Adding an ‘s’ to …y ending words
We might want to add an -s to words that end with -y, such as to make the nouns city or trolley plural. We might also want to conjugate the present tense of the verbs buy or copy from I to He.
It’s not often that there is a simple rule in English grammar. Thankfully in the above situation, there is…
If the letter before the -y is a consonant, drop the -y and add an ‑ies.
- One city → Two cities
- I copy → He copies
If the letter before the -y is a vowel, simply add an -s.
- One boy → Two boys
- I buy → He buys
That’s it – try (or maybe have several tries at) this worksheet…
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