words:
notice how the y sound can change to short i before adding this suffix

Fancy mercy

Add -ly to these words:
notice how the y sound can change to short i before adding this suffix

Nasty angry

Review Words

relies sale
respect sail
tepid pail
relied pale
cloudy crawled
relying rely
corny crawled
precinct inspect
read inspection
reed inspected

What Says?

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4. 9.
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Spelling and Sentence Dictation

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Review

Change the ‘y’ When Adding Suffixes Spelling Rule

  1. If a consonant comes before the ‘y’, change the ‘y to ‘i’ before adding the suffix.
    Examples: cry + -es = cries; city + -es = cities; dry + -ed = dried; apply + -ed = applied; carry + -ed = carried; marry + -es = marries
  2. If a vowel comes before the ‘y’, keep the ‘y’ and add the suffix.
    Examples: boy + -s = boys; monkey + -s = monkeys;
    enjoy + -s = enjoys
  3. There is no need to change the ‘y’ when adding suffix ‘ing’.
    Examples: crying; drying; copying; applying; enjoying; carrying; marrying

Practice

1. Add the suffix to each word. Write the new word in the column that matches the rule you used.

Word Drop the ‘e’ CVC Doubling Change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’.
hanky+es
sully+ed
plot+er
describe+ing

2. Add the suffix given to each word.

army + es carry + er
cry + ed ugly + est
hurry + ing fancy + ful
suit + ed man + ish
scar + ed worry + ed
lively + est weary + ed
loose + est reserve + ed
improvise + ing trellis + es

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